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The UN Cybercrime Convention: A New Repressive Tool in Disguise?
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Oct 04 (IPS) - The UN Office on Drugs and Crime hailed the recently agreed Cybercrime Convention as a ‘landmark step' in cooperating to tackle online dangers. But human rights organisations aren't so sure.
Dominican Republic Orders the Expulsion of Thousands of Haitian Migrants
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 04 (IPS) - Over the past few months, the escalation of gang violence and mass displacement in Haiti have been of great concern for humanitarian organizations. Severe levels of armed violence have resulted in significant instability, with food insecurity, sexual violence, civilian casualities, and restricted freedom of movement plaguing the nation. Displacement cases have risen sharply, to the extent that the Dominican Republic has ordered the return of thousands of Haitian migrants.
Will Ukraine Benefit if IMF Ends its Punitive Fees on Debt Burdened Countries?
- Inter Press Service
KYIV, Ukraine, Oct 04 (IPS) - Over the coming month, the United States has a window of opportunity to lift a multi-billion-dollar burden from Ukraine, and other countries in financial distress, without costing the US taxpayer a dime.
Gang attack in Haiti's Pont Sondé leaves 70 dead
- UN News
An attack by a notorious gang in the town of Pont Sondé, Haiti, left at least 70 people dead on Thursday, after gunmen armed with automatic rifles opened fire, a spokesperson for the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday.
Rights expert urges universities to respect pro-Palestinian protests
- UN News
Universities must respect peaceful activism and revise repressive policies targeting the pro-Palestinian solidarity movement on their campuses, a UN independent human rights expert said on Friday.
UN condemns deadly West Bank airstrike, attacks on Gaza schools
- UN News
The UN chief has strongly condemned the killing of several Palestinians, including women and children, who died when a residential building in Tulkarem camp in the West Bank was hit by Israeli airstrikes on Thursday night.
UN rights council examines nuclear legacy consequences in the Marshall Islands
- UN News
The UN Human Rights Council held a dialogue on Friday to examine the nuclear testing legacy in the Marshall Islands, which representatives from the Pacific nation said has left their people with some of the highest rates of cancer globally.
‘Orphanage city’ helps children in Gaza as the war grinds on
- UN News
Some Palestinian orphans in Gaza have gotten a glimmer of hope as the tragedies triggered by the grinding nearly year-long war continue to deplete the Strip.
WHO approves first mpox diagnostic test for emergency use
- UN News
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday that it has approved the first mpox diagnostic test for emergency use, which will boost diagnostic capacity in countries facing outbreaks of the disease.
The week the world comes to Manhattan: Looking back at UNGA79
- UN News
Every September when UN Headquarters in New York is swamped – massive motorcades, intense security, snipers on rooftops and world leaders descending along with throngs of diplomats, media and celebrities – it’s not easy to grasp what exactly is going on or what was achieved.
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