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Burkina Faso: 50 civilians missing after deadly attack by fighters

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– – At least 11 soldiers have been killed and 50 civilians reported missing after armed fighters attacked a military convoy. The 150-vehicle military-escorted convoy was taking supplies to a northern town. In a statement , the government said the assault took place in the commune of Gaskinde in Soum province, where armed groups linked to al-Qaeda and the ISIL… Read More
Pacific 

Iran: UN experts demand stay of execution for two women LGBT rights activists

Village Reporter
“We strongly condemn the sentencing of Ms. Sedighi-Hamadani and Ms. Choubdar to death and call on authorities to stay their executions and annul their sentences as soon as possible,” they said in a statement. ‘Corruption on earth’ Iran’s legal system explicitly prohibits homosexuality, which under the country’s penal code is punishable by death. The women were convicted on charges of… Read More
Europe 

Referenda in Russian-controlled Ukraine ‘cannot be regarded as legal’: UN political affairs chief

Village Reporter
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also briefed ambassadors, blasting the “sham referenda”, though Russia objected to his participation via videoconference.  The country’s ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, said the President should participate in person, in line with the rules.  “The Council should not turn into a forum for political shows or cinema,” he added. Door-to-door voting  The referenda were held over the past… Read More
Pacific 

World ‘must engage’ or risk Afghanistan’s collapse, Security Council hears

Village Reporter
Despite some positive developments over the past few months, the Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan said they have been “too few and too slow and they are outweighed by the negatives”. If Taliban continue failing to uphold the rights of all Afghans & to engage constructively with int’l community, #Afghanistan’s future is uncertain: fragmentation, isolation, poverty & internal conflict are… Read More
Europe 

‘Dire’ and deteriorating pattern of rights abuse continues in Ukraine

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Highlighting a wide range of violations of international human rights and humanitarian law, the report notes multiple cases of “willful killings”, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, torture and ill-treatment, and conflict-related sexual violence. “Hostilities continue to kill and injure civilians as well as destroy and damage civilian infrastructure”, said Head of HRMMU, Matilda Bogner, indicating that hostilities “not only endanger the… Read More
Pacific 

Iran: UN human rights office condemns violent crackdown against hijab protests

Village Reporter
OHCHR said it was very concerned about the continued violent response to the protests, as well as communications restrictions affecting phones, the internet and social media, Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani told journalists in Geneva.  Ms. Amini, 22, was arrested by Iran’s “morality police” in the capital, Tehran, on 13 September, for allegedly not wearing a hijab in full compliance with mandatory… Read More
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Nigeria: Police officers face dismissal and prosecution for torture

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– – A number of police officers in Nigeria are facing dismissal and prosecution for illegal detentions and torture. A panel set up by Nigeria’s National Human Rights Commission has recommended the dismissal and prosecution of the police officers for torture, extra-judicial killings and illegal detentions. The committee, set up in the wake of mass street protests against police brutality… Read More
Europe 

Russia school shooting: Guterres ‘deeply saddened’ by attack which left 15 dead

Village Reporter
According to news reports, the gunman who was known to authorities and was a former pupil at the school Number 88, was wearing a Nazi swastika on his T-shirt during the attack, and Russian authorities are investigating the perpetrator’s suspected neo-Nazi links. In a statement issued by his Deputy-Spokesperson, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, strongly condemned the “act of violence, and… Read More
Europe 

Ukraine: UN and partners ramp up assistance to over 150,000 in Kharkiv region

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The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine, Denise Brown, was in Kharkiv on Monday, and aid workers had begun making life-saving deliveries to the thousands in need, just days after Russian troops withdrew following the surprise Ukrainian counter-attack to secure the region around the country’s second largest city. The @UN & humanitarian partners are stepping up efforts to assist over 150,000… Read More
Africa Ghana West Africa World 

Ghana’s President Akufo Addo booed at international musical event

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– – Ghanaian President, Nana Addo Akufo-Addo was booed by disenchanted Ghanaians when he mounted the stage to address the Global Citizen Festival hosted in the West African country. President Akufo Addo walked on stage to deliver a speech on Saturday only to meet many of the revellers chanting for him to leave the stage. A section of the crowd… Read More
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