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Iran: UN rights experts condemn protestor’s execution, raise alarm over detained artists

·December 8, 2022·2 min read

Mohsen Shekari was hanged on Thursday morning after the Islamic Revolution Court in Tehran found him guilty of moharebeh or “waging war against God”. This was the first execution of a protester convicted for taking part in the recent anti-government unrest sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini...

‘Without nature, we have nothing’: UN chief sounds alarm at key UN biodiversity event

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·December 7, 2022·5 min read

The conference is being billed as a major biodiversity COP, because it is expected to lead to the adoption of a new Global Biodiversity Framework, guiding actions worldwide through 2030, to preserve and protect our natural resources. The delegates and organizers will be hoping that this framework will have a...

Haiti: UN sounds alarm over worsening gang violence across Port-au-Prince |

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·July 16, 2022·4 min read

The alert comes just hours after UN humanitarians said they were ready to provide all the assistance they could to communities caught in the crossfire of gang violence, once they can gain safe access to those impacted. A recent upsurge in fighting between rival gangs in the Cité Soleil neighbourhood of the capital,...