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    Jurist UN Secretary-General warns of growing backlash against women’s rights worldwide

    United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned about the increasing backlash against women’s rights worldwide on Tuesday. At the ongoing 69th Commission on the Status of Women, Guterres called for urgent action to safeguard hard-won progress. Guterres warned: UN Women Executive...
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    Jurist USAID cuts cause closure of support program for Iraqi torture and disappearance survivors

    An UN spokesperson announced Tuesday that USAID funding cancellations have resulted in the closure of a UN human rights program intended on helping torture victims and the families of missing persons in Iraq. Speaking to the media at a Geneva press conference, Office of the High Commissioner...
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    Jurist UN confirms Syria civilian deaths in coastal mass killings, calls for accountability

    UN Human Rights spokesperson on Syria confirmed the deaths of 111 Syrian civilians in recent mass killings, in a Geneva press briefing on Tuesday. The spokesperson remarked that the true number is believed to be “significantly higher.” UN spokesperson on Syria, Thameen Al Kheetan said that the...
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    Jurist US Supreme Court reopens case over rightful ownership of Nazi-looted painting

    The US Supreme Court on Monday revived a case on the fate of “Rue Saint-Honoré in the Afternoon, Effect of Rain,” a painting by French impressionist Camille Pissarro now worth millions. The court ordered that the case be reconsidered under a recently-passed California law intended to make it...
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    Jurist Peru asset seizure office in Ayacucho leads confiscations under controversial Extinction of Domain Law

    Peru’s public prosecutor announced Monday that its Extinction of Domain prosecutor in Ayacucho is the office with the highest number of rulings uner the country’s controversial asset forfeiture law. Between 2019 and 2024, the prosecutor’s office in Ayacucho issued a total of 255 rulings...
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    Jurist UN expert calls for stronger international responses to Haiti dire humanitarian crisis

    A UN expert on the human rights situation in Haiti, William O’Neill, said that the country is at risk of falling under gang control and reiterated a call for stronger action from the international community, in a statement in New York on Tuesday. This echoes the UN High Commissioner’s warning...
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    Jurist Rights organizations call on Bulgaria to not deport activist to Saudi Arabia

    A group of 20 human rights organizations said on Monday that Bulgarian authorities should suspend plans to deport Saudi human rights defender Abdulrahman al-Khalidi to Saudi Arabia and allow his resettlement to a third country. Al-Khalidi has been a human rights defender and prisoners’ rights...
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    Jurist Women with disabilities continue to face accessibility hurdles online, UN rights chief states

    UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, informed attendants of the 58th session of the Human Rights Council on Monday of the continuous accessibility barriers that people with disabilities, especially women, face. Volker Türk contended that the international community failed to...
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    Jurist UN warns of Sudan worsening humanitarian situation amid ongoing conflict

    The spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, warned on Monday that the humanitarian crisis in Sudan continues to worsen as the conflict between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) escalates. Dujarric emphasized that humanitarian funding cuts have...
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    Jurist Human rights groups demand investigation into Syria mass killings

    The Kurdish Human Rights Network in Syria, along with several Kurdish human rights organizations, issued a strong condemnation of the ongoing violence in Syria’s coastal region, calling for an immediate halt to ethnic cleansing and sectarian-based atrocities. The country is witnessing violence...
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