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Rights office concerned over death sentences against 35 Yemeni MPs
The UN human rights office is calling on authorities in Yemen to revoke death sentences imposed against 35 parliamentarians allegedly for treason charges.
The pro-government MPs were sentenced in…
International Women’s Day: Gender equality benefits everyone
The benefits of gender equality are not just for women and girls, but “for everyone whose lives will be changed by a fairer world”, the chief of UN Women said in her message for International Women’s Day (IWD) at UN…
Iran National Security Commission: Coronavirus Is A ’Bio-Terror Attack’
An influential member of Iran’s parliament has repeated the accusation that the coronavirus epidemic in China and Iran is “bio-terror attack”, one day after the commander of Revolutionary Guard made the same statement.
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120 Yemeni students in China refuse to be evacuated to UAE
Dozens of Yemeni students have refused to be evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), sources reported on Wednesday.
The sources explained that 120 Yemen students preferred to stay in the Chinese city…
Yemen: UN Population Fund stresses women’s needs, amidst world’s worst humanitarian crisis
Intense clashes in Yemen’s Al Hazam City, this month have caused massive displacement with an estimated 1,800 families forced to flee their homes, according to a flash update from UN humanitarian coordination office, OCHA.…
Human rights defenders, too often left defenceless themselves – UN expert
Human rights defenders working in conflict and post-conflict situations need to be given greater recognition, protection and support, an independent UN expert said on Wednesday, in his latest report to the Human Rights Council in…
Violent extremism prevention ‘only effective’ if human rights are enshrined
Many global programmes aimed at countering violent extremism have negative impacts on human rights and may even ‘foster radicalization’ rather than preventing it, an independent UN human rights expert warned on Wednesday.…
Coronavirus update: UN scales back major conference
The organizing committee of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), a major UN conference scheduled to take place in March, has decided to cut the event down to a one-day meeting, citing current concerns surrounding the…
Coronavirus COVID-19 wipes $50 billion off global exports in February alone, as IMF pledges support…
The extent of the damage to the global economy caused by novel coronavirus COVID-19 moved further into focus on Wednesday as UN economists announced a likely $50 billion drop in worldwide manufacturing exports in February alone.…
Syria: UN food relief agency ‘doing everything we can’ to reach Idlib civilians
Difficult winter weather conditions, road congestion and military manoeuvres are restricting humanitarian aid delivery to desperate civilians in the Syrian province of Idlib, where a Government operation to weed out extremists has…