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Dutch Safety Board’s final report on flight MH17 crash in Ukraine welcomed by UN

13 October 2015
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) today welcomed the Dutch Safety Board’s final report on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which crashed on 17 July 2014 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
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Malaysia’s anti-terror and sedition laws ‘curtail’ human rights, warns UN rights chief

9 April 2015
Human Rights

A series of amendments to Malaysia’s 1948 Sedition Act risk seriously undermine freedom of expression and opinion throughout the country, the top United Nations human rights official warned today as he urged the Asian state to bring its legislation in line with international human rights standards.

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UN rights office ‘disappointed’ to see Malaysian opposition leader prison sentence upheld

10 February 2015
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said today that it is disappointed that Malaysia’s Federal Court ruled to uphold the imprisonment of opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim.