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‘Guarantee due process’, says UN chief, following Bolivia opposition arrests
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has recalled the importance of upholding due process in all legal proceedings, a day after the…
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UN rights experts call for US to address ongoing violations at ‘Kafkaesque’ Guantánamo military prison
In response to the Biden Administration’s announced review into closing the infamous Guantánamo Bay detention centre in Cuba, independent UN human…
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Haiti needs ‘democratic renewal’ top UN representative tells Security Council
The top UN official in Haiti called Monday for a “democratic renewal” in the troubled Caribbean nation to lift it…
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First Person: The Colombian youth fighting for digital education for all
Tania Rosas, a Colombian education advocate from an afro-indigenous background, is hoping to improve learning outcomes for disadvantaged communities in…
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UN hails ‘day of hope’ as US officially rejoins Paris climate accord
The official return of the United States to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change represents good news for the country…
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Probes on extrajudicial killings, ‘important step’ in fighting impunity in Colombia – UN rights office
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, welcomed on Friday, progress on the investigation in Colombia of people falsely presented as having been killed in combat as “an important step in fighting impunity”. So-called…
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Environmental racism in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’, must end, say UN human rights experts
The further industrialization of so-called “Cancer Alley” in the southern United States, known for its pollution-emitting chemical plants, should be…
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USA: Rights experts call for reforms to end police brutality, systemic racism
Independent UN human rights experts appealed on Friday for the new United States Government to adopt wide ranging reforms to…
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UN agencies begin registering asylum seekers at US-Mexico border
UN agencies have begun preparing individuals and families at the Matamoros informal camp, near the United States-Mexico border, for entry into the US, following…
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Climate crisis and economic shocks leave millions food insecure across Central America
Reporting that hunger has increased almost fourfold in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua in the past two years, the…
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