Asia Pacific
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Sri Lanka: New Government urged to make progress on accountability, institutional reforms
Sri Lanka is at a critical juncture and the new Government must make progress on accountability as well as institutional…
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Papua New Guinea: Conflict and election-related violence trigger wave of displacement
Following conflict and election-related violence in Papua New Guinea, more than 15,000 people have been internally displaced in Hela, Southern…
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Pakistan: More than 6.4 million in ‘dire need’ after unprecedented floods
The scale of the humanitarian crisis in Pakistan is unprecedented, with a third of the country under water, UN humanitarians…
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China responsible for ‘serious human rights violations’ in Xinjiang province: UN human rights report
A long-awaited report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) into what China refers to as the…
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Sri Lanka: WFP helps alleviate stress of pregnancy amidst skyrocketing food prices
The queue of women grows steadily outside a government clinic in Kuppiyawatta, in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo. In just…
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From the Field: ‘Bioprospecting’; Cambodia’s sustainable gold rush
Prospecting used to be about digging up gold and other minerals. Today “bioprospecting” is allowing countries to use the natural…
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Record inflation and skyrocketing prices leave over 6 million Sri Lankans food insecure
In the face of record food price inflation, skyrocketing fuel costs and widespread commodity shortages, some 6.26 million Sri Lankans,…
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Bachelet calls for impartial, ‘transparent investigation’ into Uzbekistan protest deaths
The UN human rights chief called on Tuesday for a prompt, impartial and “transparent investigation” into the deaths of at…
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In Afghanistan, women take their lives out of desperation, Human Rights Council hears
The situation for women is so desperate in Afghanistan that they are committing suicide at a rate of one or…
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Myanmar: Shocking toll on children must be spur to action, says UN rights expert
Myanmar’s military junta is responsible for shocking violence against children caught up in the bloody aftermath of last February’s coup,…
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