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UN says Myanmar military uses death penalty to ‘crush’ opposition

UN rights chief Volker Turk said that more than 130 opponents of Myanmar’s military regime have been sentenced to death.

Al Jazeera · Dec 3, 2022

Myanmar sentences 7 students to death, says UN

The Myanmar junta handed out at least seven more death sentences this week, taking the tally of those on death row to 139, according to the United Nations (UN).

Bangkok Post · Dec 3, 2022

UN rights boss says Russian strikes plunge millions into hardship

The U.N. human rights chief said on Thursday that Russian strikes on critical infrastructure in Ukraine since October had killed at least 77 civilians and were plunging millions of people into extreme hardship.

Reuters · Nov 25, 2022

Iran situation 'critical' with more than 300 killed - U.N. rights chief

The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday that the situation in Iran was "critical", describing a hardening of the authorities' response to protests that have resulted in more than 300 deaths in the past two months.

Reuters · Nov 22, 2022

US warns darker-skinned Americans may be profiled, detained in the Dominican Republic

The government of the Dominican Republic is pushing back against a U.S. embassy warning to dark-skinned American tourists that stepped-up enforcement against Haitian migrants in the Caribbean nation could lead to their being racially profiled or detained.

Miami Herald · Nov 21, 2022

UN rights chief: Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s life in great danger

Volker Turk called on Egypt to immediately release hunger striking prisoner as leaders gather for COP27 in the country.

Al Jazeera · Nov 8, 2022

UN Urges Musk to Ensure Twitter Respects Human Rights

UN rights chief Volker Turk on Saturday urged Twitter's new owner Elon Musk to make respect for human rights central to the social network after he sacked around half the company's employees. Reports of Musk laying off the platform's entire human rights team were "not, from my perspective, an encouraging…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 6, 2022

Twitter Starts Rolling Out New Paid Subscription

Twitter began rolling out a controversial new paid subscription system on Saturday that the social network's unpredictable new owner, billionaire Elon Musk, ordered staff to build after taking over last week. Days into the Tesla boss's stewardship of one of the world's leading platforms for discourse and activism, his promises…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 6, 2022

UN calls on Taliban to release women's rights activists

The U.N. human rights chief on Friday called on Afghanistan's Taliban government to release five people the U.N. says were detained during a news conference organised by a women's civil society organisation.

Reuters · Nov 4, 2022

UN human rights chief fears pushback on gender issues, cites Iran clampdown

The new U.N. human rights chief said on Wednesday there was a worrying pushback against progress in easing rights abuses, above all on gender issues, pointing to Iran's violent clampdown on unrest touched off by a woman's death in police custody.

Reuters · Nov 2, 2022