The UN expressed concern Monday over the UK government’s action to make the Rwanda deal operational. The Rwanda deal facilitates the prompt removal of asylum-seekers to Rwanda. The UN High Commissioner for... Read more »
UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Liz Throssell expressed concern Tuesday over the detention of journalists in Kyrgyzstan. This comes after authorities from the State Committee for National Security and the Ministry of... Read more »
The Media Freedom Coalition (MFC) released a statement on Friday calling attention to media freedom in Hong Kong. The MFC is a partnership of 50 countries formed in 2019 that advocates media... Read more »
UN human rights office expresses alarm at Israel settler and military violence in West Bank – JURIST
In a statement released Friday, the UN Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner warned of the “multi-layered human rights violations of Palestinians” occurring in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.... Read more »
Ravina Shamdasani, the spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), on Friday, said that Pakistan’s plan to deport the “undocumented” remaining foreign nationals in the country after November... Read more »
(Photo by Michelangelo Di Battista/Sony/RCA via Getty Images) Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I was at a resort in Tahiti in November when Mathew [Rosengart] called... Read more »