Europe

A woman hangs washing out to dry at the Vathy Reception and Identification Centre (RIC) on the island of Samos, Greece. Refugee families are struggling at the reception centres on the island of Samos due to overcrowding, leading to deteriorating conditions.
UNHCR/Markel Redondo

Refugees overcrowded to ‘boiling point’ on Greek island, warns UN agency

31 August 2018
Migrants and Refugees

The Government of Greece has been urged by the United Nations to do more to help thousands of asylum-seekers and migrants who have been “crammed” into island reception centres, amid reports that children have tried to take their own lives there.

A boy rests against a woman in a camp of people displaced from Srebrenica, at the Tuzla airport in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1995.
UNICEF/Roger Lemoyne

‘Step backwards’ for Bosnia’s autonomous Serb region as assembly reneges on Srebrenica genocide report

16 August 2018
Human Rights

The Republika Srpska National Assembly in Bosnia and Herzegovina drew concern from the top United Nations expert on the Prevention of Genocide on Thursday, over its decision this week to revoke its endorsement of the 2004 Srebrenica Commission Report acknowledging genocide during the Bosnian war of the 1990s.

David Kaye, Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression, at a press conference at United Nations Headquarters in New York, 25 October 2017.
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

UN rights experts call on Russia to release Ukrainian film-maker whose life is in ‘imminent danger’

15 August 2018
Human Rights

A Ukrainian film-maker whose outspoken criticism of Russia’s continued annexation of Crimea has landed him in jail, prompted United Nations human rights experts to call on Russian authorities for his immediate and unconditional release on Wednesday.

Secretary-General António Guterres briefs press at UN Headquarters.
UN Photo/Mark Garten

UN chief calls for ‘increased commitment’ to resolution on 10th anniversary of Georgia conflict

7 August 2018
Peace and Security

Ten years after conflict involving Georgia, Russia and the South Ossetia region broke out, United Nations chief, António Guterres said on Tuesday that “increased commitment” is needed by “relevant actors” to advance the on-going reconciliation and peace process.