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UN to back Burundi on Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Visiting United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein has pledged support to Burundi's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), the senior...
Fighting Islamic extremism with disproportionate policies violates human rights
Fighting Islamic extremism with disproportionate policies violates human rights, thus undermining the values that have been holding together global security, UN rights chief Zeid...
Isis killed about 100 prisoners in January 2015
The Islamic State jihadist militia has executed nearly 100 people in the first month of 2015 in Iraq and Syria, according to a monitoring...
59th Session of opens in Geneva
(By Francis Ameyibor, GNA Special Correspondent; Geneva, Switzerland)
The 59th Session of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has...
Leading Iraqi Human Rights Lawyer Killed
The Islamic State militia tortured and killed a leading Iraqi human rights lawyer, the United Nations' top human rights official said on Thursday.
Sameera Salih...
