Asia Pacific
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UN rights office urges Viet Nam to release jailed activists
Authorities in Viet Nam must immediately release four activists jailed this week for spreading anti-State propaganda, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on…
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Morocco’s extradition of Uyghur asylum seeker to China could lead to serious rights violations, argue UN experts
Four UN independent human rights experts called on Thursday for Morocco to reverse its decision to extradite a Uyghur Muslim…
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COVID-19 leads to over 50 million more hungry people in Asia-Pacific
COVID-19 led to rising food insecurity for around 54 million people living in the vast Asia-Pacific region during 2020, according…
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UN agency begins COVID vaccine rollout for 7,500 stranded migrants in Yemen
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has begun a COVID-19 vaccination campaign for migrants stranded in Yemen. The goal is to inoculate around…
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‘Restraint, de-escalation and dialogue’ needed to stem war in Yemen
Yemen is teetering on a new “fragmented and bloody” chapter of war as military escalation and conflict escalates, Special Envoy…
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Afghanistan: Humanitarian crisis threatens basic human rights
Respect for fundamental rights and freedoms by the de facto authorities in Afghanistan is critical to ensuring stability in the country, the UN…
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Remember the Rohingya ‘forced to run for their lives’
The world must not forget the roughly one million Rohingya from Myanmar “forced to run for their lives from the…
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Rights abuses in Myanmar ‘deepening on an unprecedented scale’
More than 10 months since Myanmar’s military seized power, the country’s human rights situation is deepening on an unprecedented scale,…
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Afghanistan: Political affairs chief has ‘frank and useful exchanges’ with the Taliban
The UN’s Political and Peacebuilding Affairs chief, Rosemary DiCarlo, concluded a three-day visit to Afghanistan on Thursday in which she met with senior Taliban representatives, urging…
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General Assembly defers decision on Afghanistan and Myanmar seats
The UN General Assembly on Monday adopted a resolution to delay a decision on who will represent Afghanistan and Myanmar at the…
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