The United Nations has called on countries to stop imposing internet shutdowns or disruptions. The first major internet shutdown that captured global attention took place in Egypt in 2011. The US State Department’s annual report on internet shutdowns documented 931 shutdowns between 2016 and 2021 across 74 countries. The United Nations has called on … Read more
Sudan has been rocked by deepening unrest and a violent crackdown since last year’s coup. 99 people have been killed and more than 5,000 injured, UN human rights expert says. Thousands of Sudanese took to the streets on Friday to mark the third anniversary of a crackdown. A UN human rights expert on Sudan called … Read more
Calls for expedited probes into protester deaths and other atrocities. Dieng says 99 people have been killed and more than 5,000 injured. Adama Dieng raises concerns over arbitrary and mass arrests of activists. UN human rights specialists in Sudan called for expedited probes into protester deaths and other atrocities on Saturday, As the death toll … Read more
GENEVA – The UN said Wednesday that it had recorded nearly 230 civilian deaths in Ukraine, including 15 children, since Russia’s full-scale invasion began, warning that the true toll was likely far higher. The UN rights office, OHCHR, said it had registered 752 civilian casualties in Ukraine, including 227 people killed and 525 people wounded, between February … Read more
The top UN rights body agreed to send international investigators to conflict-hit Ethiopia amid warnings of looming generalised violence, in a move slammed by Addis Ababa. Following an emergency meeting, the 47-member UN Human Rights Council narrowly voted in favour of ordering the probe into a wide range of alleged violations by all sides in Ethiopia’s 13-month conflict. … Read more
