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Lost in the chaos – LGBTI people in emergencies

BANGKOK, 14 August 2014 (IRIN) - Unaddressed protection needs, rigid systems and research gaps imperil lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in...

«Conflictos modernos: jaque a los principios humanitarios»

19 agosto – Día Mundial de la Asistencia Humanitaria - Mantener la neutralidad respecto a las partes en conflicto y la independencia respecto...

UN rights expert urges Sudan to free all political detainees to...

GENEVA (15 August 2014) – The UN Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan, Mr. Mashood Adebayo Baderin, has called...

Right to dignity – barriers to healthcare for transgenders

BANGKOK, 14 August 2014 (IRIN) - Dorian Wilde, 26, an activist from Malaysia, was thrilled to be invited to the 2014 World Professional Association...

LGBTI rights – still not there yet

BANGKOK, 14 August 2014 (IRIN) - In recent years, the world has seen enormous human rights gains with respect to sexual orientation and gender...

Iraq: The UN must take immediate action to prevent further mass...

Paris, 14 August 2014 - The UN Security Council (UNSC) should rapidly take new action to protect the Yazidis community in Nothern Iraq from...

Vergonzosa condena contra Guilles Bourdouleix, Alcalde de Cholet (Francia) quien manifestó...

Hace un año exactamente que un grupo de gitanos barceloneses nos manifestamos ante el Consulado de Francia para protestar por las declaraciones realizadas por...

España: AI denuncia la persistencia de expulsiones ilegales en Melilla y...

Ante los últimos intentos de entrada y la llegada de personas migrantes, solicitantes de asilo y refugiadas a las costas españolas y a Melilla,...

First visit to Azerbaijan by UN expert group on business and...

GENEVA (14 August 2014) – A United Nations group of independent experts will undertake its first official visit to Azerbaijan from 18 to 27...

El anuncio británico de una suspensión limitada de los permisos de...

En respuesta a la noticia de que el gobierno británico suspenderá únicamente 12 permisos de exportación de armas y otro material militar a Israel,...

Perú recibe críticas por no proteger a sus ciudadanos más vulnerables

Una segunda oleada de indígenas aislados altamente vulnerables ha establecido contacto con foráneos en la selva amazónica brasileña, tan solo unas semanas después de...

Sri Lanka: UN experts alarmed at deportations of Pakistani asylum seekers...

GENEVA (14 August 2014) – Two United Nations human rights experts* today expressed their grave concern at the situation of Pakistani asylum seekers in...

Gaza: «Las negociaciones de Egipto deben incluir cuestiones humanitarias»

  Acción contra el Hambre espera que el fin de la escalada de violencia del último mes pueda desencadenar un proceso por el que...

The Gambia / Human rights: Government derails UN experts visit –...

GENEVA (12 August 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteurs on torture, Juan E. Méndez, and summary, extrajudicial and arbitrary executions, Mr. Christof Heyns,...

Iraq: “Immediate action needed to protect human rights of Yazidis in...

GENEVA (12 August 2014) – A group of United Nations human rights experts today expressed their grave concern at the imminent danger of massacre...

Irak: Acción contra el Hambre intensifica su respuesta humanitaria de emergencia

Los recientes combates en el norte de Irak ha provocado que cientos de miles de personas abandonen sus casas y un fuerte deterioro de...

Nigeria – the community turns against Boko Haram

MAIDUGURI, 11 August 2014 (IRIN) - Young men with machetes manning road blocks is usually a bad sign. In Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri,...

Ethiopia’s game-changing abortion law

ADDIS ABABA, 8 August 2014 (IRIN) - After decades battling high maternal death rates - at least a third of which were due to...

Somaliland, oil and security

HARGEISA, 7 August 2014 (IRIN) - The proposed deployment of armed contingents to protect oil installations in the self-declared Republic of Somaliland risks further...

War and peace in northern Mali

BAMAKO/KIDAL, 7 August 2014 (IRIN) - Continued violence in northern Mali which saw three separatist rebel groups retake control of much of the north,...

Gaza diary: Life under Israeli assault

GAZA CITY, 7 August 2014 (IRIN) - There are about 10 seconds, or at least that is what it feels like, between the launching...

Libya insecurity forces aid workers to leave

DUBAI, 7 August 2014 (IRIN) - Libya’s deteriorating security situation has led to an exodus of aid workers and suspension of development programmes, leaving...

Conditions for asylum seekers worsen in Libya

JOHANNESBURG, 7 August 2014 (IRIN) - As violence in Libya continues to escalate, most diplomats and foreign workers have by now received assistance from...

Expertos de la ONU celebran encuentro de activista argentina y su...

GINEBRA (8 de Agosto de 2014) – Un grupo de expertos de derechos humanos de Naciones Unidas* instó a los Gobiernos de todo el...

Iran: UN rights experts condemn the recent wave of arrest and...

GENEVA (8 August 2014) – United Nations human rights experts* today expressed grave concern over the recent escalating trend of arrest and sentencing of...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ravina Shamdasani,...

1) Iraq We are deeply alarmed by the situation in northern Iraq, and in particular the situation of vulnerable minority groups, including the...

World must act now to avert a humanitarian disaster in Somalia...

GENEVA (8 August 2014) – United Nations human rights expert Bahame Tom Nyanduga urges the international community to act now to avert a looming...

Camboya: La sentencia del juicio del Jemer Rojo, un paso crucial...

La sentencia condenatoria dictada hoy por las Salas Especiales de Delitos Graves de los Tribunales de Camboya, respaldadas por la ONU, contra dos de...

Survival muestra “cinco rostros del genocidio” con motivo del Día Internacional...

Con motivo del Día Internacional de los Pueblos Indígenas que se celebra el 9 de agosto, Survival International expone el caso de cinco pueblos indígenas y...

Time to investigate abuses in Nigeria

By Sarah DiLorenzo DAKAR, 6 August 2014 (IRIN) - Rights groups in Nigeria are calling for an independent investigation into evidence of abuses as...