SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean women detained in prison camps suffered torture, rape and other forms of “multiple and serious” violence by security and police officials, a UN human rights report said Tuesday, citing accounts. of more than 100 women. The women, detained between 2009 and 2019 after not fleeing …
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday accused world powers of ignoring inequality in global institutions, but said the coronavirus pandemic has created a “generational opportunity” to build a world. more egalitarian and sustainable. FILE PHOTO: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a Security Council meeting …
Read More »John Lewis, civil rights icon, died at age 80
Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights icon who helped organize the 1963 March in Washington and served in Congress for decades, died, his family confirmed in a statement. Lewis was 80 years old. “It is with inconsolable pain and abiding sadness that we announce the passing of US Representative John …
Read More »UN expert sees US drone attack on Iran’s Soleimani as “illegal” murder
GENEVA (Reuters) – The US drone attack in January in Iraq that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and nine other people represented a violation of international law, a UN human rights investigator said Monday. FILE PHOTO: A supporter of Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah takes photos of the late …
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