High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk deplored the sentence imposed on Mr. Lai, the 78-year-old founder of the now-shuttered pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, following […]
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Guterres condemns escalating violence in South Sudan as aid operations come under fire
In a statement issued by his Deputy Spokesperson, Farhan Haq on Saturday, the UN chief said nearly 10 million people – “more than two thirds […]
Keeping ‘hope alive for younger generations’ in Haiti as funding falters
Armed groups control large swaths of Port-au-Prince, forcing more than 1.4 million people from their homes and cutting access to food, health, water and education […]
UN lauds $6 billion US funding approval towards ending HIV/AIDS
“This US investment will provide lifesaving support for millions of people in partner countries and help to ensure that the global HIV response remains efficient, […]
Child malnutrition hits catastrophic levels in parts of Sudan
According to an alert from the IPC, a global food security monitoring system, thresholds for acute malnutrition were surpassed in two new areas of North […]
Fatwas, faith and fallacies: Myth-busting female genital mutilation in Africa
“Deep down, I knew what I had experienced was not something any girl should go through,” she emphasised. FGM was once considered an unavoidable rite […]
‘Human rights cannot wait’: Türk launches $400 million appeal for 2026
He warned Member States that with crises mounting, the world cannot afford a human rights system in crisis. “The cost of our work is low; the human cost […]
‘We are dying’: Gaza’s cancer patients plead for a way out
“We are dying. Every day, between two and three patients die inside this hospital,” says Munther Abu Foul, a cancer patient lying on his bed […]
South Sudan: UN forced to suspend food aid after ‘unacceptable’ attacks on convoy
As fighting intensifies there between opposition forces and national troops, there are reports of airstrikes and daily civilian casualties. UN agencies warn that worsening insecurity […]
AI ‘moving at the speed of light’ warns Guterres, unveiling recommendations for UN expert panel
“AI is moving at the speed of light,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres, underscoring the urgency of regulating the breakthrough technology. “We need shared understandings […]
