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On the International Day to End Impunity, CPJ called for accountability in all cases of journalists killed for job.

2 Nov 2023
On the International Day to End Impunity, today ...

In three weeks, 3,195 children killed in Gaza, Save the Children called for immediate ceasefire

30 Oct 2023
The number of children reported killed in Gaza in just three weeks has surpassed the annual number of children killed across the world's conflict zones since 2019, Save the Children said.

UN: Continued violence is not the answer

28 Oct 2023
The UN high commissioner for human right Volker Turk today said, “Last night’s bombardment and ground operations in Gaza by Israeli forces were reportedly the most intensive yet, taking this terrible crisis to a new level of violence and pain. Compounding the misery and suffering of civilians, Israeli strikes on telecommunications inst...

Welcoming the release of Matiullah Wesa, Thomas West called for the release of all human rights defenders

27 Oct 2023
Thomas West, the US special representative for Afghanistan, welcomed the release of Matiullah Wesa, an activist for the rights of girls' education in Afghanistan, from the Taliban prison, wrote on the X channel: "With my colleagues, I welcome the release of Matiullah Wisa and we demand the release of all Afghan human rights defenders.”.

The United Nations called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza

27 Oct 2023
Despite opposition to a ceasefire in Gaza, the UN human rights chief called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. On Monday, the first of Scorpio, Volker Turk, the head of the United Nations human rights, said in a statement: "The first step should be an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza in order to provide humanitar...