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‘We have a duty to stand against intolerance’: UN human rights chief
"We must condemn it in all its forms, alongside bigotry, intolerance, and hatred," Mr. Türk advocated, urging people to take ...
UN rights chief urges Syria’s new government to pursue national reconciliation
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has urged Syria’s new government to initiate a comprehensive national ...
UN human rights chief calls for lifting Western sanctions on Syria as country rebuilds after Assad
The United Nations human rights chief has called for the lifting of Western sanctions imposed on Syria over its yearslong ...
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UN rights chief in historic meeting in Syria’s with caretaker authority in Damascus
The UN human rights chief Volker Türk has described the unbearable suffering of former detainees under the deposed Assad ...
DRC: Türk Calls For Urgent Action To Stem Grave Human Rights Crisis In Goma
The M23 armed group and the Rwanda Defence Forces have been fighting the DRC armed forces, backed by the Wazalendo armed group, in the city of Goma. Shells have landed in at least two sites hosting ...
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UN human rights chief hails ‘signs of new beginnings’ in Lebanon and Syria
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed solidarity with the people of Lebanon and Syria on Thursday, ...
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UN fact-finding report on July atrocities by mid-Feb: Türk
United Nations high commissioner for human rights Volker Türk said that the UN fact-finding report on the atrocities during ...
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Lebanon: The UN Human Rights Chief visits Beirut
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, visited Beirut today as part of his trip to Syria and ...
U.N. rights chief: Atrocities committed in Syria beyond belief
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said the extent of atrocities committed in Syria is hard to believe and ...
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UN report on crackdown on rights in attempt to suppress July Uprising due in mid-February
Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has also sought support from Volker Türk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, on the ...
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UN Rights Chief: Duty to Stand Against Intolerance
On this day, 80 years ago, some 7,000 prisoners who had been left to starve in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and ...
UN human-rights chief calls for lifting Western sanctions on Syria as country rebuilds
Volker Türk also urges transitional justice for victims, saying it enhances public trust in state institutions as the country ...