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Stop threatening women with flogging
GENEVA, Switzerland, November 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ – Flogging women, including for “honour-related offences” amounts to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment in international law...
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Human rights in Eritrea
Human rights in Eritrea: UN expert to meet Eritrean refugees in Tunisia and Malta GENEVA, Switzerland, November 7, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the...
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“Protection of South Sudan’s internally displaced needs attention
“Protection of South Sudan’s internally displaced needs to be up front” – UN rights expert says GENEVA, Switzerland, November 15, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ – Humanitarian action,...
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Ghana’s criminal justice need critical attention to be more humane
GENEVA, Switzerland, November 15, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture, Juan E. Méndez, today expressed deep concern about the situation of...
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A call for the Protection of Eritreans in their quest for safety
GENEVA, Switzerland, November 25, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/– The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth, expressed great...
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Action needed for the eradication slavery and child labour in Ghana
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 3, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ –The United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Gulnara Shahinian, urged the Government of Ghana to...
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NGO Bill threatens to hinder civil society’s work in South Sudan, UN rights...
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 17, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/– Three United Nations Special Rapporteurs today warned that the NGO Bill currently discussed by Parliament in South Sudan...
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“South Sudan faces large displacement and protection crisis”– UN expert calls...
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/– “South Sudan will face a large displacement and protection crisis, if the situation is not managed with restraint or if...
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