Asia Pacific World 

Political Corruption Causing Protests and Unrest Around the World: UN

October 27, 2019October 30, 2019 RMN News António Guterres, Corruption, Michelle Bachelet, Political, Unrest

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has expressed deep concern over the ongoing unrest erupting in most

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Middle East and Africa World 

UN Calls on Saudi Arabia to Release Jailed Human Rights Defenders

August 1, 2018August 3, 2018 RMN News Human Rights, Saudi Arabia, UN

Concerned over the continuing arrests and “apparently arbitrary detentions” of human rights defenders – including campaigners who lobbied for an

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Crime Middle East and Africa Politics World 

Islamic State Terrorists Continue to Use Human Shields in Mosul

November 2, 2016November 3, 2016 RMN News Human, Human Rights, Iraq, Islamic State, Mosul, Terrorists, UN

The United Nations (UN) human rights wing said Tuesday it has received reports that the Islamic State of Iraq and

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Middle East and Africa World 

Islamic State Fighters Abduct 8,000 Families in Mosul

October 28, 2016October 30, 2016 RMN News Human Rights, Iraq, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, Mosul, UN

Reports suggest that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) has been forcing tens of thousands of people

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Asia Pacific Recent World 

Thailand Urged to Allow Freedom of Expression

August 20, 2016August 22, 2016 RMN News Expression, Freedom, Human Rights, Thailand, UN

The United Nations human rights arm expressed Friday its concern about the mounting constraints on the democratic space in Thailand

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Asia Pacific Crime Politics Recent World 

UN Welcomes Release of 83 Prisoners in Myanmar

April 22, 2016April 27, 2016 RMN News Human Rights, Myanmar, Prisoners, Ravina Shamdasani, UN

The United Nations (UN) rights chief has welcomed the release of a second wave of 83 prisoners on Myanmar’s New

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