Human Rights

‘Prompt, independent, impartial investigations’ needed in Kazakhstan: UN rights office

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A view of Almaty in Kazakhstan.

Rights experts condemn ‘unrelenting human rights violations’ at Guantánamo Bay

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Camp X-Ray was a part of Joint Task Force Guantanamo and has not been used since April 2002.

UN urges restraint in Kazakhstan, with dozens reportedly killed

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View of downtown Nur-Sultan, the capital of Kazakhstan.

55 journalists killed in 2021, impunity ‘alarmingly widespread’ – UNESCO

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Journalists covering a terrorist attack in Kenya.

Cambodia: Arrests of strikers may be breach of human rights law

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Tuk-tuk drivers in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Photo: UN Women Cambodia/Mariken B. Harbitz.

World Braille Day: Pandemic shows importance of information access for all

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A student in her classroom in Paraguay, learning how to read and write braille.

From the Field: Picturing a thirsty earth

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On bone-dry land, severely affected by drought, two women search for their daily water supply.

Sudan: Refrain from ‘disproportionate use of force’ against protesters

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Protesters take to streets in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.

Warning from NGOs’ International Press Conference: Failure to Resolve the Tai Ji Men Case Tarnishes Taiwan's International Image

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A number of judicial and tax law whistleblowers have banded together to pound the gavel of human rights and tear down the executive branch's bureaucratic walls!

Myanmar: Attack leaves 35 dead, including 4 children

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Dusk approaches in Yangon, Myanmar.

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