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HRW: Pakistan forcefully removing Afghan refugees

February 13, 2017 01:21:31 PM

Pakistani authorities have driven nearly 600,000 Afghan refugees back into Afghanistan since July 2016, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report Monday. HRW claims that among those being forced out of the country are 365,000...

February 9, 2017 08:40:14 AM

Israel-based advocacy groups Legal Center for Arab Rights and the Jerusalem Center for Human Rights and Legal Aid asked the Israeli Supreme Court Wednesday to review a new law that retroactively legalizes some 4,000 settlements in...

February 3, 2017 01:55:27 PM

UN Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk recommended on Friday that the UN Security Council and the General Assembly act to ensure Israel complies with Security Council resolution 2234 , which confirms that Israeli settlements in already...

January 31, 2017 04:10:44 PM

In a statement Tuesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed "concerned the decisions that around the world have been undermining the integrity of the international refugee protection regime." While he acknowledged that "ountries have the right, even the...

January 27, 2017 11:17:07 AM

The Slovenian parliament passed amendments to the Aliens Act to enact emergency measures to deny refugees entry into the country and to expel those whom did not have their asylum claims properly assessed on Wednesday. Amnesty International (AI)...

January 23, 2017 01:08:28 PM

Of the more than 14,000 asylum seekers currently confined to five Greek islands in the Aegean Sea, many are facing dire circumstances due to irregularly harsh winter conditions, according to a statement released today by Human Rights Watch (HRW)...

January 21, 2017 02:30:00 PM

According to a US prosecutor, the US asked South Korea to arrest Ban Ki-sang, brother of former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon , for his involvement in a bribery scheme to sell a Vietnamese building complex. Specifically,...

January 18, 2017 12:45:04 PM

Disabled refugees in Greece are not given access to adequate living conditions and medical care, reported Human Rights Watch (HRW) Wednesday. Although the EU has provided significant funding to the Greek government, the UN and nongovernmental...

January 11, 2017 09:23:02 AM

Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's brother, Ban Ki Sang, and nephew, Joo Hyun Bahn, were indicted Tuesday by the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York on bribery charges in an elaborate international case....

January 6, 2017 06:15:56 PM

The UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Friday that 2016 had more recorded migrant deaths than any previous year. According to preliminary figures, 363,348 migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea to Europe arrived successfully...

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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty extended indefinitely

On May 11, 1995, over 170 signatory nations agreed to extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) indefinitely. The NPT is an agreement signed by 189 countries to control the spread of nuclear weapons and nuclear technology based on the principles of disarmament, non-proliferation, and the use of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. The treaty was opened for signature in 1968 with a provision for review conferences every five years. During the 1995 review conference in New York City, member countries decided to keep the treaty open indefinitely. Learn more about the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty from the United Nations.

Massachusetts repealed law banning Christmas

On May 11, 1682, the Massachusetts General Court repealed two laws that had banned the celebration of Christmas and had authorized capital punishment for expelled Quakers returning to the colony. Learn more about the state's ban on Christmas.