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The UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) renewed its calls for enhanced coordination and safety along migration pathways on Thursday following a shipwreck off the coast of Tunisia that killed 40 migrants. The organization stated: “IOM reiterates its support for countries along key migration routes through protection-sensitive search and rescue operations, and through efforts to [...]

The North Carolina Senate voted on Tuesday to create a new congressional map for the state, reallocating voters from the Republican-controlled third district to the Democrat-controlled first district. The state’s House of Representatives will vote on the map on Wednesday. Republicans currently control 10 of 14 congressional seats in North Carolina, and make up 30 [...]

The regional head of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for the Occupied Palestinian Territory warned on Tuesday of Israeli settlers’ increasing violence against Palestinian farmers. The statement comes at the start of the critical olive harvest season. According to the OHCHR statement, 757 settler attacks took place in [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday criticized the announcement of the new EU-Uzbekistan Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement. The agreement describes respect for democratic principles and the preservation of fundamental freedoms as “essential,” yet HRW said that it fails to properly address Uzbekistan’s deteriorating rights record. Europe and Central Asia advocacy director at HRW, Iskra [...]

The UN reproductive health agency UNFPA on Tuesday described women and girls across the Democratic Republic of the Congo as “one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises,” facing widespread insecurity, rising sexual violence, and severely disrupted life-saving services. Speaking to journalists at the Geneva UN Office after her visits to Kinshasa and Goma, UNFPA Director [...]

The European Union on Thursday approved the 19th package of sanctions against Russia, the latest effort to hinder Russian aggression in Ukraine, adding new restrictions on individuals and sectors supporting Moscow’s war effort. The new sanctions aim to intensify strain on the Russian economy and debilitate important sectors such as energy, finance, the military industrial [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday announced an agreement with the University of Virginia (UVA) that forbids the school from “discrimination” based on race, sex or national origin in admissions and hiring. The agreement follows months of pressure from the administration after a DOJ investigation that began in April led to officials claiming [...]

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Tuesday that more than one million people have returned to Sudan’s war-ravaged capital Khartoum in the past 10 months, while basic services remain severely limited and infrastructure damaged. The organization reported that there are continuing disease outbreaks, damaged homes and shattered infrastructure, all of which create dangerous [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned on Thursday that the Taliban have severely undermined media freedom in Afghanistan by closing major news outlets and subjecting remaining ones to surveillance and censorship. The group called on authorities to cease mistreatment of journalists and remove discriminatory restrictions imposed on women reporters. HRW decried Taliban censorship, which incorporates monitoring of [...]

Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian-born US permanent resident and activist, appeared Monday in the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit seeking to affirm a lower court’s ruling that blocked his deportation and authorized his release from detention. His legal team from the American Civil Liberty Union (ACLU) argues that the United States Department of [...]