Human Rights

Humanitarian situation in Syria continues to worsen – UN relief agency

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Members of a Syrian family register as refugees in northern Lebanon.

US recognition for Israel's crackdown on human trafficking

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Israel's crackdown on human trafficking has improved over the past year and reached an all-time high, according to...

Rights to peaceful assembly and association need greater protection – UN expert

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Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of peacful assembly and of associationMaina Kiai.

New UN report shows record 800,000 people became refugees in 2011

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UNHCR set up the first camps in the Dadaab complex in 1991 to host up to 90,000 people. Today...

Pope Calls for Refugees' Rights to be Respected

After praying the Angelus today, the Pope made some remarks about World Refugee Day, an initiative promoted by the United Nations which is celebrated on 20 June. "It seeks to draw the attention of the international community to the situation of so...

SRI LANKA: Political Rein

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UNICEF calls for promoting rights of children with disabilities in Africa

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Child being vaccinated against measles

Homelessness among minors in Saudi Arabia on the rise

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UN agencies join in shared call for end to Israeli blockade of Gaza

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One of the few workers who has not been laid off at the Modern Industrial Group's factory in...

North Korea hiding rights abuses by information blockade, says US envoy

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The United States is working to end the "information blockade" of North Korea that Pyongyang used to hide its rights...