Amid growing restrictions on civic space and press freedoms in Cambodia, journalists are being increasingly subjected to various forms of harassment, pressure, and violence,...
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A powerful new sculpture unveiled at UN Headquarters on Wednesday honours the memory and mission of two human rights experts who were murdered in...
UN chief slams ‘immoral’ profiteering amid global energy crisis
As the war in Ukraine continues to rage, skyrocketing energy prices are compounding an existential cost-of-living crisis for hundreds of millions of people, the...
UN renews commitment to Yazidi community eight years after ISIL onslaught
Every effort must be made to support the Yazidi community in Iraq, the United Nations said on Wednesday, marking eight years since the extremist...
A Demographic Snapshot of the Philippines: One Step Forward, a Half Step Back
DAVAO CITY, Philippines, Aug 03 (IPS) – With the national election and transfer of power in the Philippines from outgoing President Duterte to incoming...
The first, eagerly-awaited commercial shipment of grain to leave the Ukrainian port of Odesa since Russia’s invasion more than five months ago, was cleared...
Technology Helps Traffickers Hunt Their Victims, Enslave Them, Sell Their Organs
MADRID, Aug 03 (IPS) – Human beings have proved to be capable of producing innumerable practical inventions while much too often making the worst...
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 03 (IPS) – A spike in state-sanctioned executions worldwide – including in Iran, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, and more recently Myanmar –...
The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) denounced on Tuesday the hanging of two inmates in Changi Prison, located in the eastern part of Singapore....
Three UN-appointed independent human rights experts returned from Ethiopia on Tuesday after working to negotiate access to areas important for investigations. Read the full story,...
Ukraine: Attacks on education threaten an entire generation, UNICEF warns 
Back to school in Haiti: ‘Madame, can you stop what the gangs are doing to us?’ 
Ebola responders grapple with widening outbreak in DR Congo 
Escalating conflict drives new displacement in Yemen