Politics

Brazil: UN rights office urges independent probe into deadly police operation in Rio de Janeiro

7 May 2021  Human Rights

Stop evictions in East Jerusalem neighbourhood immediately, UN rights office urges Israel

7 May 2021  Human Rights

‘No time to lose’, stop flow of deadly weapons to Myanmar military now, urges UN rights expert

7 May 2021   Peace and Security

Latin America rights groups face growing threats, attacks: Bachelet

6 May 2021  Human Rights

UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Thursday issued an alert over the rising number of threats, attacks and attempts to undermine national human rights institutions, in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Nearly 8 years on, ‘gaps, inconsistencies, discrepancies’ remain over Syria chemical weapons declaration

6 May 2021  Peace and Security

USA: Rights expert decries wave of anti-protest laws ‘spreading through the country’

5 May 2021  Human Rights

A UN independent human rights expert has slammed new laws in several American states aimed at suppressing racial justice protests and the Black Lives Matter movement, according to a statement on Wednesday. 

Myanmar: Attacks on healthcare jeopardizing COVID-19 response, UN team says

5 May 2021  Peace and Security

UN envoy Gordon Brown urges G7 countries to fund global COVID vaccination push

3 May 2021  Health

Latest deadly Ebola virus outbreak in DR Congo declared over

3 May 2021  Health

US Secretary of State to Hold Talks in Ukraine About Russian Aggression

May 02, 2021

 

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken leaves for Europe on Sunday, where he will hold meetings in London and Kyiv.