UNICEF/Eyad El Baba

News in Brief 28 February 2019

28 February 2019

Gaza probe finds ‘reasonable grounds’ Israeli forces committed international human rights violations
Safe return of Syrians ‘completely illusory’
‘Backlash against human rights’ today

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UN OCHA/Giles Clarke

News in Brief 27 February 2019

27 February 2019

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26 February 2019

$2.6 billion pledged to help millions of wartorn Yemenis
Ebola response risks slowing amid massive funding shortages
UN’s emergency aid chief travels to Zimbabwe, Malawi amid rising food insecurity

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UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

25 February 2019

People’s rights under fire, UN chief tells the Human Rights Council
Around 6,000 more mostly women and children flee last ISIL terrorist stronghold in Syria
UN experts ‘deplore’ executions of nine in Egypt who ‘confessed under torture’

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World Bank/Kim Eun Yeul

22 February 2019

UN human rights office appeal to Egypt amid death row executions
Some 260,000 South Sudanese face food insecurity “catastrophe”, UN agencies warn
$4.2 billion urgently needed to save Yemen’s families from ‘horrific’ plight

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UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

21 February 2019

Papua violence and ‘snake’ interrogation condemned by human rights experts
‘Bring decolonization to a successful conclusion’ UN Chief
Bengalis celebrate protection of their culture on International Mother Language Day

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