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The Syria prison survivor who’s seeking justice for those still missing

·October 2, 2025·5 min read

Today, with the backing of the UN, one of those former detainees, Syrian human rights defender Riyad Avlar, is working to find out what happened to those who did not make it out – and seeking justice for the disappeared. He recalls one mother’s stunned response when he told her...

A fourth generation nuclear survivor’s push for justice

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·September 7, 2025·2 min read

“We are not prepared to inherit a legacy of complacency, nor can we continue to live in the shadow of these weapons,” she told the commemoration inside the gilded UN General Assembly Hall. As the Youth Representative of the Republic of Kiribati, Ms. Johnson is one of the many young...

UN chief calls for justice and ‘real change’ for people of African descent

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·September 1, 2025·2 min read

In a message released ahead of the Day, Mr. Guterres honoured the “extraordinary” contributions of people of African descent across every sphere of human endeavour. The Secretary-General also recognised the “long shadows” of slavery and colonialism, which include systemic racism, unequal economies and societies, and the digital divide (between those...

UN says Sri Lanka has ‘historic opportunity’ to end impunity, deliver justice

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·August 14, 2025·2 min read

The 26-year conflict, from 1983 to 2009, pitted Government forces against the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) – more commonly referred to as the Tamil Tigers – who sought an independent state for the island’s Tamil minority in the north and east. The civil war claimed an estimated...

In hard-hitting human rights address, Guterres calls for urgent action on Gaza, authoritarianism and climate justice

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·July 26, 2025·5 min read

Recalling his own experience living under dictatorship in Portugal, Mr. Guterres told participants at the Global Assembly of the international rights charity Amnesty International on Friday that the fight for human rights is “more important than ever”. He called on States to uphold international law and defend human rights “consistently...

Srebrenica, 30 years on: UN officials and survivors call for truth, justice and vigilance

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·July 9, 2025·3 min read

“I have survived a genocide,” said Munira Subašić, whose youngest son – her favourite – and 21 other family members were murdered in the July 1995 Srebrenica massacre. “And the world and Europe was just watching in silence.” Now president of the Mothers of Srebrenica and Žepa, Ms. Subašić spoke...

US decision to sanction ICC judges ‘deeply corrosive’ to justice: UN rights chief

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·June 7, 2025·1 min read

Mr. Türk was responding to an announcement by Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State, on Thursday, of measures targeting the judges, who are overseeing a 2020 case of alleged war crime committed in Afghanistan by US and Afghan military forces, and the 2024 ICC arrest warrants issued against Israeli...

‘Justice is long overdue’: Guterres calls for reparations for enslavement and colonialism

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·May 31, 2025·2 min read

“Africa is a continent of boundless energy and possibility. But for too long, the colossal injustices inflicted by enslavement, the transatlantic slave trade and colonialism have been left unacknowledged and unaddressed,” he said. The United Nations has repeatedly said that slavery and the transatlantic slave trade constituted crimes against humanity,...

Challenges faced by Indigenous Peoples, ‘an affront to dignity and justice’

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·April 22, 2025·2 min read

Indigenous Peoples are still excluded from decisions regarding “the very foundation of our identity, survival, and self-determination,” said Aluki Kotierk, Chair of the 24th United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII). This year’s theme is focused on implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and addressing associated challenges – emphasising...

Gaza: UN relief chief demands ‘answers and justice’ following killings of first responders

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·March 31, 2025·2 min read

The clearly identified humanitarian workers from the Palestine Red Crescent Society, Palestinian Civil Defence and the UN had been despatched to collect injured people on 23 March in the Rafah area of southern Gaza, when they came under fire from Israeli forces who were advancing in the area, said the...

Syria: Relative of Assad regime’s disappeared speaks of anguish in search for truth and justice

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·March 17, 2025·3 min read

Obeida Dabbagh’s brother Mazen, and nephew Patrick – both Syrian-French nationals – were arrested by Air Force Intelligence officials in November 2013. Held for years and tortured, there were falsely declared dead in 2018 “years after they disappeared,” Mr. Dabbagh told the Committee on Enforced Disappearances, which meets at the UN...

Syrians’ hopes for a better future depend on justice for the disappeared, Human Rights Council hears

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·March 6, 2025·3 min read

Yasmen Almashan, a founding member of the Caesar Families Association, lost five of her six brothers between 2012 and 2014 during the early years of the Syrian civil war. Today, Ms. Almashan advocates for the truth about what happened to Syria’s more than 130,000 missing persons. This quest would be...