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Independent experts alarmed by child rights violations in US immigration procedures

·January 27, 2026·1 min read

Thousands of children remain in custody without access to legal counsel; a situation the experts warn is forcing minors to navigate complex immigration proceedings alone and undermining their fundamental rights. The three Special Rapporteurs, appointed by the UN Human Rights Council, said they are in contact with the US Government on the issue. Duty...

South Sudan: UN and rights experts warn against risk of mass violence in Jonglei

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·January 27, 2026·2 min read

UNMISS expressed grave concern following reports that a senior military leader is urging troops to inflict discriminate violence against civilians, with more than 180,000 people fleeing their homes. “Inflammatory rhetoric calling for violence against civilians, including the most vulnerable, is utterly abhorrent and must stop now,” Graham Maitland, Officer in Charge, said on Sunday. Ongoing...

World News in Brief: Iran in the Human Rights Council, Myanmar election ‘fraud’, migration chief in Cyprus, Mozambique flood update

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·January 26, 2026·3 min read

Addressing the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Mr. Türk said that although the “killing on the streets of Iran may have subsided…the brutality continues”. He said that violent repression did not solve any of Iran’s problems but instead created conditions for further violations, instability and bloodshed. “We have indications that...

UN rights chief decries US treatment of migrants, as deaths in ICE custody rise

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·January 24, 2026·2 min read

In a news release on Friday, High Commissioner Volker Türk said individuals suspected of being undocumented migrants are being surveilled, arrested and detained – sometimes violently – in locations ranging from hospitals and places of worship to courthouses, schools, markets and private homes. The UN rights chief said he was...

Cold and dark: UN rights chief condemns Russian strikes on Ukraine’s power grid

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·January 21, 2026·1 min read

Volker Türk said he was outraged by renewed overnight attacks that knocked out power and heating in major cities – including Kyiv and Odesa – as temperatures plunged well below zero and civilians bear the brunt of what he described as unlawful assaults on civilian infrastructure. He said the Russian...

UN rights chief bears witness to trauma and resilience in Sudan

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·January 19, 2026·3 min read

Volker Türk briefed journalists in the Kenyan capital following a five-day mission to Sudan, where “a chronicle of cruelty is unfolding before our very eyes”. He called on “all those who have any influence, including regional actors and notably those who supply the arms and benefit economically from this war”...

Iran: ‘The killing of peaceful demonstrators must stop,’ UN rights chief says

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·January 13, 2026·2 min read

Volker Türk urged the authorities to immediately halt all forms of violence and repression against peaceful protestors and to restore full access to the internet and telecommunications. “The killing of peaceful demonstrators must stop, and the labelling of protesters as ‘terrorists’ to justify violence against them is unacceptable,” he said. Demands for change being repressed Since 28 December, citizens have...

Iran: UN human rights chief ‘deeply disturbed’ by protest-related violence

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·January 10, 2026·1 min read

In a statement issued on Friday, Volker Türk said he was “deeply disturbed” by the violence reported over nearly two weeks of demonstrations, stressing that those responsible for any violations must be held to account in line with international human rights standards. People took to the streets of the capital,...

Human Rights Council elects Indonesian candidate President for 2026

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·January 9, 2026·1 min read

Under Council rules, presidents are appointed to serve for one year by the body’s 47 Member States, based in Geneva. Ambassador Sidharto Reza Suryodipuro will now lead proceedings at the UN forum after his nomination as the sole candidate of the Asia-Pacific group, whose turn it was to propose a...

West Bank: UN report warns of ‘systematic asphyxiation’ of Palestinian rights

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·January 8, 2026·1 min read

The report by the UN human rights office, OHCHR, documents what it describes as a decades-long system of discrimination that has sharply intensified since at least December 2022. ‘Systematic asphyxiation’ of rights Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said the findings reveal “a systematic asphyxiation of the...

Venezuela’s people must be heard, insists UN human rights chief

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·January 6, 2026·3 min read

The US action made “all States less safe around the world”, said Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson for the High Commissioner. Speaking to journalists in Geneva, Ms. Shamdasani rejected the US justification for its intervention on the grounds of the Venezuelan Government’s “longstanding and appalling” human rights record. “Accountability for human rights...

Drop draft proposals on death penalty for Palestinians, UN rights chief urges Israel

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·January 2, 2026·1 min read

High Commissioner Volker Türk said the series of draft proposals before Israel’s Knesset raise grave concerns over discrimination, due process violations, and breaches of international human rights and humanitarian law. “When it comes to the death penalty, the United Nations is very clear, and opposes it under all circumstances,” he...