Tech Report: The Age of Digital Interdependence
According to a new tech report, “the Age of Digital Interdependence,” the digital future must be safer and more inclusive. The report was released on Monday by the UN High…
Taliban Inflicts Mistreatment and Torture on Detainees
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has expressed grave concern about credible accounts of Taliban subjecting detainees to ill-treatment and actions that may amount to torture, as well as…
TrialWatch to Help Vulnerable People Get Justice
UN Human Rights Office in Geneva has partnered with the Clooney Foundation for Justice to set up TrialWatch, which will help deliver justice to some of the world’s most vulnerable…
Reuters Reporters to Share Press Freedom Prize
Journalists Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone (Myanmar) will share this year’s UNESCO / Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Prize, following the recommendation of an international jury of media professionals. Both…
UN Human Rights Experts Condemn India for Rohingya Deportations
In a statement released Tuesday, UN human rights experts* condemned the Indian Government’s decision to deport three more Rohingya to Myanmar and urged the authorities to stop such forced deportations…
No Place for Capital Punishment: António Guterres
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said Wednesday, February 27, that the death penalty has no place in the twenty-first century. He was addressing the seventh World Congress against the Death Penalty,…