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6 year old Rohingya refugee, Yasin, rests after arriving at a registration center for newly arrived Rohingya Refugees in Teknaf, Bangladesh, on 6 February 2018. His father says that they fled to Bangladesh after soldiers in Myanmar came to their house and beat his son when he was unable to tell them of his whereabouts.

Children suffering ‘atrocities’ as number of countries in conflict hits new peak: UNICEF

28 December 2018

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A Human Rights Officer interviews a displaced witness in Menaka, in northern Mali. In May 2018, a delegation led by Human Rights Officers travelled to Menaka to investigate the recent armed attacks in the settlements of Aklaz and Awakassa.

THE COMMITTEES: General Assembly Third Committee ‘anchored’ in human rights protection

26 December 2018

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A group of Japanese women look at the Universal Declaration of Human Rights during a visit to the UN's interim headquarters in Lake Success in February 1950

Worldwide UN family celebrates enduring universal values of human rights

10 December 2018

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Collection of ballots for the election of members of the Human Rights Council at the General Assembly on 12 October 2018.

Human Rights Council election: 5 things you need to know about it

15 October 2018

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The Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Andrew Gilmour (c) meets Dasht-e-Archi elders in Afghanistan

Afghanistan: End attacks on civilians, prosecute perpetrators, says senior UN rights official

11 May 2018

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Photographer Farzana Wahidy covering a women's empowerment event in Mazar-i-Sharif, in Afghanistan's north.

‘Standing up for our right to truth,’ UN celebrates press freedom

3 May 2018

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Afghan Journalist, Sabawoon Kakar, is laid to rest after a bomb attack in Kabul on 30 April 2018, which killed eight other journalists.

Afghanistan: UN expert condemns killing of journalists as ‘attack on right to know’

1 May 2018

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