Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2019 02:17:21 +0000
The U.S. government expressed deep concerns to the U.N. about a reported trip by the U.N. counterterrorism chief to the restive Xinjiang region in China’s far west.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 02:21:27 +0000
President Rodrigo Duterte again expressed displeasure over the United Nations’ (UN) climate change deal, this time calling it “favorable”
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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 03:11:59 +0000
Opposition Senator Leila De Lima took a swipe at the government’s repeated refusal of an independent investigation into President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody drug war.
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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 02:01:37 +0000
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Police Gen. Oscar Albayalde assured on Monday that the police operates with respect for human rights and the rule of law, after the United Nations human rights experts called for an independent probe on “unlawful deaths” in the drug war.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2019 05:31:47 +0000
Members of the Human Rights Council must ensure that the investigation of drug-related killings in the Philippines “is in place”
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2019 12:16:38 +0000
The UN attacked Friday horrific conditions in migrant detention centers in Libya, with dozens dying from tuberculosis while many others appear to have disappeared.
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Read moreCredit to Author: hmallorca| Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2019 10:23:41 +0000
“Many Eurasians have moved out of the settlement and the children only speak Malay and English.”
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 22:46:37 +0000
In a stinging defeat for Britain, the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly demanded that London cede to Mauritius the Chagos Islands.
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Credit to Author: Becky Ferreira| Date: Mon, 06 May 2019 18:44:39 +0000
A comprehensive United Nations report compiled by more than 450 researchers warns of a dire future for both humans and nature if business continues as usual.
Read moreCredit to Author: ceridio| Date: Sun, 05 May 2019 10:05:04 +0000
Up to a million of Earth’s estimated eight million species face extinction, many of them within decades, according to a draft version obtained by AFP.
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