Americas
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A third of Haiti’s children in urgent need of emergency aid: UNICEF
Nearly a third of all children in Haiti – numbering around 1.5 million – are in urgent need of emergency…
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UN condemns ‘abhorrent’ assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse
Perpetrators behind the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse must be brought to justice, the United Nations said on Wednesday. …
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Urgent action needed to end ‘inhumane conditions’ facing Haiti prisoners: UN rights chief
Extreme overcrowding and lack of access to food, water and health, are among the ‘inhumane conditions’ that prisoners in Haiti…
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UN General Assembly calls for US to end Cuba embargo for 29th consecutive year
A total of 184 countries on Wednesday voted in favour of a resolution to demand the end of the US…
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Political impasse in Haiti, amid rising humanitarian needs, ahead of crucial elections
Amid worsening socioeconomic conditions, rising criminal gang violence and a resurgence of COVID-19, Haiti’s leaders must commit to good-faith dialogue…
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Continuing Venezuela exodus and COVID-19 highlights need for global solidarity for most vulnerable
Vulnerable Venezuelan migrants and refugees who have been hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 health and socio-economic crisis, urgently need…
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‘Unprecedented’ rise in gang violence across Haiti’s capital displaces thousands
An upsurge in deadly clashes between gangs in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, has displaced more than 5,000 people since the beginning of the…
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Canada: UN independent experts call for ‘full-fledged investigations’ into mass grave at indigenous school
Independent UN human rights experts on Friday urged Canadian authorities and the Holy See of the Catholic Church to conduct…
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Nicaragua must stop attacking and undermining human rights defenders
An independent UN expert has deplored a recent spate of attacks against human rights defenders in Nicaragua and called on…
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Colombia: UN rights chief calls for an end to all forms of violence in Cali
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet voiced her “deep concern” at recent events in the Colombian city…
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