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Organized by International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organization Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR), the 40th Congress of FIDH will take place in Taipei, Taiwan, during 21-25 October 2019. Founded in 1922, FIDH is the first international human rights NGO headquartered in Paris consisting of 184 organizations from 112 countries to defend all civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. TAHR is founded on the International Human Rights Day, 1984, committed to securing and protecting human rights from all forms of violation.

Ahmed Shaheed, Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief addresses the UN General Assembly

“As violence continues today in the town of Ras Al-Ain, the A’llouk water station in the town has now been out of service for more than one week. The station, situated near the fighting, provides water supply for nearly 400,000 people, including many children.

The Pul-e-Kheshti Mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan.

The fourth Democratic presidential candidate debates took place Tuesday in Ohio. The candidates answered questions on a range of issues, including the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, the developments in the Syrian conflict, and the U.S. economy.

U.S. President Donald Trump is pressuring Turkey to stop its offensive in northern Syria with calls for a cease-fire and sanctions against Turkish officials, as he plans to send a delegation led by Vice President Mike Pence to Ankara for talks to resolve the situation.

Displaced Syrians, who fled their homes in the border town of Ras al-Ain, receive humanitarian aid on October 12, 2019, in the town of Tal Tamr in the countryside of Syria’s northeastern Hasakeh province.

A Syrian family from Idlib recently arrived on the Greek island of Lesvos and living in an olive grove next to Moria reception centre.

A family displaced by violence within Burkina Faso finds shelter with relatives in Dori, May 2019.

Two stateless Shona sisters wait to register for citizenship certificates at the District Commissioner’s office in Kinoo on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, June 2019.