Iran: Repression continues two years after nationwide protests

Iran: Repression continues two years after nationwide protests
Addressing the Human Rights Council in Geneva, the International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran – a group of Council-appointed independent experts - said that Ms. Amini’s...

WHO urges investments for the scale up of tuberculosis screening and...

WHO urges investments for the scale up of tuberculosis screening and preventive treatment
Ahead of World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, which is marked on 24 March, WHO has released an investment case for TB screening and preventive treatment....

UN chief condemns attack on peacekeepers in DR Congo

UN chief condemns attack on peacekeepers in DR Congo
The incident occurred in the vicinity of Sake, just 20 kilometers from Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu. The wounded peacekeepers, who were part...

First Person: Southern Madagascar, where girls are sold into marriage before...

First Person: Southern Madagascar, where girls are sold into marriage before they are born
The arranged marriage typically involves the exchange of a highly prized and culturally important Zebu cow for teenage girls as young as 13 years...

UN calls for united action to combat rising Islamophobia

UN calls for united action to combat rising Islamophobia
The new resolution, tabled by Pakistan, calls for, among other things, concerted action to fight ongoing violence against Muslims and requests the UN Secretary-General...