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Demonstrators in Kuala Lumpur listen to a speech on the street while wearing yellow Bersih 4 t-shirts printed with the movement's key demands - clean elections, clean government, save our economy, and right to dissent - on August 29, 2015, the day after the Ministry of Home Affairs used the Printing Presses and Publications Act to declare the shirts and other Bersih branded items illegal.

A plan agreed to by European Union and Balkan leaders on October 25, 2015, to address the needs of refugees on the Western Balkans migration route, also risks exacerbating suffering and blocking access to protection, Human Rights Watch said on October 27.

Fighting in South Sudan’s Greater Upper Nile region has remained intense and civilians have fled their homes in areas around Wau Chollo (Shilluk) district to the UNMISS protection site in Malakal.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon unveils “Enlightened Universe”, a monumental art installation by Spanish artist Cristóbal Gabarrón ,on Saturday, 24 October, in Central Park in New York City in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the United Nations.

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 23 October 2015, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

The OSCE Mission to Montenegro condemns the acts of violence that took place last night in Podgorica, which resulted in damage to property, including the Albanian Embassy, and injuries to police officers, journalists and civilians. Violence in the pursuit of political aims has no place in modern democratic societies.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is urging the California Supreme Court to rule that law enforcement agents need a warrant to search records revealing which Californians were prescribed controlled substances to treat conditions such as anxiety, pain, attention disorders, and insomnia.

“We must stop treating transgender people as if they are diseased,” said the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly’s General Rapporteur on the rights of LGBT people Jonas Gunnarsson (Sweden, SOC), on the eve of the International Day of Action for Trans Depathologisation.

At least two air strikes in northern Homs on October 15, 2015, that local residents believed to be Russian, apparently violated the laws of war. The air strikes killed a total of 59 civilians, residents said, including 33 children and a commander of the local armed opposition group. Russia should investigate the attacks.

The European Union and Western Balkans countries meeting on October 25, 2015, should focus on alleviating the suffering of migrants and asylum seekers stranded at various European borders, Human Rights Watch said on October 23.