Sep 29, 2018
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United Nations, New York, USA, September 28, 2018 – Amal Clooney Participated on a Side Event on Press Behind Bars: Undermining Justice and Democracy today at the UN Headquarters in New York City. Photos: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire By Kurt Wheelock UNITED NATIONS — At the UN on September 28, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney called for the release of journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo by Myanmar, which detained them in December 2017 while they were investigating the murder of Rohingya men and boys in the Rakhine State village of Inn Din. “Police planted government documents on the journalists while [Read More]
May 30, 2016
News, United Nations
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United Nations, New York, USA, May 26 2016 – Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), speaks to journalists after briefing the Security Council at its meeting on the situation in Libya today at the UN Headquarters in New York. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire United Nations, May 26 2016 The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) called upon the Libyan Government of National Accord to “immediately arrest and surrender Mr Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi to the International Criminal Court.” Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi is the second son of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and is currently in the custody of [Read More]
Jan 9, 2015
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Stephanie Zawalski/Europa Newswire January 8, 2015 UNITED NATIONS — The Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon addressed members of the press after and informational session of the General Assembly. There he outlined three focus areas moving forward into 2015. First, to push forward the adoption of a new development agenda, sustainable development goals and climate change agreement, claiming that with them “we can set the world on course for a better future.” Second, decrease the response time of the international community to crises. His third point focused on terrorism and societal tensions saying, “I want to make a special appeal for tolerance [Read More]
