Americas World 

UN Resolution to Stop Police Brutality in the United States

June 18, 2020June 20, 2020 RMN News Human Rights, Police Brutality, UN, United States

“You watched my brother die. That could have been me,” said Philonise Floyd, brother of George Floyd, the African American

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Americas Crime Politics World 

Governments Must Not Use COVID-19 for Arbitrary Detention: UN Experts

May 8, 2020May 12, 2020 RMN News COVID-19, Human Rights, UN

A group of independent UN experts recalled today (May 8) that “the prohibition of arbitrary detention is absolute even during

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Americas World 

Ghada Fathi Waly to Head UN Crime Prevention and Anti-Corruption Office

February 23, 2020February 25, 2020 RMN News Anti-Corruption, Ghada Fathi Waly, UN, UNODC

Ghada Fathi Waly is the Director-General / Executive Director of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV) / United Nations

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Europe People Politics World 

RSF Launches Petition to Oppose Assange Extradition to U.S.

February 15, 2020February 18, 2020 RMN News Julian Assange, RSF, Wikileaks

With just a few days left until the start of Julian Assange’s hearing in London, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) –

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Europe World 

Dutch Court Stops Government Attempts to Spy on the Poor: UN Expert

February 11, 2020February 12, 2020 RMN News Court, Dutch, Human Rights, Poor, UN

The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, applauded a landmark ruling by the District Court

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Americas World 

LBJ Foundation Honors U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

February 1, 2020February 3, 2020 RMN News Justice, LBJ Foundation, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court

The LBJ Foundation has awarded its most prestigious honor, the LBJ Liberty & Justice for All Award, to Associate Justice

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