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News in Brief 1 February 2024

  • Gaza: Aid operations are in peril, UN agency warns amid funding crisis
  • 122 journalists killed while reporting on Gaza crisis, say top rights experts 
  • UN Human Rights chief appalled by alleged summary executions in Mali 
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News in Brief 31 January 2024

  • We cannot abandon the people of Gaza, say chiefs of UN agencies in appeal for UNRWA 
  • Torture used to obtain evidence in Hong Kong trial, claim rights experts 
  • At least 170,000 children displaced amid violence in Haiti: UNICEF 
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News in Brief 29 January 2024

  • Gaza: ‘Simply not enough food’ to go around, warn UN humanitarians
  • UN migration agency alert over Mediterranean deaths spike
  • WHO hails global progress on eliminating dangerous fats from food shelves
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News in Brief 26 January 2024

  •  World court issues appeal calling for prevention of genocidal acts in Gaza
  • Gaza: UN rights office condemns ‘chaotic’ Israeli mass evacuation orders 
  • Sudan: Dire plight of more than 10 million displaced by conflict
  • Alabama execution comment – UN rights chief Türk
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News in Brief 25 January 2024

  • Gaza: Top UN aid official calls for end to attacks on sites sheltering civilians 
  • $1.8 billion needed to restore Libyan communities after catastrophic flooding
  • Stigma and shame still surround leprosy victims, warn top rights experts 
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News in Brief 23 January 2024

  • Gaza fighting spreads into hospitals where there’s ‘no way in and out’ 
  • UNHCR raises alarm over dramatic rise in Rohingya deaths at sea
  • Half of Yemen’s children are malnourished, warns UN health agency
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News in Brief 22 January 2024

  • Gaza war: 25,000 killed as humanitarian needs go on rising 
  • Tedros concern that countries will miss deadline for pandemic treaty 
  • UN migration agency issues first ever global annual appeal, calling for $7.9 billion 
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© UNRWA/Ashraf Amra

News in Brief 19 January 2024

  • Gaza aid obstacles continue to delay vital relief, warn UN aid teams
  • Sudan war: UN investigators begin probe into human rights violations 
  • Sri Lanka anti-terror bill revisions are serious concern, says UN rights office
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