Human Rights

Lawsuit against Hungarian journalist can have chilling effect on Internet freedom, warns OSCE media freedom representative

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OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović addressing media at the first OSCE South East Europe Media Conference, Sarajevo...

OSCE/ODIHR opens election observation mission for parliamentary elections in Ukraine

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(L-r) Elma Šehalić, Media Analyst for the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission to the 28 October 2012 parliamentary elections in...

UN refugee chief and Special Envoy Angelina Jolie visit displaced Syrians in Jordan

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UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie meets with refugees on the Jordanian border minutes after they...

China: Stop Expelling Refugees

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An open-air industrial space in Yunnan occupied by several hundred Kachin refugees, emptied during...

Egypt: End Sinai Nightmare for Migrants

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A girl’s dress caught on the Sinai border fence separating Egypt and Israel.

Myanmar: UN refugee agency ‘seriously concerned’ over returns from China

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In a camp for internally displaced people in Kachin state, Myanmar, a family of five meets with a UNHCR staff...

UN raises humanitarian appeal to $347 million to help growing number of Syrians in need

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Syrian refugees arriving in Jordan are being sheltered at Za’atari camp.

Addressing Great Lakes meeting, Ban renews condemnation of armed groups in DR Congo

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Population flee their homes as fighting continued between FARDC and M23 rebels in the Rutshuru territory in July...

OSCE media freedom representative concerned by arrest of social media activists in Belarus

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The OSCE's Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, opens a session on media freedom at the OSCE's Review Conference in...

Indonesia: Clinton Should Raise Plight of Religious Minorities

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Shiite cleric Tajul Muluk sits in a courtroom during his trial in Sampang, Indonesia on...