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As Russia breaks promise, figures show more than four million Ukrainians are now refugees

More than four million people have fled Ukraine since the start of the invasion and 1189 civilians have been killed, according to the latest United

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Shelling throws doubt on Russia's de-escalation in Ukraine

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine on Wednesday accused Russia of shelling a city where it had promised de-escalation, dampening hopes of an end to a war that has killed thousands and displaced millions, including four million who have now fled the country.

AFP

Russian shelling, attacks on cities may amount to 'war crimes', says UN's Bachelet

Ukrainian cities have been pounded by air strikes and heavy shelling in Russia's five-week-old invasion, killing civilians in acts that may amount to war crimes, the top United Nations human rights official said on Wednesday.

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U.N. calls for release of political prisoners held in Belarus

The U.N. human rights chief said on Thursday that nearly 1,100 activists, opposition members and journalists are being detained on "politically motivated charges" in Belarus and called for their release.

Reuters

UN human rights council asked to act against Myanmar army

The main opposition organization in military-ruled Myanmar has urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to act strongly to restore democracy in the Southeast Asian nation, saying that the international community should put sanctions and other pressures on the country’s generals

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US tells China: Give UN rights chief wide access in Xinjiang

The United States wants China’s government to give “unhindered and unsupervised access” to the U.N. human rights chief when she visits China and its western Xinjiang region in May

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UN Commissioner To Travel to Xinjiang on Long-delayed China Visit

Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet has come under criticism for failing to release a report on Xinjiang commissioned more than three-and-a-half years ago. Human rights activists have been waiting for its publication for months, and called on her to release it without delay.

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UN rights chief to visit Xinjiang as groups press for report

The U.N. human rights chief says her office and China’s government have reached an agreement for her to visit in May the western region of Xinjiang, where human rights groups and Western governments have alleged that genocide and other crimes are being carried out against the predominantly Muslim minority group…

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UN rights chief to visit China's Xinjiang in May

Geneva (AFP) - The UN rights chief said Tuesday she would make a long-delayed visit to China in May, including to Xinjiang, where Western lawmakers have accused Beijing of genocide.

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China says protects free speech within limits, welcomes Bachelet visit to Xinjiang in May

Freedom of expression is protected in China but cannot be an excuse to put anyone above the law, a Chinese envoy to the U.N. said on Tuesday after the U.N. rights chief Michelle Bachelet voiced concern at arrests and prison terms for critics there.

Reuters

U.N. rights boss Bachelet says China visit agreed in May, including Xinjiang

U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet announced on Tuesday that she has reached an agreement with China for a visit, "foreseen" in May, and said that she had already raised the cases of some critics who have been arrested for speaking out.

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U.N. rights boss decries clampdown, arrests of anti-war protesters in Russia

The ability to criticise public policy in Russia, particularly its invasion of Ukraine, is narrowing, with some 12,700 people unlawfully detained in anti-war protests, the top U.N. human rights official Michelle Bachelet said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Trapped civilians in Ukraine must be allowed to leave safely -UN's Bachelet

U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet called on Tuesday for civilians trapped in active hostilities in numerous areas of Ukraine to be able to leave safely.

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U.N. rights chief calls on Nicaragua to re-establish fair elections

The U.N. human rights chief urged the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega on Monday to re-establish fair elections and said she was "concerned" about the country's lack of accountability for repeated human rights violations.

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Al Jazeera

Nearly 400 civilians killed in Afghanistan under Taliban rule: UN

It is the first major human rights report since the Taliban seized power from the former US-backed government in August.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Concerned About Reports of Cluster Bombs in Ukraine

The UN human rights chief said Thursday military operations in Ukraine are “escalating further as we speak” and warned of “concerning reports” of the use of cluster bombs. Michelle Bachelet said the Ukrainian town of Volnovakha in the eastern Donetsk region, where pro-Russian separatists seized territory in 2014, leading to…

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Civilian death toll in Ukraine at least 102 but feared higher - U.N.

At least 102 civilians in Ukraine have been killed since Russia launched its invasion last Thursday, with a further 304 injured, but the real figure is feared to be "considerably higher", U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Monday.

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UN Rights Boss Urges Dialogue, End to Violence in Ukraine

The United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet called on Tuesday for efforts to prevent a further escalation of the crisis in Ukraine and a return to dialogue in order to spare civilians and avert an exodus of refugees. Russian President Vladimir Putin granted official recognition on Monday to two…

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Activists urge UN rights chief to release delayed report on Xinjiang

Now that the Beijing Winter Olympics is over, U.N. rights chief Michelle Bachelet must release her long-delayed report on alleged violations in China's Xinjiang region against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.

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U.N. rights boss urges dialogue, end to violence in Ukraine

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China's foreign minister says U.N. human rights chief can visit Xinjiang

U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet can visit Xinjiang, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday, but China does not welcome any investigation based on the presumption of guilt.

Reuters

U.N. chief to China's leaders: allow 'credible' visit by rights envoy

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told Chinese leaders on Saturday that he expected authorities to allow U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet to make a "credible visit" to the country, including Xinjiang, the United Nations said.

AFP

UN's Guterres says expects China to let rights chief visit Xinjiang

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told leaders in Beijing he expects them to allow UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet to make a "credible" visit to China including a stop in the troubled Xinjiang region, his spokesman said Saturday.

Al Jazeera

UN rights chief says response to Myanmar crisis ‘ineffectual’

Michelle Bachelet demands quick restoration of civilian rule in the country almost a year after the military takeover.

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UN human rights chief negotiating long-awaited visit to Xinjiang after Winter Olympics

Michelle Bachelet , the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, is discussing with China a potential visit to the Xinjiang region, in what could provide rare, close-up foreign scrutiny of accusations of abuses against ethnic Uyghurs.

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