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Protests erupted in Nicaragua, with violent consequences. (AFP/ File)

August 30th, 2018 - 07:49 GMT

UN Calls for Serious Action Amidst Human Rights Crisis in Nicaragua

The United Nations on Wednesday called for urgent action and accountability to address the human rights crisis in Nicaragua.

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August 4th, 2018 - 08:25 GMT

North Korean Female Soldier Buries her Newborn Alive

Rohingya Muslim fleeing from the conflict area of the Yathae Taung township in Rakhine State in Myanmar. (AFP Photo)

July 5th, 2018 - 09:00 GMT

UN Warns Rohingya Muslims Continue to Flee Due to Violence

A woman shouts at Turkish riot police as they detain her during a rally in Ankara (AFP/File Photo)

May 10th, 2018 - 05:00 GMT

UN Calls on Turkey to Lift State of Emergency, Pave Way for Fair Elections

UN rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein (AFP/File Photo)

March 20th, 2018 - 10:00 GMT

UN Calls on Ankara to End State of Emergency

Russia's deputy U.N. ambassador Vladimir Safronkov speaks during an United Nations Security Council (AFP/File Photo)

March 20th, 2018 - 08:47 GMT

Russia Blocks Meeting Demanded by UN on Human Rights Violations in Syria

Since March 2015, 5,974 civilians have been killed and 9,493 civilians injured (AFP/File)

February 12th, 2018 - 11:58 GMT

UN Warns of Increasing Civilian Deaths in Yemen Violence

Rohingya refugee children play with plastic bags at Hakimpara refugee camp in Bangladesh's Ukhia district on Jan. 27, 2018 (Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP)

February 5th, 2018 - 11:34 GMT

Rohingya Crisis Is Threatening Regional Security: UN

A senior UN human rights official on Monday said Myanmar's security operation in Rakhine state "seems a textbook example of ethnic cleansing" (AFP)

September 11th, 2017 - 11:00 GMT

UN: Myanmar Violence ‘Textbook Example of Ethnic Cleansing’

The separation wall in the West Bank. (AFP)

August 22nd, 2017 - 09:35 GMT

Israel UN Ambassador: ‘UN Should Focus on Terrible Humanitarian Issues Not Harming Israel’

A displaced Iraqi woman carries a baby as she evacuates from western Mosul's Zanjili neighbourhood on June 1, 2017 during ongoing battles between Iraqi forces to retake the city from Daesh fighters. (Karim Sahib/AFP)

June 6th, 2017 - 06:00 GMT

UN: 163 Civilians Fleeing Mosul Executed by Daesh

An Iranian protestor holds a banner bearing a portrait of top Bahraini Shiite cleric Isa Qassim, who was sentenced on May 21 to a suspended one-year jail term, during a demonstration in the capital Tehran on May 26, 2017 (STR/AFP)

June 3rd, 2017 - 11:00 GMT

UN Rights Chief Urges Bahrain to Probe Protester Deaths

Syrians check a damaged house, reportedly hit by US-led coalition air strikes. (AFP/Sami Ali)

May 26th, 2017 - 02:00 GMT

UN Condemns Killing of Civilians by US-led Airstrikes in Syria