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Saudi accused of threat to Khashoggi UN investigator is human rights chief

Posted on by News Agency nabakhabar
25
Mar

The Saudi official who is alleged to have twice issued threats against the independent UN investigator Agnès Callamard is the head of the kingdom’s human rights commission, and formerly served as an aide to the crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman. Awwad al-Awwad is alleged by a person familiar with the matter to have twice threatened to “take […]

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world

Urgent action needed on Bosnia migrant camps, says human rights chief

Posted on by News Agency nabakhabar
Bosnia migrant camps
11
Dec

A senior European human rights envoy has called for urgent action to improve the conditions for thousands of migrants and refugees in Bosnia ahead of the Balkan winter. In a letter to Bosnian officials, the Council of Europe’s human rights commissioner, Dunja Mijatovic, warned that a humanitarian crisis was imminent in the northwest of the […]

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