Human Rights

ISRAEL-OPT: Families relieved by prisoner swap

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Family members of Palestinian prisoners still do not know who will be released

China: “Do you have memories from before you were kidnapped?”

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A girl plays the violin for change at a train station in Beijing. Screenshot from documentary trailer shot in November 2010.

UN expert urges States to fulfil obligation to prevent violence against women

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Rashida Manjoo, Special Rapporteur on violence against women

GUINEA-MAURITANIA: Worst forms of child labour still widespread

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Child labour is common in Guinea

Pakistan: UN humanitarian fund allocates money to sustain flood relief

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Children cook their daily meal in one of the 5,900 camps that sprung up across Pakistan in 2010 when the country was hit by the worst floods in its history.

Haiti: UN voices hopes for greater reconstruction after approval of new premier

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Special Representative for Haiti Mariano Fernández

UN presses Afghans to seize opportunity for dialogue, despite recent setbacks

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Special Representative for Afghanistan Staffan de Mistura briefs Security Council

How Did Anti-Muslim Bias Seep Into FBI Training?

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Muslims pray during the holiday of Eid ul-Fitr at the Los Angeles Convention Center on August 30. Some FBI agents complained that a recent training course on counterterrorism seemed biased against Muslims.

Germany: UN hears pledge for more trade to help democratizing Arab States

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Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle of Germany

Doctor Removes the Wrong Ovary in a Young Med Student - It’s Every Woman’s Worst Nightmare, According to Mrs. Neim’s Attorney, Andrew G. Slutkin

Nadege Neim, a 28-year-old medical student, had her entire life in front of her. She had a bright future as a doctor, a loving husband, and was starting a family. Nothing could go wrong, she said. But her life was turned upside down when wrong site surgery impacted her ability to conceive in the future, according to Andrew G. Slutkin

Nadege Neim, a 28-year-old medical student, had her entire life in front of her. She had a bright future as a doctor, a loving husband, and was starting a family. Nothing could go wrong, she said. But her life was turned upside down when wrong site surgery impacted her ability to conceive in the future, according to Andrew G. Slutkin.