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Friday’s Daily Brief: When journalists are targets, landslides in Cameroon, UN Female Police Officer of the Year award

Village Reporter
‘When journalists are targeted, societies as a whole, pay a price’, UN chief “Without journalists able to do their jobs in safety, we face the prospect of a world of confusion and disinformation”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned in a statement released ahead of the International Day to End Impunity Against Journalists, which falls on 2 November. “When journalists are… Read More
Human Rights 

Education and inclusion should be human rights priorities, UN Assembly hears

Village Reporter
Based in Geneva, the Human Rights Council is a 47-member UN body tasked with promoting and protecting human rights globally, with countries elected to serve by the Assembly in New York. “Let us not forget: a just world is a safe world”, Assembly President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande stressed before the Council’s annual report was formally delivered, adding that “we can only ensure… Read More
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UN migration agency appeals to South Sudan group to free volunteer worker and child

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According to IOM, they were caught in the crossfire between two armed groups in Isebi, Morobo County, in South Sudan’s Central Equatoria region. The volunteers had been manning an Ebola virus screening point in border areas between South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo to prevent the spread of the deadly disease. It is understood that the four-year-old child… Read More
Human Rights 

‘When journalists are targeted, societies as a whole, pay a price’: UN chief

Village Reporter
“When journalists are targeted, societies as a whole pay a price”, added the UN chief. “Without the ability to protect journalists, our ability to remain informed and contribute to decision-making, is severely hampered”. Killings and attacks on the rise A new study from the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, underscores the risks that journalists face, showing that almost… Read More
Human Rights 

Thursday’s Daily Brief: The power of mediation, Southern Africa food crisis, urban deaths, climate meeting update and Iraq protest latest

Village Reporter
Syria’s groundbreaking constitutional talks: ‘a clear success of mediation’ says Guterres in Turkey Mediation is “one of our most important tools to reduce and end conflict”, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told the sixth Istanbul Mediation Conference, in the Turkish capital on Thursday. Elaborating on the “positive results” that mediation and dialogue can bring, he referred to signs of progress by Syrian leaders… Read More
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