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World News in Brief: Diabetes on the rise, UN prisoners in Yemen, Ukraine war fuels rise in landmine casualties

·November 15, 2023·2 min read

Diabetes is a chronic disease which occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin, or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. WHO said that more than 460 million people worldwide live with diabetes and millions more are at risk. The UN health agency stressed that...

Yemen: Fresh negotiations conclude with release of 887 prisoners

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·March 21, 2023·2 min read

“For hundreds of Yemeni families, today is a good day,” Special Envoy Hans Grundberg told reporters at a press conference in Switzerland. “Today, hundreds of Yemeni families can look forward to reuniting with their loved ones.” The Supervisory Committee on the Implementation of the Detainees’ Exchange Agreement concluded the latest...

Rghts experts ‘deeply disturbed’ by Russian Wagner Group recruitment of prisoners

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·March 10, 2023·2 min read

In a statement, the dozen experts said representatives from the Russian-owned mercenary outfit had been “offering pardons for criminal sentences to prisoners who join the group and take part in the war in Ukraine, as well as a monthly payment to their relatives”. The experts – members of the Working Group...

Myanmar: Hundreds of political prisoners released, but thousands remain in jail

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·January 7, 2023·2 min read

“The release of political prisoners in Myanmar is not only a relief to those unfairly detained, but also their families”, OHCHR Spokesperson Jeremy Laurence told journalists in Geneva. “Importantly, however, we take this opportunity to call for the release of the thousands of others who remain in detention for opposing...

Iran urged to halt imminent finger amputation of eight prisoners |

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·June 23, 2022·1 min read

The men were sentenced to “have four fingers on their right hands completely cut off so that only the palms of their hands and their thumbs are left”. OHCHR is deeply concerned that the amputations are imminent. Guillotine already installed Of the eight prisoners, seven were identified as Hadi Rostami,...