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Mahmoud Abbas appealed for help from the international community at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
UN/Jean-Marc Ferré

Violence could have grave consequences, says Abbas

28 October 2015
General News

The President of the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Mahmoud Abbas, appealed to the UN on Wednesday to help stop the violence there, or else risk an “explosion” by his people that would have “grave consequences” for everyone.

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The Russian delegation's Maria Khodynskaya-Golenishcheva said stopping rights violations was not possible without defeating jihadists.
UN/Jean-Marc Ferré

Syria terrorists must be beaten, says Russia

21 September 2015
General News

Russia announced Monday it wanted to see an end to fighting in Syria and called for action against terrorists who it called the biggest threat to regional stability.

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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein addressing the 30th regular Session at the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

Persecution of civil society, migration crisis top concerns of UN human rights chief

14 September 2015
An “exhausted and angry” High Commissioner for Human Rights today opened the 30th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council with a wide-ranging address in which he singled out countries by name for their role in accelerating human misery and implored decision-makers worldwide to swiftly establish an effective and principled policy to deal with the global migration crisis.
Refugees and returnees who have fled Boko Haram violence in Borno State, Nigeria, sheltering in Niger's Guesseré village on the border. IRIN File Photo/Anna Jefferys

"Horrific" Boko Haram crimes in Nigeria

1 July 2015
General News

More details of dreadful violence by Boko Haram fighters emerged on Wednesday at the UN where the organisation’s human rights chief called for a response “of commensurate magnitude.”

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Mary McGowan Davis cited summary executions by Palestine armed groups and the targeting of civilian areas by Israeli forces.
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Israel, Palestine react to Gaza probe

29 June 2015
General News

Israel has criticised the findings of a high-level UN report into its conduct during the fighting in Gaza in 2014, saying it failed to take account of the complexities of modern warfare.

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Investigator Mike Smith said people could be taken from their homes and detained without knowing why or by whom.
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

Eritrea investigator calls for International Court probe

24 June 2015
General News

The Eritrean government faced renewed pressure over allegations of crimes against humanity on Wednesday, as UN investigators repeated their call for an international criminal probe into abuses.

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