A UN spokeswoman informed reporters in New York that six months after the Myanmar military seized control of the democratically elected government, the UN team in Myanmar has reiterated its solidarity with the people of Myanmar in their quest of democracy, peace, human rights, and the rule of law.
At least 3,000 people are still detained, including politicians, authors, human rights campaigners, teachers, health care workers, civil servants, journalists, monks, celebrities, and ordinary civilians, according to him.
The long-running conflict has had an impact on humanitarian aid, education, health, and the fight against COVID-19. Of course, it has impacted Myanmarese citizens’ basic rights to express themselves and have a government that represents them.
The UN Population Fund and UN Women in Myanmar, for their part, have warned that the country’s compounded political and health crises, as well as increased violence, are putting more women and girls in danger this year. They also stated that when the socioeconomic situation worsens, hundreds of thousands more people will require humanitarian assistance.
Orthodox priests in Ukraine are finding themselves trying to serve their church and support their state, even when those two are at adds as Orthodox Christians get ready to celebrate Easter on May 5.
Protests related to Israel-Hamas war have erupted on American college campuses, with some leading to clashes between student groups and police.And despite the dangers, student journalists and their news organizations are leading press coverage.
Lake Malawi, Malawi’s largest body of water, is seeing an unprecedented surge in water level. Almost ninety percent of the beach area, according to the authorities, is under water, damaging land, crops, and lakeside hotels, resorts, and lodges.
About one-fifth of Bangladesh’s ready-made garment factories do not meet fire, electrical and structural safety standards 11 years after the collapse of Rana Plaza that left more than 1,100 garment workers dead, according to an industry monitoring body.
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According to a new report by Germany’s Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, which was published in the journal Nature, the average income of people around the world will be cut by one-fifth by the middle of the century due to climate change.
Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, has made significant strides since its tumultuous birth in 2002, but the economic impact of the plunder of resources of centuries of Portuguese colonial rule and the looting, pillage, and large-scale destruction of property during a 24-year Indonesian occupation can still be felt today.
From allowing captive-bred lion hunting to selling lion bones to East Asia for their alleged “medicinal” qualities, South Africa’s treatment of its big cats has long tarnished its reputation for conservation. However, the country is now ending all of that.