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Iraq: UN human rights report voices concern over conduct of ISIL fighter trials

Village Reporter
The joint report by the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the UN human rights office found that basic fair trial standards were not respected in terrorism-related trials, thus placing defendants at a serious disadvantage.  “A fair and just criminal justice system is a central element to the democratic way of life, and key to building trust and legitimacy, and promoting and protecting human rights”, said UN High… Read More
Development Health Advice 

UN health agency team in China to strengthen coronavirus response through partnership

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Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and colleagues arrived in Beijing on Monday, in efforts to understand the latest developments and strengthen partnerships in order to boost the overall response against the new respiratory disease.  In a message posted on Twitter, he said the UN agency also is working with countries everywhere to activate their response systems.  Coronaviruses are a large family of respiratory viruses that can cause diseases ranging from the common cold to the Middle-East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

On Nigerian music, Lagos banning OPay – Here are the funny tweets we saw from Nigerians today

Village Reporter,
Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their funny rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social issues, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. Here are the ones we saw today: I love the way most Nigerians think we own African music while other Africans are… Read More
Human Rights 

Societies must unite against ‘global crisis of antisemitic hatred’, Guterres urges

Village Reporter
“Our solidarity in the face of hatred is needed today more than ever, as we see a deeply worrying resurgence in antisemitic attacks around the world, and, almost unbelievable, also around us here in New York”, he said on Monday, Holocaust Remembrance Day.   Noting a rising trend in antisemitic hate crimes across the United States, he recalled that less… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

Grammy Award: Burna Boy loses Best World Music Album to Beninese Angélique Kidjo

Village Reporter,
Nigerian Afro-fusion singer, Damini Ogulu, better known as Burna Boy, has lost the Best World Music Album trophy to Beninese ace singer, Angélique Kidjo, at the 62nd Grammy Award. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony, acclaimed to be world’s most prestigious music honours, held on Sunday night at the Staples Center in Los… Read More
Development Health Advice 

End discrimination against women and children affected by leprosy

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“Too many women and children affected by leprosy – also known as Hansen’s disease – are victims of stereotypes, physical and verbal abuse, delays of diagnosis and lack of adequate care”, declared Alice Cruz, UN Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members. The UN expert expressed concern over the “complete lack… Read More
Development Health Advice 

UN heath agency: The time is now to ‘act as one’ in fighting infectious coronavirus

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The evolving outbreak that began in China is “a sign that every country needs to be ready to timely detect and manage outbreaks of any type”, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday.  Virus infections have now been reported on four continents, including in Australia, France and the United States, among recent travelers to China. Several other countries in… Read More
Human Rights 

Combatting antisemitism requires ‘solidarity in the face of hatred’, says UN chief  

Village Reporter
As we see a deeply worrying resurgence in antisemitic attacks around the world, “solidarity in the face of hatred is needed today more than ever”, the UN chief told an annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony at New York City’s historic Park East Synagogue.   He reflected upon the resurgence of neo-Nazis and white supremacists spreading venomous ideology and memes online that “poison young minds”.   While the world is revolted by the… Read More
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