The Latest Breaking News from Volker Türk

South Africa anti-migrant wave: UN's Türk urges people 'not to dehumanise'

François Picard is pleased to welcome Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. In this wide-ranging interview, Türk presents a coherent vision of human rights as the essential framework through which to understand some of the defining global challenges of the 21st century. Rather than treating migration, climate…

France 24 · Jun 30

Trump news at a glance: president tests out a new ‘red scare’ ahead of midterms

Republican strategists believe rise of Mamdani could present opportunity to tag Democrats with most extreme views of the left – key US politics stories from Friday 26 June

The Guardian - US · Jun 27

UN calls for ‘prompt investigations’ of deaths in US immigration custody

High commissioner for human rights calls for ‘those responsible for violations of the law’ to be held to account

The Guardian - US · Jun 26

At least 2,300 killed this year in Haiti gang violence, UN human rights chief says

Haiti has been plagued by worsening gang violence since the 2021 assassination of its then-President Jovenel Moïse.

Euronews · Jun 15

‘No more torture’: Venezuelan inmates take control of prison over alleged abuse, set it on fire

Hundreds of inmates took control of a prison in western Venezuela on Sunday, claiming they were tortured and demanding its director be fired. "They are suffering because they are beating them terribly, torturing them, pouring cold water on them, electrocuting them, setting them on fire, mistreating them terribly," she said…

The Times of India · May 25

Dozens killed in drone strike on Sudan market

A local rights group says a drone strike on a market in central Sudan has killed 28 people and wounded dozens more.

AAP · May 19

Drones are making Sudan's war even deadlier for civilians

Experts say drone warfare has become the deadliest threat to civilians in Sudan's conflict, with both the military and the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces being supplied by various countries

The Independent UK · May 16

Sudan drone strikes killed at least 880 civilians between January and April, UN says

Most of the civilian deaths attributed to drone strikes in the first three months of the year were recorded in the Kordofan region and Darfur, although the strikes were also increasingly spreading beyond both regions.

Euronews · May 11

Iran executed 21 people and arrested thousands since start of war, UN warns

UN has warned that the Tehran regime has executed 21 people and detained over 4,000 since the war began, accusing the Islamic Republic of torture, disappearances and targeting minorities.

Euronews · Apr 29

UN rights chief alarmed by number of drugs-related executions in Singapore

Officials in Singapore maintain that the death penalty has made it one of the world's safest cities and a government survey in 2023 showed strong public support for capital punishment for serious crimes.

Euronews · Apr 22