Tag: Volker Türk
UN rights chief decries U.S. treatment of migrants, as deaths in ICE custody rise
The UN rights chief said he was “astounded by the now-routine abuse and denigration of migrants and refugees.”
UN rights commissioner condemns attack that claimed 44 lives in Niger mosque
About 20 worshippers were also injured in the attack carried out last Friday by assailants from the so-called Islamic State…
Conflict in Sudan taking dangerous turn for civilians – UN
The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and a rival military, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), have been fighting since April 2023…
UN human rights Chief defends online hate speech regulation
Türk made this statement on Friday following Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to end the company’s fact-checking programme in the…
Terror by gangs in Haiti worsening – UN rights chief
Türk said this on Tuesday in a video statement to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva as part of…