Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, spoke about human rights concerns around the world, highlighting in particular the targeting of Myanmar’s Rohingya minority.
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Syria to evacuate Aleppo in surrender deal
U.N. reports the safe withdrawal of people from the besieged area was now “imminent.”
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Mass killing of civilians by Syrian forces feared in Aleppo
The U.N. human rights office in Geneva said that multiple sources reported that tens of civilians were shot dead on Monday.
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Mediterranean Sea disasters swallow up over 1,000 migrants
Libyan smuggling gangs appear to be using even riskier tactics to profit off migrants.
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UN warns of rising air pollution levels in world’s cities
“Ambient air pollution…is the greatest environmental risk to health—causing more than 3 million premature deaths worldwide ever year,”
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Up to 500 feared dead in Mediterranean shipwreck last week
The tragedy ranks among the deadliest in recent years on the often-treacherous sea voyage along the central Mediterranean by refugees and migrants.
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UN cites ‘horrendous’ human rights situation in South Sudan
Report notes “reasonable grounds” to consider that crimes against humanity had been committed
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WHO declares global emergency over Zika virus spread
The U.N. agency took the rare step despite a lack of definitive evidence proving the mosquito-borne virus is causing a surge in babies born with brain defects and abnormally small heads in Brazil and following a 2013-14 outbreak in French Polynesia.