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NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The following information was released by Human Rights Watch: A video that appeared to capture a beating of two Western Sahara activists by the Moroccan police [...]

New York -- A (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmepM-31M9U) video that appeared to capture a beating of two Western Sahara activists by the Moroccan police is authentic and should lead to a thorough investigation, [...]

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The following information was released by Human Rights Watch: Balkees Jarrah Senior Counsel, International Justice Program balkeesjarrah In late December, United Nations member countries defeated an [...]

NEW YORK -- The following information was released by the United Nations: An independent UN human rights expert hailed on Tuesday, the International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to consider a [...]

NEW YORK -- The following information was released by the United Nations: As Saudi Arabia handed death sentences to five people and sent three others to jail for the murder [...]

Byline: Regine Cabato MANILA, Philippines - The epicenter of the Philippines' war on drugs is shifting away from the capital as the body count continues to spiral upward, according to [...]

UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Agnes Callamard, told the UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, a key adviser, and [...]

Byline: John Bacon, USA TODAY A United Nations human rights expert cited 'credible evidence' Wednesday that high-level officials in Saudi Arabia, including Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, were involved in [...]

Islamabad -- Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has sought the support of member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for constituting a Commission of Inquiry under the United [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by Freedom House: In response to the UN Human Rights Council resolution establishing an independent commission to investigate human rights violations in Venezuela, [...]

Byline: Nyasha Chingono and Bridget Mananavire UNITED Nations (UN) special rapporteur on the Rights of Freedom of Peaceful Assembly Clement Voule this week flew into a storm as his visit [...]

Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has insisted that the complaints filed against the opposition is a familiar tactic employed by the government in running away from the impending United [...]

Byline: DARRYL COOTE The United Nations Human Rights Council voted Thursday to investigate the thousands of deaths connected to the Philippines' ongoing war on drugs, attracting swift condemnation from the [...]

Byline: CLYDE HUGHES Police in the Philippines under President Rodrigo Duterte have carried out unchecked extrajudicial executions with impunity, in the poorest neighborhoods, as part of his war on drugs, [...]

NEW YORK -- The following information was released by the United Nations: A caregiver at the Ebola Treatment Centre of Butembo, kisses a seven-month-old baby whose mother died of the [...]

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The following information was released by Human Rights Watch: UN Security Council Should Ensure Justice for All Victims of Myanmar Violence On June 26, the International [...]

Byline: Carol Morello;Kareem Fahim A special U.N. investigator on Wednesday called for further investigation of high-level Saudi officials, including Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in the killing of journalist Jamal [...]

Geneva -- The following information was released by Human Rights Watch: Top Rights Body Should Monitor Saudi Abuses The United Nations expert's call for justice for the murder of the [...]

NEW YORK, NY -- The following information was released by the U.S. Mission to the United Nations: Mark Simonoff Minister Counselor U.S. Mission to the United Nations New York City [...]

Human rights experts urged the United Nations (UN) last week to investigate police killings in the Philippines, as the country engages in a crackdown on drug trafficking. 'We have recorded [...]

Human rights experts urged the United Nations (UN) last week to investigate police killings in the Philippines, as the country engages in a crackdown on drug trafficking. 'We have recorded [...]

Human Rights Watch recently reported on disturbing allegations that survivors of Cyclone Idai in Mozambique were being forced to have sex with community leaders in exchange for food. The next [...]

Officials have not done what is necessary to investigate May 2 tragedy in Odesa - UN monitoring mission KYIV. May 2 (Interfax-Ukraine) - The United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission [...]

Byline: Nita Bhalla Nairobi -- The United Nations said on Friday it will investigate allegations that survivors of a deadly cyclone in Mozambique are being forced to have sex with [...]

Byline: Annie Banerji and Nellie Peyton New Delhi/Dakar -- India is investigating the treatment of 40 migrant workers in Gabon after the United Nations said on Friday it was alarmed [...]

The French Prime Minister has given a curt response to a call, by United Nations Human Rights boss Michelle Bachelet for a detailed inquiry into allegations of police violence during [...]

Byline: Wanga Gwede Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has accused the Police of obstructing the investigations into the abduction and killing of people with albinism , saying suspected connected to the [...]

Beirut -- The Egyptian authorities' failure to end or impartially investigate torture and mistreatment in detention facilities reinforces an urgent need for an independent international inquiry, Human Rights Watch said [...]

Beirut -- The following information was released by Human Rights Watch:Prosecutor's Denial of Abuses Signifies Lack of Accountability(Beirut) The Egyptian authorities' failure to end or impartially investigate torture and mistreatment [...]

Byline: Kareem Fahim;Carol MorelloISTANBUL -- A U.N. human rights expert leading an independent investigation into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi said Tuesday that her team was waiting for permission [...]

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The following information was released by Human Rights Watch:The decision by the United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, Agnes Callamard, to investigate the brutal killing [...]

After slamming United Nations Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard for her criticisms on the government's war on drugs, Malacanang is now questioning her 'credibility' to investigate human-rights violations for her purported [...]

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The following information was released by Human Rights Watch:Turkey should formally submit a request to the UN secretary-general to establish an international, independent investigation into Saudi [...]

United Nations investigators have documented reports of 'ethnic cleansing' and 'extrajudicial or targeted killings' in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Kasai region, prompting the UN to call for urgent [...]

Byline: Marvyn N. Benaning THE New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the United Nations to lead an independent international investigation into the deaths of more than 7,000 people [...]

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The following information was released by Human Rights Watch: A new United Nations investigation of crimes committed by the Islamic State (also known as ISIS) in [...]

Byline: MIL OSI - ForeignAffairs.co.nz MIL OSI Translation. Region: Spanish / Latin America / UN - Source: United Nations - in Spanish Headline: Solid evidence of torture found during investigation [...]

Brussels: Public Register European Parliament has issued the following document: EN E-006075/2017 Answer given by High Representative/Vice-President Mogherini (8.2.2018) The European Union (EU) has followed the negotiations on the United [...]

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The following information was released by Human Rights Watch: Param-Preet Singh Associate Director, International Justice Program singhp_p The International Criminal Court (ICC) will conduct a 'preliminary [...]

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The following information was released by Human Rights Watch: Christopher Albin-Lackey Senior Legal Advisor calbinlackey 'The American Dream is fast becoming the American Illusion.' That dire [...]

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 27, 2017 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- A UN human rights expert has deplored the failure of the international community to protect the lives of migrants and refugees, [...]

GENEVA, Switzerland -- The following information was released by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: A United Nations human rights expert has issued a strongly [...]

United Nations/Geneva -- The deteriorating situation in India-held Kashmir has now made it crucial to establish an independent, impartial and international mission to assess the situation, the UN human rights [...]

The UN's highest authority on human rights has hit out at the Syrian government for refusing to let observers monitor the country's civil war. Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, the United [...]

GENEVA, Switzerland -- The following information was released by the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG): Establishes Working Group to Elaborate a Regulatory Framework on Private Military and Security Companies, [...]

UN mission in Ukraine concerned over lack of progress in Sheremet investigation KYIV. Sept 12 (Interfax-Ukraine) - The United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine is concerned by a [...]

Geneva, Jul 31, 2017 (EFE via COMTEX) -- The Philippines should urgently address allegations of human rights abuses against its indigenous population that include murder, threats and summary execution of [...]

GENEVA / AMMAN -- The following information was released by the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG): A United Nations committee* has heard serious concerns about Israel's human rights record, [...]

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The following information was released by Human Rights Watch: Published in Just Security In a transcript of a Pentagon Press Briefing, released this week by Airwars, [...]