Proposed amnesty law offers political prisoners in Venezuela an ‘opportunity’
A draft amnesty law in Venezuela aimed at granting immediate clemency to people jailed for…
Category: Culture And Education
From rural margins to media trailblazers: India’s women journalists are rewriting the news
Far from global newsrooms and editorial boardrooms, a radically different model of journalism has been…
UN calls for release of Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai following 20-year sentence
The UN human rights chief on Monday called for the immediate release of Hong Kong…
UN calls for release of Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai following 20-year sentence
The UN human rights chief on Monday called for the immediate release of Hong Kong…
How AI, gaming and virtual worlds are reshaping Holocaust remembrance
While new digital technologies are transforming how the Holocaust is remembered and taught, experts warn…
How AI, gaming and virtual worlds are reshaping Holocaust remembrance
While new digital technologies are transforming how the Holocaust is remembered and taught, experts warn…
UN calls for release of Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai following 20-year sentence
The UN human rights chief on Monday called for the immediate release of Hong Kong…
How AI, gaming and virtual worlds are reshaping Holocaust remembrance
While new digital technologies are transforming how the Holocaust is remembered and taught, experts warn…
Guterres welcomes resumption of Iran-US talks
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday welcomed the resumption of talks between Iran and the…
Guterres welcomes resumption of Iran-US talks
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday welcomed the resumption of talks between Iran and the…
Concerns persist over herbicide spraying reports on Blue Line between Lebanon and Israel
The UN reiterated concerns on Friday over reports that Israeli forces sprayed a highly toxic…
Concerns persist over herbicide spraying reports on Blue Line between Lebanon and Israel
The UN reiterated concerns on Friday over reports that Israeli forces sprayed a highly toxic…
Guterres welcomes resumption of Iran-US talks
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday welcomed the resumption of talks between Iran and the…
Concerns persist over herbicide spraying reports on Blue Line between Lebanon and Israel
The UN reiterated concerns on Friday over reports that Israeli forces sprayed a highly toxic…
Fatwas, faith and fallacies: Myth-busting female genital mutilation in Africa
Olivia Albert, 19, was subjected to female genital (FGM) mutilation when she was 14. She…
Fatwas, faith and fallacies: Myth-busting female genital mutilation in Africa
Olivia Albert, 19, was subjected to female genital (FGM) mutilation when she was 14. She…
‘Human rights cannot wait’: Türk launches $400 million appeal for 2026
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk launched a $400 million appeal on Thursday…
‘Deepfake abuse is abuse,’ UNICEF warns
New evidence reveals a proliferation of sexualised images of youngsters generated by artificial intelligence (AI)…
Can workers compete with machines and stay relevant in the AI era?
AI looks set to be transformative for us all, but it also brings a real…
Myanmar crisis deepens five years after coup, as military ballot entrenches repression
Five years after Myanmar’s military seized power and jailed the country’s elected leaders, the United…
World News in Brief: Syria ceasefire welcomed, ‘Olympic truce’, Ukraine’s freezing children
The UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria has welcomed a ceasefire agreement between the Syrian…
‘We children saw things that no one should ever have to see’ Holocaust survivor tells the UN
Holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan, gave a harrowing and heart-rendering account of her childhood under…
Remembering the Holocaust: ‘You are here because you choose hope over hate’
The Holocaust is a warning, that hatred “can consume everything” – a message that feels…
Independent experts alarmed by child rights violations in US immigration procedures
UN-appointed independent human rights experts have raised alarm over violations of children’s rights during US…
‘We must stand up for our shared humanity – each and every day’: UN human rights chief
On the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker…
South Sudan: UN and rights experts warn against risk of mass violence in Jonglei
The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is sounding the alarm over the threat of…
A new blow for UNRWA as headquarters in East Jerusalem ‘set on fire’
The head of embattled UN relief agency for Palestinians, UNRWA, has condemned reports that its…
From deepfakes to grooming: UN warns of escalating AI threats to children
The staggering amount of harmful AI-generated online content has prompted an urgent call from across…
Young people must be ‘truly involved’ in transforming education
With young people under 30 making up more than half of the global population and…
World News in Brief: Iran in the Human Rights Council, Myanmar election ‘fraud’, migration chief in Cyprus, Mozambique flood update
Disturbing details continued to emerge on Friday about Iran’s State-led crackdown against mass protests, while…
UN rights chief decries US treatment of migrants, as deaths in ICE custody rise
The UN’s top human rights official has raised alarm over what he described as the…
UN warns of rising internet shutdowns as digital blackouts spread worldwide
A rising trend towards government-enforced internet shutdowns – with at least 300 incidents in more…
Gaza: War crimes probe pledges to continue work for justice and accountability
As President Trump launched the international Board of Peace plan for Gaza on Thursday, top…
UN Assembly president defends multilateralism, UN Charter in Davos
From Davos, the President of the UN General Assembly on Wednesday warned that the world…
Cold and dark: UN rights chief condemns Russian strikes on Ukraine’s power grid
Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure have cut heat, electricity and water to hundreds of…
UNRWA headquarters bulldozed in East Jerusalem
The reported demolition underway early Tuesday of the headquarters of UN agency UNRWA by Israeli…
‘Alarming’ increase in use of death penalty last year, despite global trend towards abolition
Despite a downward trend in the use of the death penalty globally, 2025 saw an…
Sudan: Atrocities ‘repeated town by town’, ICC prosecutor tells UN Security Council
Atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur region are spreading from town to town in an organized campaign…
UN rights chief bears witness to trauma and resilience in Sudan
Nearly three years of war have plunged Sudan “into an abyss of unimaginable dimensions” and…
Myanmar begins defence in landmark genocide case at UN World Court
Myanmar on Friday rejected allegations of genocide against the Rohingya minority, telling the International Court…
Amid Sudan’s humanitarian crisis, Chad shows ‘act of solidarity’
In war-torn Sudan, local communities say they don’t have enough settlements for the internally displaced,…
UN chief warns of a world in chaos as impunity and unpredictability spreads
In his final annual address outlining his priorities, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that the…
Security Council LIVE: Ambassadors due to meet in emergency session on Iran
The UN Security Council is scheduled to meet at 3 PM in New York on…
Myanmar’s Rohingya people called ‘Muslim dogs’ before attacks, ICJ hears
Hearings continued on Thursday at the UN’s top court into The Gambia’s claim that Myanmar…
‘A torture that never stops’: Sri Lanka failing survivors of conflict sexual violence, UN says
Conflict-related sexual violence in Sri Lanka remains largely unaddressed more than 15 years after the…
Iran: ‘The killing of peaceful demonstrators must stop,’ UN rights chief says
As anti-government demonstrations continue across Iran, the UN human rights chief said on Tuesday that…
Ukraine war: UN appeals for $2.3 billion to support aid teams’ ‘heroic work’
Amid ongoing and intensifying Russian attacks across Ukraine, the UN on Tuesday launched a $2.3…
UN World Court begins landmark hearings on Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar
Public hearings opened on Monday at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a landmark…
Venezuela: UN independent investigators call for immediate release of all political prisoners
More than 100 political prisoners have been released in Venezuela, the Government announced on Monday,…
UN chief ‘shocked’ by reports of excessive force against protesters in Iran
The UN Secretary-General is shocked by reports of violence and excessive use of force by…