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Andrea Clare Bowman, Ambassador of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to Taiwan rang the Bell of World Peace and Love.

On September 21, International Day of Peace, a bell ringing ceremony was held in Times Square in New York City. Dr. Hong, Tao-Tze rang the bell nine times to pray for the world.

Ambassador Sam Brownback, right, and Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett, left, co-chairs of the IRF Summit 2022, rang the Bell of World Peace and Love to promote the idea of love and peace with Dr. Hong, Tao-Tze. (AP Images)

Dr. Hong, Tao-Tze, second row, center, was invited to the 25th Eurasian Economic Summit, which brought together dignitaries from more than 40 countries. (AP Images)

Dr. Hong, Tao-Tze, right, presents Dr. Aldo Manos, former director of the United Nations Environment Programme, with a certificate of recognition.
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Displaced Venezuelans shelter in Reynosa, a border city in the northern part of the state of Tamaulipas, in Mexico.

Cambodia’s longtime prime minister, Hun Sen, used ostensible public health measures to further clamp down on the dwindling civic freedoms in the country in 2022, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2023 on January 12. The authorities targeted dozens of union leaders, activists, and opposition politicians and members for harassment, arbitrary arrest, and prosecution.

Authorities in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan used unjustified lethal force to respond to protests in 2022 and have utterly failed to ensure accountability for a multitude of human rights violations, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2023 on January 12. Hundreds of protesters were killed or suffered serious injuries in the violence.

A view of Tehran, Iran's capital city.

Investigations must be held into deaths and injuries that have occurred amid ongoing anti-government protests in Peru, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday, responding to the latest bloodshed.