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The UN Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua (UNGHREN) told the UN General Assembly on Thursday that Nicaragua’s government has carried out systematic human-rights violations, some amounting to crimes against humanity. The experts urged Nicaraguan authorities to release people arbitrarily detained and end enforced disappearances. The experts’ findings draw on more than 1,900 interviews [...]

The South African government said on Friday that the US decision to accept Afrikaners as refugees is concerning and disregards South Africa’s own “constitutional processes.” The statement released by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation noted that the determination by the US president that there is a “white genocide” happening in South Africa is [...]

UN experts on Friday called for a swift and effective investigation into the deadliest police operation in Brazil’s history, after a raid in a Rio de Janeiro favela last week killed at least 120 people. The statement warned that the incident is part of a “disturbing pattern” of excessive force. The experts pleaded with the [...]

A UN expert on Friday called for urgent and specialized protection measures to address the widespread and systematic conflict-related child trafficking that has arisen from the failure to ensure their rights. In her recent report to the General Assembly, Siobhán Mullally, the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, stated: Despite consistent and credible evidence of [...]

The United Nations expressed serious concern on Friday after it was reported that at least 10 people were killed by security forces during protests in Tanzania following this week’s general election. The alarm was raised by Seif Magango, the spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office, who detailed a series of alleged grave rights violations [...]

Human Rights Watch said Friday that the Chinese government is investigating the Taiwanese legislator Puma Shen Pao-Yang (沈伯洋) for the crime of “separatism,” infringing upon his basic human rights. The announcement marks the first known application of China’s recently issued judicial guidelines targeting “Taiwan independence separatists,” representing a significant escalation in Beijing’s legal pressure on [...]

Amnesty International on Thursday condemned the Latvian government’s decision to leave the Council of Europe convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, also known as the Istanbul Convention. The statement warned that this move, which comes amid anti-rights groups’ attempted demonization of the idea of gender equality, sets a dangerous precedent [...]

A US federal judge on Thursday allowed the Trump administration to proceed with firing almost every employee working within the Community Relations Service (CRS), a Department of Justice (DOJ) agency known as “America’s Peacemaker.” US District Judge Indira Talwani declined to grant the plaintiffs’ request for injunctive relief. While Judge Talwani ruled that the plaintiffs were [...]

A US federal judge ruled Friday that the US Department of Agriculture must use previously appropriated contingency funds to continue food stamp benefits, blocking the agency’s plan to suspend payments to 41 million people starting November 1. Judge Indira Talwani of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts found that USDA’s interpretation of [...]

UN experts on Thursday welcomed the adoption of a landmark declaration promoting development and peace by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The move came at the 47th ASEAN Summit, held October 26 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. UN Special Rapporteur on the right to development Surya Deva praised the declaration, calling it an “affirmation [...]