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While the Asia-Pacific region is home to a wealth of constructive traditions and practices, it is also confronted with the conundrum of how to protect freedom of expression at the same time as tackling hate speech which is rampant today. A morass of laws of a prohibitive and inhibitive kind…

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UN Urges Taliban to End ‘Terrible’ Restrictions on Women

The Taliban must immediately revoke their policies targeting women and girls in Afghanistan, the UN rights chief insisted Tuesday, condemning their "terrible" consequences. "No country can develop -- indeed survive -- socially and economically with half its population excluded," Volker Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said…

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UN rights chief urges Taliban to drop restrictions on women

The United Nations’ human rights chief has decried increasing restrictions on women’s rights in Afghanistan, urging the country’s Taliban rulers to reverse them immediately

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Varadkar to put visit to Irish troops in Lebanon near the top of his agenda in 2023

"I hope that can be done"

Irish Mirror

Rohingya recount stories of hunger and desperation in escape to Indonesia

Rohingya Muslims who survived a harrowing 40 days on a boat across the Indian Ocean to end up in Indonesia have recounted stories of hunger and desperation, saying more than 20 of those on board died on the way.

Reuters

Suspect Arrested in Killing of UN Peacekeeper in Lebanon

The Lebanese army has arrested a suspect in the killing earlier this month of a peacekeeper in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) from Ireland who died when his convoy was shot at in southern Lebanon, officials said Tuesday. The area of the Dec. 14 shooting attack, near…

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Suspect arrested in killing of UN peacekeeper in Lebanon

The Lebanese army has arrested a suspect in the killing earlier this month of a U.N. peacekeeper from Ireland who died when his convoy was shot at in southern Lebanon

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Abduction, torture, rape: Conflict in Congo worsens, says UN

The accounts are haunting

The Independent UK

At least 20 Rohingya Muslim refugees dead after weeks at sea

Dozens of hungry and weak Rohingya Muslims were found on a beach in Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh

Evening Standard

U.N. warns that more Rohingya refugees are likely to wash ashore in Indonesia

A United Nations agency is seeking information about the voyage of over 100 Rohingya Muslim refugees who landed on an Indonesian beach this week, and warned Tuesday that there will likely be more.

WEKU

Editorial: Spy who helped Cuba fight Miami exiles to be freed. Once she’s out, banish her there

Cuba’s top spy in the United States will be freed from prison on Jan. 8 after serving just 20 years in a federal prison in Texas. She is said to be coming to Miami, briefly. If she comes, she should keep on moving for the repressive regime for which she…

Miami Herald

Second boat with 185 Rohingya arrives in Indonesia’s Aceh

The boat came ashore in Ujong Pie village, a day after a wooden vessel with 57 Rohingya landed in another part of Aceh.

Al Jazeera

UN Agency Probes Origin of Rohingya Refugees in Indonesia

A United Nations agency is seeking information about the voyage of over 100 Rohingya Muslim refugees who landed on an Indonesian beach this week, and warned Tuesday that there will likely be more. A distressing video circulated widely in social media showed the dehydrated and exhausted Rohingya, crumpled weakly and…

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U.N. urges countries to help Rohingya at sea as hundreds land in Indonesia

The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) urged countries on Tuesday to help Rohingya Muslims stranded at sea as at least 20 reportedly died and hundreds more landed in Indonesia after weeks adrift in the Indian Ocean.

Reuters

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At least 20 reported dead as Rohingya boats land in Indonesia

PIDIE, Indonesia: At least 20 Rohingya have died at sea in recent weeks, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday, as boats carrying hundreds of the persecuted Muslims landed in Indonesia while others were believed to be adrift in the Indian Ocean.

ABC News

Rohingya's deadliest year at sea in a decade with 180 people presumed drowned

The feared sinking of a migrant boat in recent weeks with 180 people onboard could make 2022 one of the deadliest years at sea in almost a decade for Rohingya Muslims, a UN agency says.

The Independent UK

UN agency probes origin of Rohingya refugees in Indonesia

A United Nations agency is seeking information about the voyage of over 100 Rohingya Muslim refugees who landed on an Indonesian beach this week

Bangkok Post

Climate change is making us sick

A day before the latest United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) began, a group of global experts convened by The Lancet published a report about the adverse health effects of climate change. Their conclusion was as jarring as it was straightforward: human health is at the mercy of fossil fuels.

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A top Ukraine official hopes for a peace summit with Russia by the end of February

Ukraine's foreign minister told the AP that his government is aiming to have a summit, preferably at the United Nations with Secretary-General António Guterres as a possible mediator.

ABC News

UN working group backs South Sudanese Australian mothers' concerns about treatment of youth

After a United Nations working group visit, African Australian mothers are calling for changes to government policies affecting their young people.

The Independent UK

AP News Digest 2 p.m.

Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EST. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan at https://newsroom.ap.org.

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Ukraine Calls for Russia's Removal from Security Council

Ukraine called on Monday for Russia to be removed as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council and accused it of violating international law. "Ukraine calls on the member states of the UN... to deprive the Russian Federation of its status as a permanent member of the UN…

The Independent UK

Ukraine wants UN ‘peace summit’ by end of February

Russia must be prosecuted for war crimes as a condition for attending says Dmytro Kuleba

Daily Mirror

Ukraine hoping for peace talks by end of February around anniversary of Russian invasion

Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said President Volodymyr Zelensky is aiming to have a peace summit and hopes to have it at the United Nations with Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as a possible mediator.

The Independent UK

The AP Interview: Ukraine FM aims for February peace summit

Ukraine’s foreign minister says his government is aiming to have a peace summit by the end of February preferably at the United Nations with Secretary-General António Guterres as a possible mediator around the time of the anniversary of Russia’s war

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