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Iran: Human rights investigators alarmed by ‘surge in repression’ and spike in executions following Israeli airstrikes

·November 3, 2025·4 min read

Briefing at UN Headquarters in New York – the first time the mission has presented findings to the General Assembly – chairperson Sara Hossain said that conditions have deteriorated since the Israeli airstrikes, which reportedly killed over 1,000 people. According to Iranian Government figures, 276 civilians, including 38 children and...

US strikes in Caribbean and Pacific breach international law, says UN rights chief

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·November 1, 2025·1 min read

More than 60 people have reportedly been killed in the continuing series of attacks since early September “in circumstances that find no justification in international law,” Volker Türk said in a statement. He urged the US to halt its “unacceptable” operations and take measures to prevent the “extrajudicial killing of...

‘Repeated bouts of violence’ put Syria rebuilding at risk: Independent rights investigator

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·October 31, 2025·3 min read

In December 2024, the Bashar Al-Assad regime was toppled by a coalition of opposition groups, led by the Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham militia, leading to a widespread outpouring of relief that the civil war, lasting over decade, had come to an end – signalling the return of over a million Syrian...

Russia using ‘rule of fear’ to silence anti-war dissent, says UN independent human rights expert

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·October 29, 2025·2 min read

Mariana Katzarova said in a new report to the UN General Assembly that over the past three years “thousands have been imprisoned on politically motivated charges, including treason, espionage, extremism and terrorism, often on fabricated evidence and in closed trials, with detainees ranging from children to the elderly.” The UN Human Rights Council-appointed...

UN rights office sounds alarm over ‘skyrocketing’ Israeli settler violence during olive harvest

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·October 22, 2025·1 min read

Ajith Sunghay said on Tuesday that “settler violence has skyrocketed in scale and frequency, with the acquiescence, support, and in many cases participation, of Israeli security forces – and always with impunity.” In the first half of 2025 alone, there were 757 settler attacks causing casualties or property damage —...

Political crisis and corruption fuelling violence in South Sudan, UN rights body says

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·October 14, 2025·3 min read

The Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan issued the warning at the conclusion of a mission to the Africa Union (AU) headquarters in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in July 2011, but deadly fighting broke out in late 2013 between troops loyal to President...

Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado’s values represent best hopes of Venezuelans: UN rights office

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·October 11, 2025·2 min read

“We congratulate Maria Corina Machado on being announced as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize,” said OHCHR spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan. “This recognition reflects the clear aspirations of the people of Venezuela for free and fair elections, for civil and political rights and for the rule of law. The High...

Sudan: UN rights chief calls for urgent action to protect civilians in El Fasher

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·October 6, 2025·1 min read

“El Fasher is on the precipice of an even greater catastrophe if urgent measures are not taken to loosen the armed vice upon the city and to protect civilians,” he said. Reports of the RSF deploying long-range drones in South Darfur have heightened fears of an escalation in the coming...

Ukraine: ‘This war needs to end,’ Türk tells UN Human Rights Council

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·October 4, 2025·3 min read

The full-scale Russian invasion of the country began in February 2022 and “this year has seen intense attacks along the frontline, and massive airstrikes, largely in populated areas,” he told the Human Rights Council in Geneva. “In some towns in frontline communities, nearly all the housing has been damaged or...

World News in Brief: New declaration on NCDs and mental health, Khartoum shelter crisis, WFP lifeline in Ukraine, South Sudan rights update

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·September 29, 2025·3 min read

The text, negotiated over five months, will go before the General Assembly for approval in just a few weeks’ time. It was adopted at a high-level meeting at UN Headquarters late on Thursday, where heads of State, government leaders and health ministers stressed the urgency of coordinated action. NCDs such as...

World News in Brief: Migrant medics mean shortages at home, UN names top innovators, Nigeria rights update, sunscreen an ‘essential medicine’

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·September 17, 2025·3 min read

A new UN health agency report also shows that in Europe in 2023, six in 10 medics trained outside the region, while the number is even higher for nurses. In light of these findings – and the fact that many western and northern European countries are becoming “heavily dependent” on these foreign...

Government corruption fuels human rights crisis in South Sudan, independent panel finds

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·September 17, 2025·1 min read

Based on two years of independent investigations and analysis, the report reveals how oil and non-oil revenues are siphoned off through opaque schemes and politically connected contracts. Meanwhile, millions of South Sudanese are denied basic services. “Our report tells the story of the plundering of a nation: corruption is not...