Crimes of the transatlantic slave trade ‘unacknowledged, unspoken and unaddressed’

March 26, 2025 Village Reporter

The transatlantic slave trade may have ended centuries ago but its legacy is ever present, the UN Secretary-General said on Tuesday, marking the International Day of Remembrance for its victims. Source UN News

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Crackdown on Palestinian civil society is reaching alarming levels, warns UN human rights office

December 6, 2025 Village Reporter0 comment

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has condemned an...

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Syria: Effort to buttress human rights since Assad’s fall, ‘only the beginning of what needs to be done’

December 5, 2025 Village Reporter0 comment

Summary executions and other violations continue in Syria nearly...

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UN sounds alarm as landmine deaths rise amid funding cuts

December 5, 2025 Village Reporter0 comment

The deadly legacy of conflicts old and new –...