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June 1, 2020

Renewal of UN arms embargo on South Sudan welcomed

The United Nations Security Council has renewed the arms embargo on South Sudan for another year.
May 31, 2020

Call for a Day of Mourning and Lament for US COVID-19 deaths

After 100,000 deaths from Covid-19, US faith leaders and Mayors have called for a Day of Mourning and Lament on 1 June 2020.
May 30, 2020

Palestinian human rights activist to challenge Israel's travel ban

Amnesty International says there is every reason to believe that Laith Abu Zeyad is being punished solely for his human rights work.
May 29, 2020

Countries failing to stop 'harmful marketing' of breast-milk substitutes

The aggressive marketing of breast-milk substitutes is a major barrier to improving newborn and child health worldwide, says the WHO.
May 28, 2020

COVID-19 prisoner releases too few, too slow, says Human Rights Watch

Detainees are often at heightened risk of COVID-19 due to close proximity, inability to practice social distancing, a lack of adequate sanitation and hygiene, a high incidence of underlying medical conditions, and lack of adequate medical care.
May 27, 2020

Japan and UN deepen cooperation on plastic pollution and post-conflict recovery

The new cooperative effort will tackle plastic pollution across Asia and support post-conflict environmental recovery in Iraq and South Sudan.
May 26, 2020

European Commission adopts biodiversity and healthy food strategies

The Biodiversity Strategy and Farm to Fork Strategy aim to halt biodiversity loss and transform Europe's food systems.
May 25, 2020

ILO issues guidance for safe, healthy return to work during COVID-19

Return to work policies should be informed by a human-centred approach that puts rights and international labour standards at the heart of economic, social and environmental strategies, says the International Labour Organisation.
May 24, 2020

Activists and journalists jailed in Belarus as election looms

With presidential elections less than three months away, Belarusian authorities have intensified their crackdown on independent activists and journalists, says Human Rights Watch.
May 23, 2020

Removal of top missionary official in Brazil 'is major blow for Bolsonaro'

Ricardo Lopes Dias, an evangelical missionary, was appointed head of the Uncontacted Indians’ Unit of the Indigenous Affairs Agency in February.

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