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Fact-finding mission urges Iran to end protest violence and restore internet

·January 11, 2026·1 min read

In a news release issued on Saturday, the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran said it was alarmed by credible reports that security forces had been ordered to carry out a “decisive” crackdown without restraint, as demonstrations entered a third week. Internet and mobile connectivity were shut down on the...

At the heart of change: Spotlight Initiative highlights breakthroughs in tackling gender-based violence

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·January 10, 2026·6 min read

At the heart of change: Spotlight Initiative highlights breakthroughs in tackling gender-based violence When it comes to protecting women and girls from gender-based violence, change happens when they are “at the heart of every decision,”according to Erin Kenny, Global Coordinator of the Spotlight Initiative a United Nations–European Union partnership...

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,...

South Sudan: Increase in abductions and sexual violence ‘unacceptable’

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·January 9, 2026·1 min read

UNMISS released its latest quarterly human rights brief, covering July to September 2025 – a period marked by a continued deterioration in the political and security situation. Factors included persistent inter/intra-communal violence involving community-based militias and/or civil defence groups; hostilities between the warring parties and other armed groups – including the alleged involvement of foreign forces – political tensions between the ruling party and the opposition, and...

‘Do not give up on children’: Displaced by violence, a Haitian girl finds hope at school

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·January 3, 2026·4 min read

A teenage Haitian girl who was forced to flee her home in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, due to gang violence has urged adults not to “give up on children.” Thirteen-year-old Dieussika was living peacefully with her family before armed violence and insecurity forced them to flee. “We had to leave our...

Sexual violence against children ‘entrenched, systemic and widespread’ across DR Congo, UNICEF warns

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·December 31, 2025·3 min read

The surge is unfolding against the backdrop of escalating conflict in eastern DRC, where renewed fighting has triggered mass displacement, eroded protection systems and deepened an already severe humanitarian crisis – placing children at heightened risk of abuse, exploitation and lasting trauma. UNICEF has repeatedly called for an immediate cessation...

LIVE: Security Council meets on escalating violence in Sudan

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·December 23, 2025·1 min read

Senior UN political and humanitarian officials are set brief the Security Council this afternoon as members meet to discuss the rapidly deteriorating situation in Sudan, where intensified fighting – including in the Kordofan region – has driven widespread civilian harm and displacement. The region has seen a sharp escalation, including...

Sudan war: World urged not to ignore ‘gruesome sexual violence’

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·December 22, 2025·2 min read

Issued by the UN human rights office, OHCHR, the report describes how civilians – including many from besieged El Fasher – endured torture and abductions during a three-day offensive by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on nearby Zamzam camp for displaced persons in April this year. Highlighting the report’s findings, UN...

Syria’s humanitarian needs remain high despite reduced violence, UN warns

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·December 21, 2025·3 min read

Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council, Rosemary DiCarlo, head of UN political affairs, and Joyce Msuya, Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, said Syrians have made tangible progress over the past year. However, the country’s recovery – following the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024 – remains fragile and uneven,...

Violence against women: UN sheds light on global femicide crisis, digital abuse

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·November 26, 2025·1 min read

One day, the anonymous interaction turned into physical stalking. He texted her exactly what she was wearing. “There is a specific terror in being watched by someone without a face,” Ms. Tesfai told UN officials, Goodwill Ambassadors and civil society representatives in New York commemorating the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women....

AI and anonymity fuel surge in digital violence against women

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·November 25, 2025·3 min read

Fuelled by artificial intelligence, anonymity, and weak accountability, online abuse is rapidly escalating. Yet, 1.8 billion women and girls still lack legal protection from online harassment and other forms of technology-facilitated abuse. The alarm is being sounded this week by the UN agency for women’s rights, gender equality and women’s...

Ending violence against women ‘a matter of dignity, equality and human rights’

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·November 20, 2025·2 min read

Instead, she found herself tied to a man who “changed from being kind to being a monster.” He would beat her “with his bare hands,” she said recently. The young mother from Yemen is among the roughly 840 million women worldwide – nearly one in three – who have faced...