United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk. Photo: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Volker Türk Expresses Shock at Death Sentences by Military Courts in Myanmar

December 3, 2022December 7, 2022 RMN News Human Rights, Myanmar, Volker Türk

Volker Türk Expresses Shock at Death Sentences by Military Courts in Myanmar The latest convictions would bring the total number

Secretary General of the 46-nation Council of Europe (CoE), Marija Pejčinović Burić. Photo: CoE

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Help Victims of Sexual Violence in Ukraine: Marija Pejčinović Burić

November 29, 2022December 2, 2022 RMN News Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić, Sexual Violence, Ukraine

Help Victims of Sexual Violence in Ukraine: Marija Pejčinović Burić Among over seven million refugees so far, 90% are women, girls

The Council of Europe (CoE) announced that the winner of its 2022 Democracy Innovation Award was the Justice Code Foundation Trust (Zimbabwe) for its human rights remedy application Astrea Justice. Photo: CoE

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Astrea Justice Wins Council of Europe’s Democracy Innovation Award

November 13, 2022November 17, 2022 RMN News Astrea Justice, Award, Council of Europe, Democracy, Innovation

The Forum brought together in Strasbourg 900 participants from 80 countries across the world to answer the question “Democracy: a

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Volker Türk Asks Egypt to Release Blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah

November 9, 2022November 11, 2022 RMN News Alaa Abdel Fattah, Blogger, Egypt, Human Rights, Volker Türk

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday (8 November) expressed deep regret that the Egyptian authorities

Newly arrived Rohingya refugees travel by boat from Myanmar on the Bay of Bengal to Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar district, Chittagong Division in Bangladesh. Credit: UNICEF/Patrick Brown

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Forced Returns to Myanmar Must Stop: Volker Türk

October 27, 2022October 30, 2022 RMN News Coup, Human Rights, Myanmar, Volker Türk

Since the beginning of the military coup on 1 February 2021, at least 70,000 people have fled Myanmar. UN Human

NATO Foreign Ministers held an extraordinary virtual meeting on Friday (7 January 2022) to discuss Russia’s continued military build-up in and around Ukraine. Photo: NATO (file photo)

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UN Commission Concludes War Crimes Committed in Ukraine

September 27, 2022October 1, 2022 RMN News Human Rights, Russia, Ukraine, War Crimes

Witnesses provided the Commission with consistent accounts of ill-treatment and torture carried out during unlawful confinement. Based on its investigations