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Abortion Rights Groups Takes Fight to States

June 28, 2022 Dime

The battle over the right to an abortion shifted from the federal focus to the states.  After a weekend of furious protest in the wake of the Supreme Court’s overturn of Roe v. Wade, a […]

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Global HPO: Amnesty International UK is ‘Institutionally Racist’

June 18, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The findings of management consultancy Global HPO’s inquiry into the Amnesty International UK show that the charity, which has labeled Israel ‘apartheid’ in its own reports, is institutionally racist. Publishing a series of reports on […]

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Swedish Institute Warns About Increasing Nuclear Weapon Stocks

June 14, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The number of nuclear weapons is likely to increase in the next decade though there was a slight decline in stocks between January 2021 and January 2022, shows the forecast that the Stockholm International Peace […]

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UN Thanks Saudi Arabia for $10m Donation to Rescue Yemen Oil Tanker

June 13, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The United Nations thanked the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for donating $10 million in order to rescue a decaying Safer oil tanker in Yemen.  The United Nations aims to defuse a potentially catastrophic environmental issue. […]

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Fury at UN Human Rights Chief Over ‘Whitewash’ of Uyghur Repression

June 9, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Scholars are accusing the United Nations human rights chief of whitewashing China’s repression of the Uyghur people.  Dozens of scholars published an open letter this week, accusing Michelle Bachelet of having ignored or contradicted academic […]

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New UN Report Points Israel’s Occupation as Root Cause of Violence

June 8, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A new UN report pointed out on Tuesday that the main causes of the persistent cycles of violence are Israel’s occupation and the discrimination against Palestinians, concluding that Israel clearly has no intention of ending […]

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Nearly 250,000 Somalis Face Starvation, UN Warns

June 7, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

After a fourth consecutive rainy season had failed Somalia, United Nations agencies warned in a joint statement on Tuesday that nearly a quarter of a million people are facing starvation in the Horn of Africa […]

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Bachelet’s China Visit Shows Growing Divide Between China and the West

May 31, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet’s six-day trip to China was covered in controversy, showing a growing divide between China and the West.  Analysts and experts say it is a worrying sign that even in […]

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Swiss Billionaire Sent $3 Million Donations to Pelosi-aligned Nonprofit

May 21, 2022 Dime

A hidden money group backed by a Swiss billionaire sent a multimillion-dollar infusion of cash to a dark money nonprofit connected with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Fox News informed. According to tax documents, the Pelosi-aligned […]

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Tennessee Governor Bill Lee approved one of the nation's strictest abortion laws in July of last year, prohibiting abortion once a fetal heartbeat is found at about six weeks, which is typically before a woman learns she is pregnant.
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Abortion Rights Activists Express Anger with Biden over Roe v Wade

May 15, 2022 Maja Popovska

Anger with President Joe Biden and his Democratic Party over their apparent lack of direction on abortion rights is likely to drive months of planned rallies around the country, organizers say, Reuters reports. An extraordinary […]

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Guterres Says UNSC Failed to Do Everything to End Ukraine War

April 29, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The Security Council failed to do everything in its power to prevent and end this war, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday while visiting Kyiv, stressing that it makes him feel great disappointment, […]

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Fears Grow That UNRWA May End Refugee Services to Palestinians

April 25, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) official said on Sunday that Palestinians have been angered by the announcement that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) might allow other UN agencies to help service Palestinian […]

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No Ukraine Humanitarian Ceasefires Soon, Possibly in Coming Weeks

April 19, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Humanitarian ceasefires between Russia and Ukraine are not on the horizon right now, said the United Nations aid chief.  Martin Griffiths met with senior officials in Moscow and Kyiv this month to discuss “aspirations” for […]

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UN Warns About Food Insecurity in TwoThirds of South Sudan

April 16, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Around 62,7%, or 7.74 million people, will face a crisis or worsening levels of food insecurity between April and July, the United Nations Children’s Fund warned quoting the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification analysis. Although […]

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UN Chief Praises Saudi Arabia for Yemen Efforts

April 15, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In a phone call to Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Thursday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has praised the Kingdom’s efforts to reach a political solution to the Yemen war that has been […]

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ICC Calls Ukraine a ‘Crime Scene’ as Thousands Flee the Country

April 14, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

“Ukraine is a crime scene,” the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, stressed on Wednesday while war crimes prosecutors visited the site of civilian killings in Bucha as tens of thousands of Ukrainians […]

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UN Calls for Investigation into Violence Against Women in Ukraine 

April 12, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The United Nations has increasingly heard accounts of rape and sexual violence in Ukraine and has called for an investigation of violence against women in Ukraine.  The UN Women executive director Sima Bahous told the […]

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Women Face Chronic Violence in Syria’s ‘Widow Camps’

April 11, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Women and children who live in some of the hardest-to-reach camps for internally displaced people face chronic and high levels of violence and depression. Some women are forced into “survival sex.”  A new report has […]

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UNHCR Kicks Out Russia Over Ukraine Abuses

April 8, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The United Nations General Assembly suspended on Thursday Russia from its Human Rights Council over gross and systematic violations and human rights abuses committed in Ukraine. The United States-initiated move got the support of 92 […]

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UNGA to Vote Today on Suspending Russia from Human Rights Council

April 7, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

After the United States announced on Monday it would seek Russia’s suspension from the UN Human Rights Council following the accusation of mass murdering civilians in Bucha, Ukraine, the United Nations General Assembly will vote […]

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Houthis Urged by the UNSC to Abide by Terms of Truce

April 5, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Last month’s cross-border terrorist attacks by the Houthi militia against critical civilian infrastructure in Saudi Arabia were strongly condemned on Monday by the members of the UN Security Council, which also underscored the truce will […]

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‘Shocked’ by Bucha Images, UN’s Guterres Calls for Investigation

April 4, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called in a tweet on Sunday for an independent investigation that will lead to effective accountability after stressing how deeply shocked he was by images of civilian deaths in Ukraine. […]

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Russia, Ukraine to Enable Safe Evacuations, ICRC Demands

March 29, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Ukraine and Russia have to agree on the delivery of aid and on the safe evacuation of civilians from frontline areas, where vitals are running out, especially from the besieged Mariupol, the International Committee of […]

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UN Official Describes Palestinians’ Plight as Apartheid

March 25, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Israel was accused of the crime of apartheid in the Occupied Palestinian Territories by the UN-appointed investigator tasked with investigating human rights abuses in Palestinian territories occupied since 1967. Michael Lynk, the independent expert appointed […]

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ICJ to Rule on Genocide Allegations Against Russia

March 15, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) would issue a ruling on Wednesday afternoon in Ukraine v. Russian Federation case regarding Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of […]

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Russian Gymnast with “Z” Symbol Next to Ukrainian Faces Long Ban

March 8, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Russian gymnast Ivan Kuliak has been condemned by the gymnastics’ governing body for his “shocking behavior,” as the gymnast now faces a long ban for wearing a symbol, the letter “Z”, in support of his […]

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IAEA Chief Claims Russia Destroyed Ukraine Nuclear Neutron Generator

March 8, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Russia’s military assault on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station led to the destruction of a neutron generator in one of the facilities on the campus, IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi informed on Monday’s press conference. Grossi […]

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Monitoring Group Slams Russia Protest Crackdown as Military Censorship

March 7, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Russian police have detained over 4,300 demonstrators in a crackdown at protests across Russia on Sunday against Moscow’s ongoing full-scale military offensive in Ukraine that started on Feb. 24, Russia-based human rights monitoring group OVD-Info […]

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Mariupol Evac Corridors Reopen as Number of Refugees Nears 1.5 Mill

March 6, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

After earlier efforts were scuppered by ceasefire violations, the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol and the city of Volnovakha have restarted on Sunday morning efforts to evacuate the civilian population via ‘green corridors’. City officials […]

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€400 Million Appeal Launched by UNICEF for Ukrainian Children

March 4, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

More than €400 million will be needed over the next three months to help civilians, especially children, in Ukraine, the UN’s Children’s Fund UNICEF estimates while its teams continue to face logistical problems delivering aid […]

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