Thai activists urge UN to help repeal royal defamation laws

BANGKOK (AP): Pro-democracy demonstrators in Bangkok marked United Nations Human Rights Day on Thursday (Dec 10) with rallies calling for the abolition of Thailand’s strict royal defamation law ... Read More

UN 'rebuffed requests to help Uyghurs' in Thailand

The United Nations' refugee agency rebuffed unofficial requests from the Thai government to help 48 Uyghur asylum seekers from China who have been detained in Bangkok for a decade, partly out of ... Read More

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By Anton Troianovski Most of Gaza’s schools, including all of its universities, have severe damage that makes them unusable, which could harm an entire generation, the United Nations and others say. Read More

UN Rights Chief Urges States to Act on Slavery Reparations

UN Rights Chief Urges States to Act on Slavery Reparations ... a 200 million euro fund to address that past. A British Foreign Office spokesperson acknowledged the country's role in transatlantic ... Read More

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Ricky Gervais paid tribute to his former The Office U.K ... two young kids to the world of Dunder Mifflin anytime soon. Find out why. In an exclusive interview with E! News, Emily Blunt says ... Read More

Azerbaijan urges top UN court to toss out Armenian case alleging racial discrimination

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Lawyers for Azerbaijan on Monday urged the top United Nations court to throw ... disputes to be resolved by the world court if bilateral negotiations fail to ... Read More

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Amid deepening tensions in the Middle East, Bahraini activists said that the mass pardon ... El actor, quien se ha convertido en un foco del movimiento #MeToo en Francia, será juzgado en octubre ... Read More

UN rights chief urges states to act on slavery reparations

GENEVA, April 19 (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights chief called for countries ... A British Foreign Office spokesperson acknowledged the country's role in transatlantic slavery but ... Read More

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LONDON: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak warned on Monday that an analysis of the local election results shows the country is headed for a hung Parliament led by the Opposition Labour Party, which ... Read More

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A ground operation conducted by the Israel Defense Forces in the Gaza city of Rafah "could lead to a slaughter," the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said Friday. Read More