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Telling Women in Zika-Affected Countries to Not Get Pregnant Is Unfair, UN Points Out
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said that a better response to the virus — and the evidence that it is linked to birth abnormalities — would be to improve access to contraception, maternal care, and safe abortions.
Czech Authorities Are Stripping Migrants Naked to Take Their Money — To Pay For Prison
The office of the UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights said that Czech officials are regularly subjecting migrants and refugees to detention for 40 days, and in some cases as many as three months.
UN Adopts Resolution Calling for International Coordination Against Boko Haram
Boko Haram militants have killed at least 15,000 people since 2009, and evidence has emerged of militants using children as "expendable cannon fodder" and "human bombs."
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Sri Lanka’s President Doesn't Want the UN Investigating War Crimes in His Country
The investigation is expected to focus in large part on alleged war crimes committed in the waning weeks of Sri Lanka’s civil war.
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