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Days after his announcement of support for same-sex marriage, President Barack Obama said at a New York City fundraiser event Monday that he believes marriage equality "strengthens families".

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today congratulated the people and the Government of Algeria for the peaceful conduct of legislative elections last week, and welcomed the increased representation of women in the new parliament, according to his spokesperson.

Several non-governmental organisations (NGO) have reported that custodial maltreatment is rampant in Pakistan, with physical and mental torture inflicted upon as many as 90 per cent of detainees.

The National Human Rights Commission, or CNDH, is investigating last week's attack on journalist Gerardo Ponce de Leon in Hermosillo, the capital of the northern Mexican state of Sonora, commission president Raul Plascencia said.

Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay (right) being briefed by Kuol Manyang Juuk, Governor of Jonglei state, South Sudan.

US President Barack Obama has backed same-sex marriage in a move hailed by Democrats, gay rights activists and others as the one that will be a point of reference for civil rights in America.

A prison in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, that has been renovated with UN assistance

A man is overcome with grief in front of a destroyed mosque in Taftanaz where local residents gathered those killed after government forces attacked the town on April 3 and 4. According to local activists, at least 65 people were killed during the two-day attack.

Mothers sitting on the floor with their children in India

Rights groups are calling for a full government investigation into the shooting death of a prominent land rights activist in Cambodia.