Armed groups are accused of recruiting child soldiers, committing sexual violence, murders, illegal taxation, destruction and looting of property
WHO officials concerned about lack of access to be able to provide essential medicines and supplies and attacks on health care facilities
UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar proposes cutting off oil and gas revenues as part of plan to get the country’s military rulers to stop abuses
UN rights chief says that what began as a coup by the Myanmar military has rapidly morphed into an attack against the civilian population
UN Commission warns war ongoing in earnest in some places and simmering in others, while civilians suffer abuse with impunity
Stigmatization, criminalization and threats against dissenting voices, particularly towards civil society, media and members of the opposition is a matter of concern, Michelle Bachelet says
UN investigator’s report says more than 35,000 people have been arbitrarily detained for exercising their right to freedom of peaceful assembly or in support of victims of abuse
Food packages will be distributed for the first time to some 42,000 school children this month
Cases have been rising by 25% every week for six weeks, fueled by a surge of more contagious variants of the disease
UNICEF urges international community to pay more attention to plight of nation's children living in dire conditions
But WFP reports lack of security and other impediments are threatening its ability to reach millions of people in need
Health officials warn of potential outbreaks of cholera, measles, and malaria in the region
China’s malaria caseload has gone from 30 million in the 1940s to zero cases today
Report comes more than a year after the death of George Floyd in police custody in the United States
Currently, 69 countries criminalize homosexuality or some forms of gender identity, nearly half are in Africa
Some 2.4 million people in northwest Syria depend entirely on cross-border delivery of aid from Turkey for their basic needs, including food
Children orphaned by Coronavirus at great risk of abuse and child labor
Report says in violation of human rights law, death sentences are frequently imposed based on forced confessions extracted through torture; Tehran says report full of baseless accusations
15 people who declared their intention to run for president in November have been arrested under ambiguous criminal offenses
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