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UN rights chief denies inaction on China report

UN officials on Friday denied they had done too little to address reports of serious rights violations in China's Xinjiang region, a day after leading campaigners called for greater action. On Thursday, rights groups urged UN rights chief Volker Turk to follow up on an explosive 2022 report detailing violations against Muslim minorities there, including […]

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UN must act on abuses in China's Xinjiang: rights groups

Sudan one of world's 'worst crises' in decades: medical charity

Swedish court acquits former Syrian general of war crimes charges

UNHCR chief warns of 'insufficent' humanitarian access to Sudan

Swedish court to rule on top Syrian officer war crimes charges

Raped by Russian soldiers, Ukraine women speak out to erase stigma

Retired Peruvian soldiers sentenced for raping rural women and girls in 1980s

'Face to face': Gaza hostage's mother confronts UN investigators

Fighting in Gaza's Rafah as tensions soar on Israel-Lebanon border

'Please help': Gaza hostage's mother in impassioned plea to UN

Israeli use of heavy bombs raise 'serious concerns' under laws of war: UN

Shunned by West, Russian army deserters live in fear

UN investigators probing sexual slavery in Sudan detention facilities

ICoast leader pledges seven pc growth but coy about re-election

'We are like slaves', Afghan girl tells UN rights council

Kyiv accuses Russian forces of beheading Ukrainian soldier

Philippine court finds four policemen guilty in drug war killings

Court finds four Philippine police guilty in drug war killings