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24.08.2022 UN Commission For Human Rights

Sierra Leone: End impunity for female genital mutilation, say UN human rights experts … COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS APPROVES CHAIRPERSON'S STATEMENTS ON HAITI AND COLOMBIA; RESOLUTIONS ON AFGHANISTAN, SOMALIA, CAMBODIA, AND SIERRA LEONE … Press…

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20.07.2022 BBC

The government of Chad has banned young girls from leaving the country without parental permission, in a move that has been decried by women's rights groups who have called for a U-turn. Security Minister General Idriss Adiker explained the decision…

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19.07.2022 Jason Burke: Africa Correspondant

The cause of death of 21 young people at Enyobeni tavern last month is still yet to be determined … The interior of Enyobeni tavern where the teenagers died on 26 June. Photograph: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters … Investigators have found traces of the…

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26.06.2022 © UNICEF/Olivier Asselin

Human rights campaigners raise a range of safety concerns over the planned removal of people on a Home Office charter flight this week … Colnbrook detention center, near Heathrow, where a 40-year-old mother of three British children is being held…

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17.03.2022 All Africa News

Snuff on the rise among Zambian women, increasing risks for cervical cancer … The use of snuff tobacco among young women in Zambia is increasing, heightening the risk of developing cervical cancer, already the most diagnosed cancer for women in the…

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11.03.2015 Press Releases UN

Statement by the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution, and child pornography at the 28th session of the Human Rights Council … Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is an honor for me to address the Human…