Internet shutdowns now ‘entrenched’ in certain regions, rights council hears
The practice of shutting down internet and mobile phone access to stifle dissent has become “entrenched” and more sophisticated in a growing number of...
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Stopping Marine Plastic Pollution: A Key IUCN Congress Goal
St David’s, Wales, Jul 01 (IPS) – Documented images of albatross chicks and marine turtles dying slow deaths from eating plastic bags and other...
France Needs More Civil Liberties and Less Hypo-Securitization of Religion
NEW DELHI, India, Jul 01 (IPS) – In 2020, French President Emmanuel Macron announced plans for tougher laws to tackle what he called, “Islamist...
Water: A Matter of Survival in the World of Pandemics
HAMILTON, Ontario, Canada, Jul 01 (IPS) – The COVID-19 pandemic has undeniably amplified the existing vulnerabilities of billions of people worldwide. Marginalized communities in...
COVID-19 Pandemic Exacerbates Domestic Workers Plight in Bangladesh
DHAKA, Jun 30 (IPS) – Rani Akter, a mother of five, usually works as a domestic helper in Dhaka’s Zikatola area. When the coronavirus...
The number of international migrant workers has increased from 164 to 169 million, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Wednesday, noting a marked rise in the number of young...
Despite “significant progress” in the fight against terrorism, the UN counter-terrorism chief warned on Wednesday that amidst new and more diverse threats, COVID-19 has triggered increased activity throughout many countries. Read the full story, “Terrorists become increasingly ‘innovative’, in a world...
Women must no longer be ‘squeezed into a small corner’, landmark Forum declares
In a bid to put gender equality at the heart of COVID recovery, UN Women kicked off a three-day “landmark effort” in Paris on...
Urgent action needed to end ‘inhumane conditions’ facing Haiti prisoners: UN rights chief
Extreme overcrowding and lack of access to food, water and health, are among the ‘inhumane conditions’ that prisoners in Haiti must endure, often over...
Anti-Gay ‘Therapy’ Offered at Uganda Health Centres Run by Aid-Funded Groups
KAMPALA, Jun 30 (IPS) – At Mulago, Uganda’s biggest public hospital, a receptionist at an HIV clinic for marginalised and ‘most at risk’ populations,...
Scarred blood vessels may be one clue to APOE4’s Alzheimer’s risk 
Rise in poverty is ‘a wake-up call for the world’, UN development chief says 
‘Efficiency has limits’: UNHCR chief warns refugee protection is buckling under cuts 
UN aid operation underway in Nepal following fresh floods