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Europe 

Malta: Human rights experts call for justice in case of murdered journalist

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In an appeal to the Maltese authorities to do more to find the ringleaders and masterminds responsible as their top political priority, Special Rapporteurs Agnes Callamard and David Kaye suggested that too little had been done to fully investigate her killing. “Two years have passed. No convictions, no trials of ringleaders and masterminds,” they said in a joint statement with… Read More
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Strict alcohol laws which cut intake more than 40 per cent in Russia, linked to historically high life expectancy

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The impact study on the effects of “alcohol control measures on mortality and life expectancy”, shows that the amount of alcohol consumed per person fell sharply by 43 per cent, between 2003 and 2016.  Russia, says the WHO, has long been considered one of the world’s heaviest-intake countries, with consumption patterns described as “hazardous”, and associated with some of the highest… Read More
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Libya: Boat with over 50 passengers capsizes off shores

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United Nations officials have said that a boat with more than 50 passengers capsized off the Libyan coast. The exact date of the boat accident was not given but UN officials said on Saturday that “some 70 persons have disembarked back in Libya by the coast guards, after days in distress at sea.” The UNHCR in Libya first broke the… Read More
Europe 

As ‘the last European divided country’, Cyprus president tells General Assembly, UN is ‘the only way forward’

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Despite his country’s “sincere efforts and the constructive engagement” towards a settlement, Mr. Anastasiades said: “Cyprus remains the last European divided country”. Yet he did acknowledge a “glimmer of hope” with a new effort by the UN Secretary-General that could “pave the way forward for the resumption of talks with the sole aim to reach a comprehensive settlement”, The “vision… Read More
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Strong leaders care about all people, not just their own citizens, Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says at UN

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy said ongoing conflict in places such Syria and Yemen, and his own country, reveal that war is the biggest threat to human civilization. “Do not think that war is far away. Methods of warfare, technologies and weapons facilities have proved that our planet is no longer that big,” he stated. “This means that every leader bears his share… Read More
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UN health agency spotlights stalled effort to close health divide across Europe, in new report

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In the first-ever report of its kind, The Health Equity Status Report, authors share that in many of the 53 countries in the WHO European Region, the status of health equity has either gone unchanged, or worsened, despite government efforts to address avoidable disparities.   These challenges could be overcome “even within the lifetime of a national government of four years” said… Read More
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UN health experts warn ‘dramatic resurgence’ of measles continues to threaten the European region

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“If high immunization coverage is not achieved and sustained in every community, both children and adults will suffer unnecessarily and some will tragically die,” Günter Pfaff, Chair of the RVC, said in a press release on the conclusions of the annual assessment.   According to RVC, as of the end of 2018, 35 countries have achieved or sustained measles elimination (compared… Read More
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