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Japan: IAEA monitoring treated water release from Fukushima nuclear plant

·August 24, 2023·1 min read

Experts from the UN nuclear watchdog were present to monitor and assess that all relevant international safety standards were applied, as part of a multiyear review of a process that could last for decades. The decision to release the water into the sea has sparked criticism in Japan and the...

UN welcomes release of five staff abducted last year in Yemen

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·August 11, 2023·2 min read

The men – four national staff and a Bangladeshi citizen – were abducted in the southern governorate of Abyan on 11 February 2022 after returning from a field mission. UN Secretary-General António Guterres was delighted to learn of their release, noting that available information suggests they all are in good...

Niger: UN chief demands president’s immediate and unconditional release

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·July 28, 2023·1 min read

A group of officers from all branches of the military made the television announcement late on Wednesday, after members of the president’s own guard detained him inside his offices in the capital Niamey. According to news reports, the attempted coup does not have the backing of the entire military, but...

Yemen: UN envoy welcomes mass prisoner release, urges push for political solution to war

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·April 15, 2023·1 min read

“Nearly 900 conflict-related detainees are being released by the parties in Yemen starting today, Friday, and over the course of three days,” the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen said in a statement. “This release operation comes at a time of hope for Yemen as a...

Yemen: Fresh negotiations conclude with release of 887 prisoners

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·March 21, 2023·2 min read

“For hundreds of Yemeni families, today is a good day,” Special Envoy Hans Grundberg told reporters at a press conference in Switzerland. “Today, hundreds of Yemeni families can look forward to reuniting with their loved ones.” The Supervisory Committee on the Implementation of the Detainees’ Exchange Agreement concluded the latest...

UN rights chief urges Belarus to promptly release political detainees

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·March 19, 2023·1 min read

The report, covering the period between May 2020 and December 2022, draws on interviews with 207 victims and witnesses and an analysis of more than 2,500 items of evidence, including photographs, videos, medical, and court records. ‘Unacceptable picture of impunity’ “Our report paints an unacceptable picture of impunity and the...

Egypt: Rights chief calls for immediate release of jailed blogger and activist |

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·November 9, 2022·1 min read

Alaa Abdel Fattah has been arrested many times over more than decade for his activism around violations perpetrated by the security forces and the use of military courts to try civilians. “I urge the Government to immediately release Abdel Fattah from prison and provide him with the necessary medical treatment,”...

Amid ‘inhumane’ conditions, Bachelet urges Nicaragua to release all detainees |

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·June 16, 2022·4 min read

Delivering her latest update on the country to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Ms. Bachelet said scores of people remain locked up in the wake of political, human rights and electoral crises over the past four years. Widespread protests broke out in Nicaragua in April 2018 after President...