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August 04, 2021
Thousands flee as wildfires reach residential areas north of Athens
GENEVA — Although laws in Iraq criminalize torture and set out procedural safeguards to prevent it, a new report released on Tuesday by the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) and UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), makes clear that the practice continues in jails throughout the country.While acknowledging legal changes against torture, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said, “the authorities need to effectively implement the provisions written in the law in each and every detention center.”“If not, they remain a dead letter”.Shocks and beatings Covering July 1, 2019 to April 30 this year, the report is based on interviews conducted with 235 detainees, along with prison staff, judges, lawyers and detainees’ families.“I experienced the worst days of my...
August 03, 2021
Iraq: Put torture prevention laws into practice, urges UN human rights chief
GENEVA — More than 700 healthcare workers and patients have died, and more than 2,000 have been injured in attacks on health facilities since December 2017, according to a three-year analysis by the World Health Organization (WHO) released on Tuesday.The Surveillance System for Attacks on Health Care from 2018 to 2020, recorded data on attacks on health workers, patients, supplies, ambulances and facilities in 17 emergency-affected countries and fragile settings.Countries at riskThese included Ethiopia, Yemen, Syria, Mozambique, Nigeria, Occupied Palestinian territory, Myanmar, Central African Republic, and Somalia, among others.“We are deeply concerned that hundreds of health facilities have been destroyed or closed, health workers killed and injured, and millions of people denied the...
August 03, 2021
700-plus healthcare workers and patients killed in attacks on facilities: WHO
August 03, 2021
UK PM meets with Belarusian opposition leader
GENEVA — A year after the devastating explosions in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, a staggering 98 percent of families are still in need, according to a survey published on Tuesday by the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF.The rapid assessment highlights the severity of the trauma children suffered, and the dire needs families have experienced, which have been magnified by a collapsing economy, political instability and the COVID-19 pandemic.It was conducted in July and based on telephone interviews with 1,187 households.Struggling to recover “One year after the tragic events, children's lives remain deeply affected. That is what their parents tell us,” said Yukie Mokuo, UNICEF Representative in Lebanon.“Those families have been struggling to recover from the aftermath of the...
August 03, 2021
Families still struggling one year after Beirut explosion: UNICEF
August 03, 2021
General Assembly creates new Permanent Forum of People of African Descent
GENEVA — The world football body, FIFA, launched a UN-backed campaign on Monday designed to raise awareness of potentially damaging mental health issues, and encourage people everywhere to seek help when they need it.The #ReachOut campaign, has teamed up with the World Health Organization (WHO), and the influential Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), to underscore how important it is to spot symptoms of deteriorating mental health early.In a joint press release with WHO, FIFA President Gianni Infantino, said: “This campaign is very important in raising awareness about mental health conditions and encouraging a conversation which could save a life.“In FIFA’s Vision 2020-2023, we pledge our commitment to make football work for society, and I thank the players and Enke,...
August 03, 2021
WHO backs football body FIFA’s #ReachOut campaign for mental health
August 03, 2021
UK launches new study to find the best gap
between vaccine doses for pregnant women
August 03, 2021
EU pledges aid to Lithuania as migrants pour in from Belarus
August 03, 2021
NGO accuses Minsk after Belarusian activist found dead in Ukraine
