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Experts demand answers from Russia over award-winning Ukrainian journalist’s death

That’s according to a group of independent UN human rights experts who said in a statement released on Wednesday they are urgently seeking confirmation of reports regarding the death of Roshchyna, who was forcibly disappeared in August 2023.  The uncertainty surrounding her fate has inflicted anguish on her family, the UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts … Read moreExperts demand answers from Russia over award-winning Ukrainian journalist’s death

Daily death and destruction continues in Ukraine, Security Council hears

Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča, whose portfolio straddles both Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, voiced concern over attacks on energy infrastructure as winter approaches. Drones, death and devastation Mr. Jenča said at least 208 Ukrainian civilians were killed and 1,220 injured in September, making it the month with the highest number of civilian casualties this year. Overall, … Read moreDaily death and destruction continues in Ukraine, Security Council hears

Refugees, migrants face violence, abuse and death on routes across Africa, new data shows

Data from a new report by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, the UN migration agency IOM and the Mixed Migration Centre (MMC) highlights the often under-reported perils facing vulnerable people on the move on dangerous land routes. Abuse along the route “Regardless of their status, migrants, refugees, seem to face serious human rights violations and abuse along the … Read moreRefugees, migrants face violence, abuse and death on routes across Africa, new data shows

After Navalny death, independent expert on rights in Russia asks ‘who is next?’

Speaking exclusively to UN News, she said her office had raised repeated concerns over the past months, among them, over Mr. Navalny’s deteriorating health. Arrested in 2021, the 47-year-old anti-corruption activist was serving multiple sentences on charges, including extremism. “It’s very shocking that this happened today less than a month before the Russian presidential election, … Read moreAfter Navalny death, independent expert on rights in Russia asks ‘who is next?’

Human Rights Council: Russia responsible for ‘widespread death and destruction’ in Ukraine

Speaking only days since a large majority of the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution calling for the immediate withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine, the UN chief stressed that Russia’s decision to go to war against its neighbour on 24 February 2022 had unleashed “widespread death, destruction and displacement”. Also present at the opening … Read moreHuman Rights Council: Russia responsible for ‘widespread death and destruction’ in Ukraine

UN rights chief deplores Ukraine death toll one year after Russian invasion

Matilda Bogner, Head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU), told journalists in Geneva that the civilian death toll in the southern city of Mariupol – besieged and bombarded by Russian missiles – had been particularly high.  “My colleagues interviewed a former prisoner of war, and he was from Mariupol and he … Read moreUN rights chief deplores Ukraine death toll one year after Russian invasion

Ukraine: Cycle of death, destruction, dislocation, and disruption ‘must stop’  |

“The cycle of death, destruction, dislocation, and disruption must stop”, underscored Rosemary DiCarlo.  Depravity of war  Amidst a new wave in recent days of missile and airstrikes in Kyiv, Chernihiv, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv and other cities far from the frontlines, the senior UN official drew attention to the missile strike in Kremenchuk on a shopping … Read moreUkraine: Cycle of death, destruction, dislocation, and disruption ‘must stop’  |