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Sweden will no longer fund (UNRWA) and will instead provide increased overall humanitarian assistance to Gaza via other channels, the Nordic country says, in a move denounced by the head of the agency.

U.S. Southern Baptists release scathing report on sexual abuse

For decades, complaints of sex abuse by pastors and staff in the largest U.S. Protestant denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention, were either ignored or covered up by top clergy, according to an internal report released on Sunday.

Violence and Pushbacks at Poland-Belarus Border

Poland unlawfully, and sometimes violently, summarily pushes migrants and asylum seekers back to Belarus, where they face serious abuses, including beatings and rape by border guards and other security forces, Human Rights Watch said today. At least ...

Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, issues first report

ending the continued Israeli occupation and discrimination against Palestinians is essential to stopping the conflict and halting the persistent cycle of violence, while a ‘culture of impunity’ feeds resentment and fuels recurrent tension...

Rich countries putting children at risk: Unicef

Rich countries are creating unsafe living conditions for children both at home and around the world, a Unicef report released yesterday said, calling on states to reduce waste and cut pollution.

Four Florida prison guards arrested and charged in murder of mentally ill inmate

Four Florida Corrections officers were arrested last week and charged with murder for the February 14 death of an inmate who was allegedly beaten to death after being removed from his cell. The inmate’s tragic death at the hands of a violent assault ...

‘White House Black aides departure sign of racial discrimination in US’

Secretary-General of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights Kazem Gharibabadi has said that the exodus of African American staffers from the administration of US President Joe Biden shows the existing systemic racism in American society.

Deportations To Greece In Contravention Of Law, Red Cross Says

The Icelandic Red Cross has issued a detailed report citing numerous sources that concludes, as has been done many times before, that deporting people to Greece, and children in particular, will send them to a life lived on the street with little to ...

Overrepresentation of Indigenous Women in Jails Hits Record Levels in BC

Despite decades of warnings, Indigenous women now make up more than 50 per cent of inmates in both federal and provincial women’s correctional facilities in B.C., an all-time high.

Texas shooting shows unresolved racial discrimination in US: UN Human Rights Chief

While the UN Human Rights Chief was in China for a visit, a deadliest gun shooting in a decade took place at a primary school in the US, killing at least 19 children and two teachers. The tragedy exposed the severe racism and human rights violations ...

George Floyd death anniversary: What’s happened two years later

Wednesday marks two years since George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer.