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UN News
"human rights office" Discussed on UN News
"This is the news in brief from the United Nations. UN human rights chief at Volcker took urged the South Sudanese authorities on Wednesday to immediately investigate tax against civilians in upper Nile state and to bring those responsible to justice, reports indicate that random shooting of non combatants and the killing of at least 166 civilians with 237 injured in the last four months. The source of the violence, intensifying clashes between rival community based militias, which are forced more than 20,000 people from their homes since August, according to the UN human rights office, in a statement UN high commissioner for human rights at Turk, condemned the killings, the senseless violence must stop along with gender based violence, abductions, destruction of property and looting. Mister Turk insisted before appealing to community leaders and elders to use their influence over those fighting to end the bloodshed. Many of us take clean water for granted, but millions of lives are lost every year because of insufficient investment in sanitation. The UN health agency has said, in an appeal to accelerate spending on access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene, the World Health Organization or WHO said that although 45% of countries are on track to achieve drinking water coverage targets by 2030, only 25% are likely to achieve sanitation targets. WHO, which joined forces with UN water to assess access to water and sanitation in more than 120 countries, found that over 75% of countries reported insufficient funding to implement their water and sanitation strategies. The UN agency report also found that most countries policies and plans do not address risks of climate change to water and sanitation services, nor how to make technologies and management systems more climate resilient. Just over two thirds of countries have measures in place to reach populations disproportionately affected by climate change, WHO said, but only about one third monitor progress or allocate funding to these vulnerable populations. To Ukraine where UN humanitarians and partners are working to help increasingly at risk communities who are now facing temperatures of -10°C, nearly 18 million people or 40% of Ukraine's population need urgent humanitarian aid, said IOM, the UN migration agency, nearly ten months since the Russian invasion. Fresh attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure were reported on Wednesday, following previous strikes, which have caused massive disruption to water, electricity, and heating supplies across the country. Providing adequate assistance is now crucially important. Iowa maintained, citing new data indicating that only 7% of people in Ukraine are thinking about leaving their current location, even in the event of prolonged cuts to all key utilities without a timeline for repair, two out of three say they would not leave their homes. The UN agency reported, more than four in ten people have now exhausted their personal savings and more than 6 in ten now ration their gas, electricity and solid fuel, according to IOM. It noted that more than 5 million people who had been displaced within Ukraine or beyond have now returned home, including to kharkiv, where more than 1.1 million people now live up from 700,000 in March, Daniel Johnson, UN news.
AP News Radio
Hunger stike: activist's life in danger
"The head of the UN human rights office is calling for the immediate release of a prominent jailed activist whose leading a hunger and water strike in Egypt Volker took the UN high commissioner for human rights says that the activist a la Abdel Fattah is in great danger his dry hunger strike puts his life at acute risk The rights office is calling for all activists and others affected by climate change to have a seat at the table at the UN climate conference in shamal Sheik Meanwhile Abdel Fattah's family has become increasingly concerned about his health His mother lela swift once world leaders including British prime minister Rishi sunak to pressure the Egyptian government to release her son I'm Charles De Ledesma
THE NEWS with Anthony Davis
"human rights office" Discussed on THE NEWS with Anthony Davis
"More missiles and munition carrying drones at Ukraine on Tuesday after widespread strikes killed at least 19 people in an attack the UN human rights office described as particularly shocking an amounting to potential war crimes. Air raid warnings sounded throughout Ukraine for a second straight morning, as officials advised residents to conserve energy and stock up on water. The strikes of knocked out power across the country and pierced the relative calm that had returned to Kyiv and many other cities far from the wars front lines. The leaders of the group of 7 industrial powers condemned the bombardment and said they would stand firmly with Ukraine for as long as it takes. They are pledged to fight Russian warnings that western assistance would prolong the war and the pain of Ukraine's people. Ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky told the G 7 leaders during a virtual meeting that during the past two days Russia fired more than a hundred missiles and dozens of drones at Ukraine and that while Ukraine shot down many of them, it needs more modern and effective air defense systems. The Pentagon earlier announced plans to deliver the first two advanced nasams anti aircraft systems to Ukraine in the coming weeks. The systems which Kyiv has long wanted will provide medium to long-range defense against missile attacks. In a phone call with zelensky on Tuesday, president Joe Biden pledged to continue providing Ukraine with the support needed to defend itself, including advanced air defense systems The White House said. The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to decide whether fetuses are entitled to constitutional rights in light of its June ruling overturning the 1973 roe V wade decision that had legalized abortion nationwide, steering clear for now of another front in America's culture wars. The justices turned away an appeal by a Catholic group and two women of a lower court's ruling against their challenge to a 2019 Rhode Island law that codified the right to abortion in line with the rogue precedent. The two women pregnant at the time when the case was filed, sued on behalf of their fetuses and later gave birth. The Rhode Island Supreme Court decided that fetuses lacked the proper legal standing to bring the suit. Rhode Island governor Daniel McKee, a Democrat, welcomed Tuesday's actions by the justices. Conservative justice Samuel Alito wrote in June's ruling overturning the abortion rights precedent that in the decision, the court took no position on if and when prenatal life is entitled to any of the rights enjoyed after birth. Some Republicans at the state level have pursued what are called fetal personhood laws, like one enacted in Georgia, affecting fetuses starting at around 6 weeks of pregnancy that would grant fetuses before birth, a variety of legal rights and protections, like those of any person, under such laws, termination of a pregnancy legally could be considered murder. More than a dozen states have enforced near total abortion bans since the Supreme Court's June abortion ruling in a case called Dobbs versus Jackson women's health organization. The Rhode Island Supreme Court relied on the now reversed roe precedent in finding that the 14th amendment did not extend rights to fetuses. The row ruling had recognized the right to personal privacy under the U.S. Constitution, protecting a women's ability to terminate her pregnancy. Most countries outside of the U.S. recognized that fetuses are only viable with significant medical assistance from about 24 weeks. A spacecraft that plowed into a small, harmless asteroid, millions of miles away, succeeded in shifting its orbit NASA said on Tuesday in announcing the results of its save the world test. These space agency attempted the test two weeks ago to see if in the future a killer rock could be nudged out of earth's way. This mission shows that NASA is trying to be ready for whatever the universe throws at us. NASA administrator Bill Nelson said, during a briefing at the space agency's headquarters in Washington, the dart spacecraft carved a crater into the asteroid dimorphos on September 26th, hurling debris out into space and creating a comet like trail of dust and rubble stretching several thousand miles. It took consecutive nights of telescope observations from Chile and South Africa to determine how much the impact altered the path of the 525 foot asteroid around its companion, a much bigger space rock. Before the impact, the moonlet took 11 hours and 55 minutes to circle its parent asteroid. Scientists had anticipated shaving off ten minutes, but Nelson said the impact shortened the asteroid's orbit by 32 minutes. Neither asteroid posed a threat to earth and still don't as they continue their journey around the sun. That's why scientists picked the pair for this all important dress rehearsal. Planetary defense experts prefer nudging a threatening asteroid or comet out of the way, given years or even decades of lead time rather than blowing it up and creating multiple pieces that could rain down on the earth. You can subscribe to 5 minute news on YouTube with your preferred podcast app, ask your smart speaker or enable 5 minute news as your Amazon Alexa flash briefing skill. Subscribe, rate, and review online at 5 minute dot news. 5 minute news is an evergreen podcast covering politics, inequality, health and climate delivering independent, unbiased and essential world news. Daily. If you enjoy 5 minute news, join me for the weekend show podcast. Big picture conversations with expert guests about the state of America available every Sunday with Midas touch and 5 minute news. Search and subscribe to the weekend show.
AP News Radio
U.N. accuses China of possible "crimes against humanity" against Uyghurs
"A United Nations report says North Korea has increased repression of its people in the UN chief says the Security Council should consider referring the country to the International Criminal Court for possible crimes against humanity I'm Ben Thomas with the closer look UN secretary general Antonio Guterres says there's been no progress in ensuring accountability for human rights violations in North Korea and the UN human rights office sees reasonable grounds to believe crimes against humanity have been committed and may be ongoing Guterres notes COVID-19 restrictions enabled the government to further suppress the flow of information and ideas among the North Korean people He cites the reactionary thought and culture denunciation law enacted in 2020 it reportedly punishes anyone found with large amounts of media from South Korea with
THE NEWS with Anthony Davis
"human rights office" Discussed on THE NEWS with Anthony Davis
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Body cam video released of Ohio officer fatally shooting unarmed black man. Obstruction of justice in plain sight at Mar-a-Lago. And crimes against humanity cited in China's Xinjiang. Its Thursday, September 1. I'm Anthony Davis. Police in Columbus, Ohio released body camera footage of a white officer executing an unarmed 20 year old black man while attempting to serve an arrest warrant in the video an officer can be seen firing at the man who police identified as Donovan Lewis shortly after locating him in an apartment on Tuesday morning. Lewis can be seen appearing to sit up in bed and raise a hand in the moments before he is shot in the abdomen by officers in a botched arrest. Police chief Elaine Bryant said during a news conference that officer Ricky Anderson fired his gun when Lewis appeared to raise a hand with something in it, Bryant said device appearing to be a vape pen was later found on the bed right next to him. No weapon was found. Anderson, a 30 year veteran of the force who was assigned to the K9 unit, was placed on paid leave, which is standard protocol for officers who shoot their weapons on duty. Officers had been attempting to serve a felony warrant at an apartment just before two 30 a.m. when the deadly shooting unfolded the Columbus division of police said. On the video, officers are seen inside the apartment with a police dog, which appears to start barking at a back bedroom door, officers advance upon the door and Anderson gripping the dog's collar in one hand pushes it open with the other before firing his weapon directly at Lewis, who was asleep. Police said officers provided aid to Lewis until Columbus fire medics arrived on scene and transported him to hospital. Lewis was pronounced dead at the hospital at three 19 a.m. police said, within an hour of the incident unfolding. Lewis death comes less than two years after a Columbus police officer lost his job days after fatally shooting another black man who was found to have been unarmed. It also comes after the fatal police shooting of 16 year old makiya Bryant, who was killed by a Columbus police officer in April of last year. The FBI investigation into top secret government information discovered at Mar-a-Lago is zeroing in on the question of whether former president Donald Trump's team criminally obstructed the probe. A new document alleges that government records had been concealed and removed and that law enforcement officials were misled about what was still there. The latest Justice Department motion in the case is focused less on the removal last year of classified information from The White House to Mar-a-Lago and more on the events of this past spring and summer. That's when law enforcement officials tried unsuccessfully to get all documents back and were assured falsely that everything had been accounted for after a diligent search. The Justice Department issued a subpoena in May for the records and officials visited Mar-a-Lago on June 3rd to collect them. When they got there, they were handed by a Trump lawyer, a single red weld envelope, double wrapped in tape, containing documents. A custodian for the records presented a sworn certification to the officials, saying that any and all responsive documents to the subpoena had been located. A Trump lawyer said that all records that had come from The White House had been held in one location, a storage room, and there were none in any private space or other spot at the house. But the FBI came to doubt the truth of those statements and obtained the search warrant to return on August 8. Officials had developed evidence that government records were likely concealed and removed from the storage room, and that efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government's investigation, the new Justice Department filing says. In their August search agents found classified documents, not only in the storage room, but also in the former president's office, including three classified documents found not in boxes, but in office desks. In some instances, the agents and attorneys conducting the review of seize documents required additional clearances since the material was so highly classified. China's discriminatory detention of Uighurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in the western region of Xinjiang may constitute crimes against humanity, the UN human rights office said, in long awaited report released yesterday. The report calls for an urgent international response over the allegations of torture and other rights violations in Beijing's campaign to root out terrorism. UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet brushed aside Chinese calls for the office to withhold the report, which follows her own trip to Xinjiang in May, and which Beijing contends is part of a western campaign to smear China's reputation. The reporters fanned a tug of war for diplomatic influence with the west over the rights of the region's native Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic groups. Hours before the release, China's UN ambassador Yang joon said Beijing remained firmly opposed to the release. You can subscribe to 5 minute news on YouTube with your preferred podcast app, ask your smart speaker or enable 5 minute news as your Amazon Alexa flash briefing skill. Subscribe, rate, and review online at 5 minute dot news. 5 minute news is an evergreen podcast covering politics inequality, health and climate delivering independent, unbiased and essential world news. Daily. If you enjoy 5 minute news, join me for the weekend show podcast. Big picture conversations with expert guests about the state of America available every Sunday with Midas touch and 5 minute news. Search and subscribe to the weekend show.
WGN Radio
"human rights office" Discussed on WGN Radio
"And when we lowered the tax rate, we competed more globally and we raised more money for the government, the problem is we just keep spending it. And then we spend a lot more that we don't have. It's going to affect our future. And this is at a time when inflation is going high. These costs that when you tax somebody that cost carry over all the way down to the consumer and if we drive more manufacturing out of the United States, it continues to hurt our supply chain, of which we are so reliant on China and the adversary. This is a problem. But this is the way that they seem to want to go. And the 2021 American rescue plan that was very partisan. $1.9 trillion in spending at that time when it was passed inflation was at 2.6% then. It's now at 9.1%. So keep doing what's already failed doesn't make any sense to me, but that's what we're dealing with. And hopefully a bill, as you mentioned, if we are able, the American people can see through this and give us the opportunity. We've got to take advantage of it and say, we got the personnel and you can't keep spending it on these things. You may have passed the bill that you need the funds to be able to do it and we might be able to take that away. Brad, you know, the three issues that every poll indicates that we care about is number one inflation, which is a man-made democratic problem because of what they've done to energy. Number two is crime. Number three is the southern border. And so these other issues, the mainstream media and Democrats care about so much is a weapon of mass distraction. I want to share with you a report from the United Nations human rights office and not too many people read that, but I ran across this report. The headline is this. The murder rate and major U.S. American cities is higher than the Ukraine civilian death rate in the month of May, June and July. To read this, this is unbelievable about crime. Ukraine's recorded civilian death rate from the Russian invasion is considerably lower than the per CAPiTA murder rate in major American cities according to the UN human rights office based on pandemic data, 52 American cities had a worse civilian homicide rate than the Ukraine civilian death rate. More American cities are deadlier than the Ukraine for civilians. I go into this based on official UN statistics, the Ukraine civilian death rate with the Russian war. It's 13 per 100,000. By comparison, St. Louis is three times that at 39 per 100,000, Baltimore is 38 Chicago is 15 per 100,000, basically every urban American city controlled by Democrats have a much higher death rate than Ukraine's civilian suffer. What does that tell you? Well, it's really a statistic to even think about. But when Law & Order doesn't matter to you and just having political power is what matters most to you, that this is the type of thing that can happen. I mean, when you also have criminals that don't spend any time in jail, maybe they don't want them in jail because then they'll continue to vote for them. I don't know. I don't understand the reasoning of why you don't want a civil society where Law & Order can serve as a deterrent. And instead, you just allow people that are criminals to roam the streets again. But those cities are suffering from it. And you know, I feel bad for people good people that literally have to live in that environment because they don't know another way out. But it's Democrat controlled cities and sanctuary cities and all is but the irony is too when we're the people coming across the border get bus to D.C. in New York. All of a sudden that's hideous. But it's okay when it's being put upon all the other communities across America. Look, I'm for immigration. We all came from somewhere else, but we want to legal orderly process and not one that's run by the cartels out of Mexico and at the same time, not only bringing people in illegally, but also bringing drugs across that are killing so many Americans. And we all know somebody in our lives that have been succumbed to that. Congressman goodluck, I pray to God in the American people to see through the charade and we return decency back to Washington. Once again, congressman Brad wenstrup, thank you for coming on the Bill Cunningham show. Thank you. Thank you, Bill. Let's continue. Blind becomes available, 866-647-7337. Bill cunning and the grand American with you every Sunday Night. Stay local, get Chicago's news first with Lisa dent, weekdays at two on Chicago's afternoon news. This is Joe cordell. In other ads, I've talked about the weighty matters that are on the table and divorce. Assets that spousal support. And of course, children. 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Native America Calling
"human rights office" Discussed on Native America Calling
"I know my grandfather would probably sitting here, maybe with a smile on his face, but he would have. He wouldn't brag about this. It makes us very happy to know that people are finally recognizing and about his accomplishments, recognizing his accomplishments, learning a little bit about him as a person as a leader. He was a leader, maybe he didn't hold public office, but he was a leader. Certainly someone that we could admire and follow in his footsteps. My brother and sister mentioned how important an education was. And if it weren't for him, continuing to stress that, I don't know how many of us would have actually gone on to school. To learn the importance of getting an education so that we can improve not only our own personal situations, but contribute to improving our communities. And where we live, and so voting is just one way to do that. And I'm sitting here in admiration of hearing all the good things about my grandfather. Well, we've got another caller in Albuquerque, New Mexico listening on KU and M, chewie, you're on the air. Oh, thank you, Sean. This is a very, very good program because I think Miguel to hear is to be highlight not just in the programs like this, but in the history of in the books and the history of Albuquerque. I mean, the history of New Mexico, I was honored to receive the unsung unsung hero Miguel trujillo warrant in 1996 from the human rights office in Albuquerque in New Mexico, you know that they have the Miguel trujillo onsen hero award that do every year. And it was an eye opener, not just for me, but also for the chicano community that I work with. Because. We learned so much about the struggle for voting rights and that also helped inspire many people, including myself. So thank you for this program and thanks to the family for keeping his memory and history and life alive. Chewie, thanks for calling in. I know you've been a guest on our show before, so I really appreciate your insights and I want to go back to Alec now and let's look at the larger picture beyond New Mexico, Alec. What are some obstacles to vote that native people in other parts of the country have had to overcome? Sure. Sort of just to start off on this. There's a book written by Maurice crandall called these people have always been a republic indigenous electorates in the U.S., Mexico borderlands. And I think that book really guided my understanding to see how I looked at the problem in Arizona, which was ward ship.
UN News
"human rights office" Discussed on UN News
"We have the other courts at the International Court of Justice and of course the International Criminal Court that has already opened investigations into possible war crimes. We have formal agreements with bodies such as the ICC. We also work with national courts and prosecutors. So there is a well established framework and of course we are ready to apply our processes should it be so required because however horrifying however disturbing what is happening in Ukraine is, we have seen this kind of incident before in other parts of the world. And just to talk about the other parts of the world, some commentators are saying that there's a growing weariness with the way that the war in Ukraine is dominating the headlines because, as you've just said, there are so many other crises elsewhere. What would you say to them? We have a worldwide mandate and the high commissioner and her staff monitor human rights abuses and violations around the world. Speak up for victims around the world. And it is obvious and it is clear and should never be forgotten that there are crises in other parts of the world. One can think of the long running conflict in Syria. The captured the media's attention in the early 2011 to maybe 2014 and has to some degree fallen out of the headlines. I think it is part of our rule and of course of the wider UN to make sure that such crises are not forgotten and of course the ideal would be first of all that there are no such emergencies, but of course there are we have to be realistic. We live in the real world so that, of course, that the UN really strives not to just focus on one part of the world, but to ensure that conflicts and suffering in all parts of the world are addressed. And I think the message from the human rights office and from the high commissioner is that at its very heart, I think it's very fundament is respect for human rights because without respect for human rights, conflict, violence, and suffering will continue. And that may sound rather idealistic, but it is something that we continue to work for and strive for..
WTOP
"human rights office" Discussed on WTOP
"Their land combat power President Biden has agreed in principle to meet with Putin under one stipulation Journalist Dimitri yurovsky She said that his ready and eager to meet Putin wants to hold talks with him But only if Russia does not invade Ukraine The CBS News foreign affairs analyst Pamela faulk The UN human rights office said that the situation on the ground has begun to deteriorate with increasing human rights risk and they called for a deescalation of tensions and a turn to diplomacy and good faith dialog CBS News special report On Mac piper With the threat of an invasion looming airlines continue to cancel flights to Ukraine Air France the latest carrier to suspend flights to Kyiv in a statement the airline calls the stoppage of precautionary measure So far about ten airlines have changed flight plans including Germany's Lufthansa group and Dutch carrier KLM Ukraine isn't only concerned for the U.S. Military the navy's Mideast based 5th fleet is planning the launch of a new joint fleet of unmanned drones with allied nations to patrol vast swaths of the region's volatile waters as tensions simmer with Iran the 5th fleet commander vice admiral Brad Cooper tells The Associated Press that 100 unmanned drones would dramatically multiply the navy's surveillance capacities to keep an eye on the flow of global oil and shipping trade at sea has been targeted in recent years as Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers collapsed It's one 33 Government contractors shouldn't settle for dated software to manage their projects people and financials Unit is the only integrated ERP and CRM solution purpose.
UN News
"human rights office" Discussed on UN News
"Disease the losing brief from the United Nations in Sudan peaceful protesters are being killed or injured on a near daily basis by security forces. The warning comes from the UN human rights office, which side statistics from the central committee of Sudan doctors reporting that 71 people have been killed by state security forces during protests since October on Monday alone demonstrators were brutally dispersed in the capital Khartoum leaving 7 protesters death and dozens injured, and made the state of emergency military authorities are continuing a campaign of arrests and detentions of protesters and journalists, the clampdown on freedom of opinion and expression also appears to be intensifying at least a journalist. There have been ill treated by security forces, says the human rights office calling for an immediate end to the unnecessary use of force and for prompt independent investigations, reprisal air strikes by the Saudi Lev coalition on the capital of Yemen, sana are reported to have left at least 5 civilians dead, said the UN human rights office on Tuesday according to early reports, those skilled were members of the same family, including two women and a child, the later stair strikes followed missile and drone attacks claimed by ute rebels, which have been battling the pro government coalitions since 2015, the attacks happened in Abu Dhabi, a coalition partner on Monday, the attacks on Abu Dhabi's international airport and nearby industrial area were reported to have left three civilians death in recent days. There have been dozens of air strikes launched by the warring parties the fighting as damaged critical infrastructure, including telecommunication towers, water reservoirs and hospitals, a 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck at this district in northwest and Afghanistan on Monday afternoon. Initial reports indicate that 26 people have been killed for people injured and androids of houses damaged or destroyed. People who lost their ohms are being ousted by their relatives and other members of their communities, food, shelter, and heating materials are most urgently needed. UN office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs is leading an interagency team assessing needs in the field in the meantime agencies are providing initial emergency support. UN news.
Monocle 24: The Globalist
"human rights office" Discussed on Monocle 24: The Globalist
"Russell through the papers get the latest business news and as the weather gets colder, our friends at confect advise how to keep warm in style. That's all ahead here on the globalist, life from London. First a look at what else is happening in the news. In the U.S., Republican Glenn young king looks set to win the race to be elected Virginia's next governor in what's considered a major upset. More than 20 people were killed and 16 injured in a gun and bomb attack on a military hospital in Kabul yesterday. And the Czech Republic's centrist and center right parties have finally managed to form a majority coalition government. Do stay tuned to monocle 24 throughout the day for more on those stories. But first, we begin the show in Ethiopia, where a state of emergency was declared yesterday. War broke out a year ago between federal troops and the tigray people's liberation front for TPLF, which dominated Ethiopian politics for nearly 30 years before prime minister abi Ahmed was appointed in 2018. The conflict has killed thousands of civilians and forced more than two and a half million people to flee their homes. Dr. Laura Hammond is a professor in development studies at soas University of London, and joins me to discuss this now. Laura, thanks for coming on the program. What more can you tell us about the state of emergency? Well, the state of emergency was announced yesterday, and it was in response to the increasing encroachment of the tigray people's liberation front into territory closer and closer to the national capital. The prime minister is told civilians to essentially take up arms against anyone who they suspect is a sympathizer of the TPLF. And it's a real ratcheting up of both the rhetoric and the practice of war throughout the country. What is the situation on the ground in the amhara region? I mean, I understand that the areas under a media blackout. But what information is filtering through? Yes, it's very, very difficult to get reliable information from anywhere because of this information blackout. But we do know that the tigray defense forces together with the aroma Liberation Army have taken over the town's key towns of desi and kombucha, which are two major towns along the sort of spinal road that runs between tigray and the capital Addis Ababa. There are also taken over towns various towns along the border are close to the border between the tigray and amhara regions. Is there any way of verifying what the Ethiopian government is calling a massacre by the TPLF? There have been accounts of massacres committed on both sides, both in the government claims that the TPF has carried out massacres several months ago. There was a massacre in the town of axum Integra that apparently the Ethiopian government together with the Eritrean army were responsible for. It's very, very difficult to find out who is responsible for which of these atrocities, what clear is that there are atrocities being carried out. And there's a real need for an independent investigation into what's happened. I mean, as you said, Ahmed urged Ethiopians to join the fight to pick up arms and join the fight against the TPLF. Is this call likely to be heeded? Where did the majority of the population stand on this? Unfortunately, I think that quite a lot of people in the Ethiopian public are in favor of war. And so this kind of language is extremely dangerous. It means that ordinary civilians who may be to grant tigray and ethnicity are in danger of vigilante actors taking up arms against them. People are also there's also greater risk of being arbitrarily arrested and detained, so it's really, really, really dangerous. And I think that there's enough support for the war, both in attaboy and other parts of the country by people who feel that for nearly 30 years, they were aged, you know, they were sort of dominated by the tigrayan led previous government so that they feel that until the TPLF is wiped out, they will continue to fight. So what can you tell us about this new joint investigation by the UN human rights office and the government created Ethiopian human rights commission? That's the EHR C yes there was a really severe problem of getting information out of tigray in particular. This is particularly as the conflict was for the most part restricted to Tigray Region. The UN was not able to get information. And so the idea of a joint investigation with the ehrc was developed with the idea that that would open up more access for the United Nations, the difficulty, of course, as you say, is that the EHR C is aligned with the government. And the dangers that this sort of the balance of investigation will be more into atrocities purportedly committed by the tigrayan side on the conflict rather than on the Ethiopian government side, will have to wait and see today when the report is released whether that's the case or not. So in some ways, I feel that it's better than nothing. It's to have this joint investigation, but at the same time there are some dangers around having a joint investigation that may not be impartial that may tell only one side of the story or may tell one side of the story more than another side. So there are some real risks around this study as well. But essentially, a very useful tool the insight that it will provide at some level. It will be useful just because there's been no information at all otherwise. Journalists are not allowed independent human rights organizations are not allowed to access these places. Most of the information that's been gathered has been either smuggled out of the region or else obtained from refugees who are fleeing into Sudan. So there's really just a very strong need for information, any information is good, but also information can be dangerous, depending on what you do with it. Is the investigation backed by the two grounds at all? It is not, it is not it's been completely rejected already. It's been already rejected without even before it's been released on the basis of the fact that something that's born out of an alliance with the ehrc can not be impartial. Are there any human rights workers left in the region? I mean, we saw that there was mass expulsions of various UN staff earlier. Well, exactly. There are no independent human rights actors, whether UN or Amnesty International Human Rights Watch. They've all been banned from working in this area. As you say, the 7 most senior 7 of the most senior humanitarian staff from the United Nations, including from the office of the commission for human rights have been expelled and so the UN team now based in Addis aba is one might say more junior or at least doesn't have as much doesn't have as much of a kind of an ability to negotiate, I would say as they would, if their leadership had not been expelled. So there's every reason to read this report that will come out today very carefully and with a critical eye. What is the humanitarian situation there? The humanitarian situation, what we know about it in tigray looks absolutely dire their prior to these expulsions, the UN announced that there were at least half a million people who were experiencing famine like conditions, that number is probably higher by now. And the belt of famine and lack of access to food is widening beyond the borders of tigray into amhara and afar regions as well. The availability of humanitarian relief supplies to be delivered to people in need is extremely limited. Partly by government blocking their access and also partly by escalation of fighting in the areas where the humanitarian aid is needed, such that aid convoys have had to turn around, flights have had to be canceled. And that is a responsibility of both sides of the conflict. And in terms of military gains, how likely is it that the TPLF could take at a suburb? Well, it's possible. I mean, particularly this new alliance with the ola the oral Liberation Army is interesting. It shows that they have an ability to still to form alliances across the country. It would take another, I think it would take a major logistical.
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"We're not going to leave working. People families and our communities behind congress member giac paul wrote immigrant. Justice advocates are condemning. A federal appeals court ruling. That will allow the biden administration to continue mass expelling silom seekers without due process under title forty two citing the pandemic as justification last month lower court issued a temporary ban on the trump era policy which was set to go into effect today. Aclu attorney league learnt who led the aclu's lawsuit against title forty two said quote if the administration's making the political calculation that if it acts in humanely now connect more humanely later that calculation is misguided and of little solace to the families that are being sent to haiti or brutalized in mexico. Right now he said. This comes a cbs news reports. The biden administrations deported at least fifty. Four hundred haitian asylum-seekers using title forty two and the last eleven days. Meanwhile four united nations agencies including the human rights office are urging countries to stop deporting. Haitian asylum-seekers without first properly assessing their claims a violation of international law. The united states reported more than twenty seven hundred kovic..
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"We're not going to leave working. People families and our communities behind congress member giac paul wrote immigrant. Justice advocates are condemning. A federal appeals court ruling. That will allow the biden administration to continue mass expelling silom seekers without due process under title forty two citing the pandemic as justification last month lower court issued a temporary ban on the trump era policy which was set to go into effect today. Aclu attorney league learnt who led the aclu's lawsuit against title forty two said quote if the administration's making the political calculation that if it acts in humanely now connect more humanely later that calculation is misguided and of little solace to the families that are being sent to haiti or brutalized in mexico. Right now he said. This comes a cbs news reports. The biden administrations deported at least fifty. Four hundred haitian asylum-seekers using title forty two and the last eleven days. Meanwhile four united nations agencies including the human rights office are urging countries to stop deporting. Haitian asylum-seekers without first properly assessing their claims a violation of international law. The united states reported more than twenty seven hundred kovic..
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"We're not going to leave working. People families and our communities behind congress member giac paul wrote immigrant. Justice advocates are condemning. A federal appeals court ruling. That will allow the biden administration to continue mass expelling asylum seekers without due process under title forty two citing the pandemic as justification last month lower court issued a temporary ban on the trump era policy which was set to go into effect today. Aclu attorney league learnt who led the aclu's lawsuit against title forty two said quote if the administration's making the political calculation that if it acts in humanely now connect more humanely later that calculation is misguided and of little solace to the families that are being sent to haiti or brutalized in mexico. Right now he said. This comes a cbs news reports. The biden administrations deported at least fifty. Four hundred haitian asylum-seekers using title forty two and the last eleven days. Meanwhile four united nations agencies including the human rights office are urging countries to stop deporting. Haitian asylum-seekers without first properly assessing their claims a violation of international law. The united states reported more than twenty seven hundred kovic..
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"We're not going to leave working. People families and our communities behind congress member giac paul wrote immigrant. Justice advocates are condemning. A federal appeals court ruling. That will allow the biden administration to continue mass expelling asylum seekers without due process under title forty two citing the pandemic as justification last month lower court issued a temporary ban on the trump era policy which was set to go into effect today. Aclu attorney league learnt who led the aclu's lawsuit against title forty two said quote if the administration's making the political calculation that if it acts in humanely now connect more humanely later that calculation is misguided and of little solace to the families that are being sent to haiti or brutalized in mexico. Right now he said. This comes a cbs news reports. The biden administrations deported at least fifty. Four hundred haitian asylum-seekers using title forty two and the last eleven days. Meanwhile four united nations agencies including the human rights office are urging countries to stop deporting. Haitian asylum-seekers without first properly assessing their claims a violation of international law. The united states reported more than twenty seven hundred kovic..
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"We're not going to leave working. People families and our communities behind congress member giac paul wrote immigrant. Justice advocates are condemning. A federal appeals court ruling. That will allow the biden administration to continue mass expelling silom seekers without due process under title forty two citing the pandemic as justification last month. The lower court issued a temporary ban on the trump era policy which was set to go into effect today. Aclu attorney league learnt who led the aclu's lawsuit against title forty two said quote if the administration's making the political calculation that if it acts in humanely now connect more humanely later that calculation is misguided and of little solace to the families that are being sent to haiti or brutalized in mexico. Right now he said. This comes a cbs news reports. The biden administrations deported at least fifty. Four hundred haitian asylum-seekers using title forty two and the last eleven days. Meanwhile four united nations agencies including the human rights office are urging countries to stop deporting. Haitian asylum-seekers without first properly assessing their claims a violation of international law. The united states reported more than twenty seven hundred kovic..
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"We're not going to leave working. People families and our communities behind congress member giac paul wrote immigrant. Justice advocates are condemning. A federal appeals court ruling. That will allow the biden administration to continue mass expelling silom seekers without due process under title forty two citing the pandemic as justification last month lower court issued a temporary ban on the trump era policy which was set to go into effect today. Aclu attorney league learnt who led the aclu's lawsuit against title forty two said quote if the administration's making the political calculation that if it acts in humanely now connect more humanely later that calculation is misguided and of little solace to the families that are being sent to haiti or brutalized in mexico. Right now he said. This comes a cbs news reports. The biden administrations deported at least fifty. Four hundred haitian asylum-seekers using title forty two and the last eleven days. Meanwhile four united nations agencies including the human rights office are urging countries to stop deporting. Haitian asylum-seekers without first properly assessing their claims a violation of international law. The united states reported more than twenty seven hundred kovic..
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"Org live from npr news in washington. I'm korva coleman. President biden has give it a major policy speech at the un general assembly in new york. He says the world is at an inflection point. It must act with haste to we solve the corona virus pandemic and the climate crisis biden says the. Us has ended twenty years of war in afghanistan and is looking forward but he had this warning. United states will continue to defend ourselves our allies and our interest against attack including terrorist threats as we prepare to use force any is necessary but to defend our violent us national interest including against ongoing and imminent threats but the mission must be clear and achievable earlier. Un general antonio gutierrez warned the us and china are edging closer to a new cold war. The white house disagrees with his assessment. The un refugee agency is calling for an end to the us expulsion of haitian migrants at the us southern border lisa line reports from geneva. The agency says the haitian migrants claims for asylum must be reviewed. The us is expelling haitians and other masters the us mexico border under title forty to public health related asylum restrictions. Unhcr spokeswoman shabby amount to says these restrictions should end and people in need of protection should have access to asylum anyone who does have a claim or claims to have a well-founded fear of being persecuted in their country of origin. They should have access to asylum and to have their claim before being to expulsion audible. Tation the un human rights office says it's disturbed by the manner of the mostly haitian expulsions these include images of us border agents on horseback using what appears to be whips against the migrants for npr news. I'm lisa shlein in geneva homeland. Security secretary alejandro. America says an investigation into that incident is underway. The house is set to vote today on a plan to tie a critical increase in the federal borrowing limit to a spending bill needed to fund the government. After september thirtieth. Npr's kelsey snell has more democrats want to extend regular federal spending through the end of this year and suspend the debt limit until the end of twenty twenty two doing so will allow the government to continue making payments on debt. it's already incurred. Democrats would need at least ten republican votes in the senate for the plan to work. Senate minority leader mitch. Mcconnell says republicans will not go along with any plan to increase the debt limit. Republicans say since democrats are using a senate budget maneuver known as reconciliation to try to pass more than three trillion dollars in new spending. They should use the same tool to suspend the debt limit. The current federal spending bill runs out on september thirtieth kelsey snell. Npr news washington on wall street. The dow was down thirty eight points. The nasdaq is down ten. You're listening to npr drugmaker. Johnson and johnson says a second dose of its cove in nineteen vaccine increases protection against severe disease. The johnson and johnson vaccine is currently one shot. The company says giving people a second shot two months after they get the first one significantly boosted protection against moderate to severe kovin. The drug maker says waiting for six months to give the second shot offers even stronger protection. The co founder of the seventies music group patti labelle and the blue belles has died. Sarah dash was seventy six years old. Karen grigsby bates of npr's codes. Which podcast has more. Sarah dash to international fame when with patti labelle known a hendrix. They were the afro futuristic divas called lebel the group's powerhouse voices and electric live performances. Kept them at the top of the charts for almost a decade with hits likely marmalade by the time lebel disbanded in nineteen seventy seven. They'd been the first rock group to play the metropolitan opera and the first african american group to lend on the cover of rolling stone dash would go on to record four solo albums and performed live and clubs and she returned to trenton often as a volunteer enroll model. The city lost two star today. Mia read your mourned on facebook. Karen grigsby bates. Npr news officials in california. Say firefighters have protected for famous giant sequoia trees in sequoia national park against wildfires crews wrapped fire resistant material around the trees known as the four guardsmen there at an entry way to the park. I'm korva coleman. Npr news in washington..
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Myanmar Could Descend Into a Civil War Comparable to Syria
"The ongoing repression of largely peaceful protests in san market descended into full blown conflict on a par with syria. You and rights chief. Michelle basch lead has warned in a fresh appeal to the country's military rulers to stop using live ammunition on demonstrators. The high commissioner also urged states with influence to take immediate action to halt the slaughter. She warned on tuesday that a small number of people had decided to on themselves after security forces reportedly used indiscriminate weapons against them including mortars from the office of the high commissioner for human rights. His spokesperson ravina. Shonda sanni in geneva over the weekend credible reports indicate that the tatmadaw forces opened fire with rocket propelled grenades fragmentation grenades and mortar. Fire in boggle in the south of the country security forces also reportedly prevented medical personnel from helping the wounded more than seven hundred a report of being killed in the crackdown by security forces. Since the military coup on the first of february the un human rights office said that clashes between the military and ethnic armed groups have also intensified in kachin. Sean and in states where the military have carried out air strikes that have killed and displaced civilians.
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Horrifying day of bloodshed as Myanmar security forces kill over 100 protesters
"Have been killed by Burmese security forces on the deadliest day yet of demonstrations against last month's coup. You and Human Rights office said the violence had spanned 40 locations. Laura Baker reports, Witnesses reported that the sound of gunfire at times seemed relentless. Smoke from various fires rose above the cities of Yangon and Mandali. Local media claimed that a number of Children have been short as the number of dead continues to rise. This has become one of the bloodiest day since the military seized power on February the first The United Nations in Myanmar said it was horrified by the needless loss of life, the United States, the U and the U. K all cold for the violence to stop immediately. An ethnic armed group in eastern Myanmar, says
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Myanmar: UN expert urges emergency summit to head off deepening crisis
"To myanmar now and an appeal from rights expert. Un special reporter. Tom andrews for greater international pressure to resolve the deepening crisis. There that's followed. The military coup on the first of february conditions are deteriorating. Mr andrews said on thursday warning that the situation will likely get much worse without an immediate robust response in support of those under siege. Today tomorrow one hundred and twenty people have been killed by security forces according to you an independent rights experts and the un human rights office has condemned the soaring death toll. Mr andrews underline the ineffectiveness of sanctions which have left the most lucrative business assets of the winter unscathed in a call to un member states including those in the association of southeast asian nations. The european union. The united states and china. The special reporter urged them to hold an emergency summit to provide a focused diplomatic solution to the crisis
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38 killed as Myanmar protesters suffer "bloodiest day" since coup
"Mass protests in Myanmar against the military coup just over a month ago. Wednesday was one of the bloodiest day so far with reports that 38 people were killed after the security forces opened fire on the demonstrators. And yet today Thursday, large numbers of protesters are back on the streets despite that threat of lethal violence. This footage was taken in Yang gone the main city and captured the sound of stun grenades and tear gas being fired at demonstrators. have also been reports the live rounds of again being used today. Well, the protesters reinforced barricades with tires and barbed wire, many chanting in protest. Been talking to one leading pro democracy activist in Myanmar, also a former TV host in Yangon. She's thin zah suddenly who's been telling me more? Do we have in horror, serious, fatal shooting yet, But we've been hearing arrest being conducted by the police and authority. So and also we'll worry about the detain people there. 1000 people already got detained and some of them are already ensured that they couldn't meet with their Even with the lawyers, But what lots of people are still come out onto the streets, even though it was so dangerous yesterday exactly. Despite all these brutal killing yesterday, But today we witness large numeral people even more than yesterday, you know, get on street, especially on those area with the brutal Crackdown in me engine in mo. Your more people in Ah, in a township level protest happening the whole day today, but on people scared, scared for their lives. Obviously, people are scared for our life that we are more scared off the future like our generation's future If we don't resist if we don't Ricks our life right now than our generations. You can't would live with us forever. And what can you tell us about these reports of protesters barricading blocking off their streets? That happened since the crack house that it so in yesterday as well in no local Oppa, where the Buddha crackdown happen in the angle the block in the last gig in the main road. So that military track cannot come in. So and then, when we can block the roads, then the protester can protest in their own place in a safe are, you know in the far distant place? Um, not just make sure very Kate. You know, because the military you nick and military in Yemen are patriarchal societies. Also now woman are using their and the well, you know, as buried as a barricade as well. So you can see today's photo. These soldiers are so busy picking up you know all these trying to destroy all these very gay because they can't get in and under the woman and away because they feel like if they go into that, then they don't have any dignity at all. This is a kind off social norms that they have religious noon. So it's stop them. It was actually working on. Is it true that some members of the police have bean abandoning their uniforms and going over to the protesters? Is that right? It's not like they're going directly to the protest area is like they're deciding the police stations and they're joining the CD M 70 so we don't movement because of the brutal killing. They would not the experience and they couldn't Um well, they orders anymore. So we're seeing today more more. Policemen are joining the civet. So Vidia movement, But how many is it Just is it just a few Compared to the other day. It was more like we're seeing around 30 30 like as reported from the new sources around 30. Police meant, um in the nationwide level are joining. I think They have many more were not reported. You know, even I was helping. Ah, police meant, you know, running off in the early morning just yesterday because he couldn't wait any day. You know any longer, Tonto to get our office Police stations were about to speak to the United Nations Human Rights Office in in Geneva. I just wonder what would you say to them? The United Nations being in phone about me or my situation for a long time since 30 years ago, the ethnic minorities from my country are being reported about the project killings, arbitrary arrest and all these things. Find the same army in the same pendant. You know, indiscriminately doing the same thing to us theory ruins of people as well. So the United Nations is already in for more than enough. Just that they need to actually add on that
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UN Human Rights Office says 18 killed in Myanmar crackdown
"Security forces in Myanmar opened fire made mass arrests in an attempt to break up protests that challenge the Medici seizure of power gunshots could be heard in Delaware's police appear to be using live ammunition to disperse the protesters please use of live fire on crowds was also reported in many other cities including Yangon and Mandalay the U. N. human rights official said it had credible information that almost twenty people were killed and dozens wounded it also believes that the forces used tear gas flash bang grenades and stun grenades I'm Karen Thomas
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UN: At least 18 killed by Myanmar forces in several cities
"More than a dozen protesters were killed after security forces in Miramar Open Fire Ravine A Shanda Seanie is a spokeswoman for the U. N Human Rights Office have received credible information suggesting that at least 18 people have died just today due to the use of live ammunition by the military in Myanmar, and this is across several different cities.
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UN Human Rights Office says 18 killed in Myanmar crackdown
"The U. N human rights offices say at least 18 people have been killed in a crackdown on protesters by me and Mar authorities. There are reports of gunfire as police are using tear gas and water guns while trying to clear the streets of demonstrators who want to restore their elected government. Again, officials saying At least
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U.N. asks for 'proof of life' for missing Princess Latifa
"Human Rights Office is asking the United Arab Emirates for proof of life in the case of an Emirati princess, who has not been seen in nearly three years. New spotlight was placed on shakeup Latifah earlier this week when the BBC released experts from video diaries that she said were recorded in a locked bathroom inside a barricaded villa in Dubai. In 2018, the daughter of Shaykh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, tried to escape on a yacht but was brought back by Indian military commandos. U. S
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Myanmar's Military Coup: How We Got Here
"The country's civilian leader, Ahn Sung Souci, will remain in custody for another two days. The military staged a coup on February. 1st and people have been protesting it, but the big questions right now are why did the coup happened when it did? And what happens next? Here's NPR's Julie McCarthy. By the hundreds of thousands citizens armed only with indignation March daily against the military takeover. the escalating dangers, teachers, engineers and doctors in their scrubs demand that civilian rule be reinstated the country's defacto leader Aung Songs, Hoochie was arrested February 1st thwarting the decisive re election of her National League for Democracy. The U. N Human Rights Office is tracking more than 350 political and state officials, along with activists, journalists, monks and students who have been detained. Young gon based commentator Kinzel Win, says the atmosphere Feels like the upheaval of 1988 when the whole country went out to protest on the streets of Yangon just by comparison, at time, it ended badly. Some people shot and kills and the army taking over again. When says it is a once in a generation event, especially inflaming the young voters who came of age under me and Mars fitful transition to democracy. They don't want to even hear the name of that. C zero Power takeoff power historian thought Manu, author of the Hidden History of Burma, says over the past decade the Army had relinquished day today governing to an elected parliament. Ah hybrid arrangement that left to the generals in charge of security and believing that after surviving years of Western sanctions They were in a position of strength. But chief parliamentarian Long songs who achieved sought to change that governing model and the constitutional change she wanted was to have the army under the control of an elected government. And under the control of her and this has led to tension meant who says Souci was alert to the possibility the army would probe for an opportunity to overthrow her November's election set the stage. Souci refused to discuss any alleged irregularities at the polls, which the army claimed had reduced its share of oats. Generals took the refusal as an affront on do that feeling of disrespect comes after many years where they've also felt not properly consulted where she's had the limelight where she seeking to undermine this kind of set up that they've had over the past 10 years meant juices from the Army's point of view, the hybrid model might have worked with lesser luminaries. The generals didn't count on the 75 year old on songs. Hooches sustained Star power or that this daughter of Burma's independence hero had a taste for power that might sideline them. But she broke the mold and in a way what's happened this past week? Has been the end of that experiment to see if that system could work with her as well, innit? Kinzel Win says it's entirely possible that the Army never intended Maura than one term for young songs hoochie and they had to find every Ruthie can think of You keep her away, and now it has succeeded but meant who says it's not clear whether the generals will only be satisfied if Souci is permanently removed. The situation, he says, is difficult to read. Myanmar's military rulers have seized power during a pandemic, which has made the messiness of governing even Messier. People are hungry and financially hurting, and now they stand on balconies, banging pots and pans furious over losing their democratic experiment. Julie McCarthy. NPR news
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"It is not a government interesting on arresting it is the idea off the candidates would deliberately refused. Follow the guidelines issued by the Independent Electoral Commission. The guidelines as off covered 19 on so they arrest what in restaurants. Their violation off the laws and regulations of the country. Let me just put something to you from the United Nations Human Rights Office. They say that they increasingly observed that coded 19 restrictions have been enforced more strictly. To cut tail the opposition electoral campaign activities in a discriminatory fashion degree because there was no discrimination. 11 candidates. All the rest of the candidates have been able to follow the guidelines, and there's not been any arrest off the rest of the candidates. There are only two candidates. Openly indicated at the beginning of their campaigns that they're going to be fight the guidelines related to covet 19, and they will Old must election on mass rallies. I do you What do you say then to the United Nations Human rights office when they talk about cases of arbitrary arrest and detention on in some cases, torture? I would think that making reference toe incidences that happened during the riots in Kampala government has taken action on individual officers who are the Overstepped their mandate. Those who acted in contravention of the low will be brought to book in the case off any mother or torture. You mentioned two off the opposition candidates who you say have violated the covert 19 restrictions. One of them who many in the outside world regard as the most serious contender for the president is Bobby wine, and he has told our program just a few days ago that the Army raided his home. They arrested two of his Gardner's on the guard who God's his house. They beat them viciously in front of him. And took them away on his assistant was arrested. A close ally of his was shot and killed. These don't strike an outside observer as People who are violating covert 19 restrictions. This sounds like serious intimidation stated with will be wine committed other crimes. In the field during the rally on they want to use Islam as the ideal place. Well when investigation concluded, then officers will go and find them wherever they are. You cannot either way from the low when you committed a crime. Even if you go and I didn't church or you wanna die instead. House when you are wanted, you will be arrested, So they're just like other Ugandan, they must face the law. Why has the government of Uganda not accredited international observers s so much so that the United States has said that they've canceled the observation of the election because the vote would lack accountability and transparency? The government of Uganda did not in any way reject an observer to the United States pushing applications for 75 observers only 10 were accredited. Why is that? Because under the guideline off Corbett 19 were supposed to tow have standard operating for Syria, where you cannot have everybody the way we used to credit Observe US. The European Union has said that the electoral process has been seriously tarnished by the excessive use of force by the government on its offer to deploy a small team of electoral experts. Small being the operative word there was not taken up. Everything that you say seems to suggest that you are willing to offer smoke screens for what really appears to be happening. Which is perhaps that the government off you ery seven. E is very nervous. But he will not win this election if it was free and fair. Not that strong. On the contrary, they're all the signs that his Excellency the president eyes well, I had all the subjects independents of race. I indicated right from the beginning until yesterday. That is excellent. You, Erica. Good on seven is well, I had by 60 plus percent. The issue is about interference. Those who want to interfere in the internal process off a country. That was Betty among the A minister in the government off you ery most seven e the results of that election. I think we'll start to emerge on Saturday. You're listening to the BBC World Service. I'm Razia.
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UN rights chief urges India to safeguard rights of NGOs, activists
"The UN Human Rights High Commissioner has expressed dismay over restrictions against non governmental organizations, NGOs, and the arrests of activists in. India. Michelle Bachelet has appealed to the government to safeguard the rights of human rights, defenders, and NGOs her office reported on Tuesday. The UN rights chief has expressed regret at the tightening of space for these groups including by the application of vaguely worded laws that restrict foreign funding spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office Rupert. Colville pointed to the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act as an example is also been invoked over the years to justify an array of highly intrusive measures ranging from official rates on NGO officers and freezing Vancouver. Too, suspension or cancellation of registration including a civil society organizations that have engaged with you. Human Rights, bodies, Mr Colville said activists, and human rights. Defenders have also come under mounting pressure in recent months particularly following mass protests earlier this year against the Citizenship Amendment, act more than fifteen hundred people have reportedly been arrested in relation to the protests many were charged under another law, the unlawful activities prevention act, which has drawn widespread criticism for its lack of conformity with international human rights standards.
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Crime victims, women activists take over human rights office in Mexico
"Activists demanding more action to protect women in Mexico are still occupying offices of the country's Human Rights Commission is NPR's carry con reports The protesters want the building turned into a shelter for victims of abuse. The activists say Mexico's Commission for Human Rights doesn't support crime victims, nor does it protect abused women. The activists, many where in black hoods took over the commission's offices in Mexico City's historic center last week. The Human Rights Commission is the government funded agency but does enjoy relative independence. President and dress Mina Lopez Obrador's and top officials to negotiate with the activists. Administration officials say they respect the protesters and will not forcibly removed them from the building. The women to face several historical paintings in the commission's office and through case files out windows threatening to burn them. Commission employees scooped up the papers and remove them from the street. Jerrycan. NPR NEWS Mexico
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Crime victims, women activists take over human rights office in Mexico
"Activist demanding more action to protect women in Mexico are still occupying offices of the country's Human Rights Commission. NPR's carry con reports The protesters want the building turned into a shelter for victims of abuse. The activists say. Mexico's Commission for Human Rights doesn't support crime victims, nor does it protect abused women. The activists, many where black hoods took over the commission's offices in Mexico City's historic center last week. The Human Rights Commission is the government funded agency but does enjoy relative independence. President and dress Mina Lopez Obrador's and top officials to negotiate with the activists. Administration officials say they respect the protesters and will not forcibly removed them from the building. The women to face several historical paintings in the commission's office and through case files out windows threatening to burn them. Commission employees scooped up the papers and remove them from the street.
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Philippines war on drugs may have killed tens of thousands, says UN
"A campaign to eradicate illegal drugs in the Philippines that began in two thousand sixteen, has led to the killing of at least eight thousand six hundred people, but the real figure could be three times that number the UN human rights office. Said on Thursday in a report, citing knee impunity for the killings and abuse, which have continued along with other alleged abuses during the covid nineteen pandemic, the office noted that the High Commissioner for Human Rights stood ready to assist credible efforts towards accountability both nationally and internationally according to report CO author Ravina Chamdo Sunny Police Forces, received a command circular, referring to drug suspects, using words such as negation and neutralization, echoing pledges made by President Rodrigo detail, this ominous sounding language, never really defined in this council killer, but this language coupled with verbal. Verbal encouragement at the highest level of government for police to kill drug suspects may have been interpreted as permission to kill the findings detail. How officers repeated dig recovered guns, bearing the same serial numbers from different victims in different locations, suggesting some victims were unarmed at the time of their deaths. The coronavirus pandemic has not brought a halt to killings of drug suspects and human rights defenders in the first four months of the year, according to the UN report, which was commissioned by the Human Rights Council last year. It also highlights how enforced. Have involved locking people in dog cages in the sun after breaking curfew.
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UN condemns deadly attacks on low-caste youths in Nepal
"The killing of five men in Nepal who had supported and Inter caste relationship has been condemned by the UN rights. Chief in a statement on Friday the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Michelle Bachelet expressed shock. At last weekend's bloodshed he's victims were from the Dalit or untouchables. Class it reportedly happened after a twenty one year. Old Man and several friends attempted to escort his higher cost girlfriend at her request. Before being attacked five men were later found dead while another person is still missing. Misbash Bachelorette also called for an independent investigation into reports that a twelve year. Old low-cost girl was killed in an attack in ran day district and left hanging from a tree. She is said to have been forcibly married to her alleged rapist from dominant cast. It is distressing that caste based discrimination remains widespread not only in the pool but in other countries the high commissioner said in a statement adding that ending the prejudice was fundamental to International Labor agreed sustainable development goals of leaving no one behind moves by social media platforms to stop the spread of potentially ill-informed and prejudiced information by users have been welcomed by the human rights office. Chr development follows the decision by twitter earlier this week for the first time to highlight to posts by us. President Donald Trump. They called into question. The proposed use of postal ballots in California in the presidential election later this year. Which Mr Trump warned at risk of being rigged you and human rights spokesperson ripper called on Friday said that although heavy-handed regulation could stifle free expression. It was a good thing online. Chat companies addressed posts. His veracity could be challenged. Social media platforms have frequently contributed to human rights violations. Mr Colville explained including through hate speech. Incitement to violence and misinformation that undermines fundamental rights. He also cautioned against overbroad regulation. That can stifle free expression and be used to target human rights defenders and call thoughtful consideration by authorities and effective
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Leaked report shows United Nations suffered hack
"Dozens of servers for the U. N. into Neva and Vienna were infiltrated last summer and it's not knowing the extent of data obtained or who's responsible among the servers compromise the U. N. human rights office which collects sensitive data the U. N. put out a statement that no confidential information was compromised although the attack was serious the United Nations had kept the breach quiet until a leaked document from September was made public it says that logs that would revealed what the hackers accessed were cleared that leads one hacking expert to say that he thinks it's espionage but not a top spy level operation saying US Russia and Chinese agents would know how to cover their tracks I'm Jackie Quinn
UN News
Killings and violence targeting ethnic group in DR Congo 'may amount to crimes against humanity'
"The targeting of the Hammock community with violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC including killings and rape may amount to crimes against humanity the UN said on Friday an investigation carried out by the US joint human rights office in the DRC found that between December twenty seventeenth and September last year. At least seven hundred one people had been killed and one hundred sixty eight injured following attacks involving the hammer and lend you communities in the country's northeast in addition at least one hundred forty thirty two people have been subjected to acts of sexual violence. The report said most of them members of the Ham community since September twenty eighteen Lendu armed groups have been increasingly organized in carrying out attacks against the hammer and members of other ethnic groups such as the allure according to the investigators among their objectives. The Lendu aim to take control of Hammock. Communities Land and associated resources added the investigators indicators the report documents numerous cases of women being raped of children some in school uniforms being killed and of looting and burning of villages