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03/08/2018

UN Refugee Agency ‘Shocked’ over Nigerian Asylum-Seeker Tragic Deaths in Cameroon

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2 August 2018 (UNHCR)* – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is shocked to learn of the tragic death of six Nigerian asylum-seekers, among them three children, who were killed in a blast in the far north of Cameroon.

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Cameroon. UNHCR chief visits Nigerian refugees fleeing Boko Haram

Refugees from northern Nigeria rest after arriving at Minawao camp in Cameroon, in December 2016.  © UNHCR/Alexis Huguet

 

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03/08/2018

UN to Convene New Round of Yemen Peace Consultations Early September in Geneva Following Two Years of Stalled Talks

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The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen on 2 August 2018 announced that after two years of stalled talks on resolving the crisis in the country, he plans to invite the warring parties to Geneva on 6 September for a round of peace consultations.

UN OCHA/Giles Clarke | Cars and trucks wait in line to pass over a bridge that was hit by an airstrike in 2016. This road is one of four roads linking Hodeida (Al Hudayda) with the rest of the country.

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03/08/2018

Human Rights Experts Denounce Trump’s Attacks against Media: ‘His Rhetoric Erodes Public Trust and Could Spark Violence against Journalists’

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The United Nations expert on free expression has condemned President Donald Trump’s repeated attacks on the press, warning that the US leader’s rhetoric is eroding public trust in the media and could spark violence against journalists.

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UN Photo/Violaine Martin | Journalists being briefed during Intra-Syrian talks at the UN Office at Geneva in 2017.
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“His attacks are strategic, designed to undermine confidence in reporting and raise doubts about verifiable facts,” David Kaye, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression and Edison Lanza, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, said in a joint statement on 2 August 2018.

Trump has labelled the media as being the “enemy of the American people,” “very dishonest” and “fake news,” the statement said.

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