A woman stands before a window at a women's prison in Herat, Afghanistan.

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News in Brief 16 July 2020

16 July 2020

Yemen: 11 dead in second airstrike in three days
Nuclear testing legacy is ‘cruellest’ environmental injustice, warns rights expert
Alarm over rise in women prisoners; mental health effects of COVID measures

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13 July 2020, Kurigram district, Bangladesh Women receive dignity kits from UNFPA, distributed by CARE Bangladesh and local partners.

UNFPA

News in Brief 15 July 2020

15 July 2020

Myanmar’s people deserve free and fair elections: UN independent expert
Venezuela: amputation and extortion in booming gold mining racket
Monsoon-affected river communities in Bangladesh get vital aid

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A Somali woman arrives in Yemen.

IOM

News in Brief 14 July 2020

14 July 2020

Thousands of Ethiopian migrants stranded in Yemen: IOM
Burundi needs more than a new President to break cycle of violence
UN human rights office alarm at Bahrain death sentences

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Dildar Begum, 25, and her daughter Nur Kalima, 12 run a shop in Hakimpara camp. Her husband and other children were brutally killed in Myanmar.

UN Women /Allison Joyce

News in Brief 13 July 2020

13 July 2020

Women and girls deserve more protection in emergencies, UN rights council hears
Alarming global food security outlook reveals even more going hungry
Freedom of expression has worsened during pandemic, says independent rights expert

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Upenyo – A female rescued on the 25 Sep 2015; she weighed 12.3 kg. She was retrieved at Mukuvusi Woodlands after reported being seen falling from a bus. She was successfully released on 20 Apr 2016.

the Tikki Hywood Foundation

News in Brief 10 July 2020

10 July 2020

Wildlife crime affects us all by bringing animal pathogens closer to humans: UN report
Floods across South Asia, more rainfall forecast, warn weather experts
Waiting to declare famine ‘will be too late for Yemenis on brink of starvation’: WFP

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Sunset at Lake Elton Biosphere Reserve in the Russian Federation.

© UNESCO/A. Popov/Lake Elton Biosphere Reserve - Russian Federation

News in Brief 9 July 2020

9 July 2020

Climate pledges ‘in jeopardy’ amid global temperature rise forecasts
Refugees in Africa ‘more vulnerable than ever’ amid COVID supply chain and funding disruption
Drone strikes ‘in self-defence’ risk destabilising world security: UN expert

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As part of the information campaign on COVID-19, the commander of the Bangladeshi medical contingent at the Security Council-mandated UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic, encourages local contractors to wear protection masks.

MINUSCA

News in Brief 8 July 2020

8 July 2020

Africa sees COVID-19 cases pass 500,000: WHO
‘Conversion therapy’ alert at UN Human Rights Council
UN expert calls for end to gender-based violence against women journalists

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A mobile clinic in Syria.

WHO Syria

News in Brief 7 July 2020

7 July 2020

New evidence of likely war crimes in Syria
DR Congo villagers flee violence to Uganda
Expert concerned over 'greatly exaggerated' poverty eradication figures

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Postmaster Marian Cioacă delivers UNICEF flyers providing essential information on correct hygiene and prevention of COVID – 19 as well as ways to keep mental health in Moeciu de Jos, central Romania.

© UNICEF/Andrei

News in Brief 6 July 2020

6 July 2020

Pope Francis echoes UN Security Council call for ceasefire
4.5 million doses of COVID-beating drug secured for poorer nations
Countries should reject ‘mad or bad’ approach to mental health, says expert

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In Niger, 1.6 million vulnerable children are affected by humanitarian crises, including border closures and COVID-19 containment measures.

© UNICEF/Juan Haro

News in Brief 3 July 2020

3 July 2020

Guterres calls for calm in Ethiopia after musician’s killing sparks deadly protests
UN rights office expresses alarm at Hong Kong arrests under new security law
Price spike alert in West and Central Africa as WFP warns of massive food insecurity

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