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As Russia breaks promise, figures show more than four million Ukrainians are now refugees

More than four million people have fled Ukraine since the start of the invasion and 1189 civilians have been killed, according to the latest United

The New Daily · Mar 30, 2022

Russian shelling, attacks on cities may amount to 'war crimes', says UN's Bachelet

Ukrainian cities have been pounded by air strikes and heavy shelling in Russia's five-week-old invasion, killing civilians in acts that may amount to war crimes, the top United Nations human rights official said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Mar 30, 2022

U.N. calls for release of political prisoners held in Belarus

The U.N. human rights chief said on Thursday that nearly 1,100 activists, opposition members and journalists are being detained on "politically motivated charges" in Belarus and called for their release.

Reuters · Mar 17, 2022

China says protects free speech within limits, welcomes Bachelet visit to Xinjiang in May

Freedom of expression is protected in China but cannot be an excuse to put anyone above the law, a Chinese envoy to the U.N. said on Tuesday after the U.N. rights chief Michelle Bachelet voiced concern at arrests and prison terms for critics there.

Reuters · Mar 8, 2022

U.N. rights boss Bachelet says China visit agreed in May, including Xinjiang

U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet announced on Tuesday that she has reached an agreement with China for a visit, "foreseen" in May, and said that she had already raised the cases of some critics who have been arrested for speaking out.

Reuters · Mar 8, 2022

U.N. rights boss decries clampdown, arrests of anti-war protesters in Russia

The ability to criticise public policy in Russia, particularly its invasion of Ukraine, is narrowing, with some 12,700 people unlawfully detained in anti-war protests, the top U.N. human rights official Michelle Bachelet said on Tuesday.

Reuters · Mar 8, 2022

Trapped civilians in Ukraine must be allowed to leave safely -UN's Bachelet

U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet called on Tuesday for civilians trapped in active hostilities in numerous areas of Ukraine to be able to leave safely.

Reuters · Mar 8, 2022

U.N. rights chief calls on Nicaragua to re-establish fair elections

The U.N. human rights chief urged the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega on Monday to re-establish fair elections and said she was "concerned" about the country's lack of accountability for repeated human rights violations.

Reuters · Mar 7, 2022

Nearly 400 civilians killed in Afghanistan under Taliban rule: UN

It is the first major human rights report since the Taliban seized power from the former US-backed government in August.

Al Jazeera · Mar 7, 2022

UN Concerned About Reports of Cluster Bombs in Ukraine

The UN human rights chief said Thursday military operations in Ukraine are “escalating further as we speak” and warned of “concerning reports” of the use of cluster bombs. Michelle Bachelet said the Ukrainian town of Volnovakha in the eastern Donetsk region, where pro-Russian separatists seized territory in 2014, leading to…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 3, 2022