カテゴリー: United Nations
The Free Papua Movement has been fighting for independence from Indonesia for 50 years, so why is there a big flare-up now?Papua and West Papua form the western half of the island of New Guinea (the eastern half is the nation of Papua New Guinea). The …
Families chosen for repatriation are too scared to return and fear not being given citizenshipPlans to begin repatriating the thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled ethnic cleansing in Rahkine state in 2017 look likely to fail once again, with the refu…
UN interviewed more than 330 people, mostly women, who left the country, with some subject to sexual violence and beatingsNorth Korean prisoners who tried to escape or steal have reportedly been publicly executed, and detainees have been subject to sex…
US reported to have had a hand in death of heir to al-Qaida ‘sometime in past two years’Osama bin Laden’s son, Hamza, who was trying to lead an al-Qaida resurgence, is believed dead, according to US reports.NBC News reported the US had received intelli…
UN figures for first half of 2019 blame 717 deaths on pro-Kabul forces and 531 on militantsAfghan forces and their international allies killed more civilians in the first half of 2019 than the Taliban and other militant groups, UN figures show, extendi…
Husband Henry John taken to hospital under police guard after woman found dead at Suva homeAn Australian woman working for the UN has allegedly been murdered in Fiji.Police in the capital, Suva, said they were treating the death of Jennifer Downes as s…
Seventeen humanists from around the world call for a review into the persecution of the non-religiousWe are non-religious activists and campaigners who have been victims of blasphemy and apostasy laws around the world, or of vigilante violence inspired…
UN report says outlawed gangs expanding presence because of increased law enforcement attention in AustraliaAustralian outlaw motorcycle gangs have expanded into south-east Asia to take advantage of a booming, multibillion-dollar methamphetamine export…
Human rights commission votes to ‘get the facts’ on three years of bloodshed claiming an estimated 20,000 livesThe human rights body of the United Nations has agreed to begin investigating President Rodrigo Duterte’s violent war on drugs in the Philipp…
UN ambassadors from 22 states join together in rare show of unity to write letter calling on Beijing to allow freedom of movement for Muslim minorityMore than 20 countries have written to top United Nations human rights officials condemning China’s tre…