US requested Uganda to host 2,000 Afghan refugees
HUMAN RIGHTS
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HUMAN RIGHTS
UN Human Rights Council calls special session after Taliban seizes Afghan capital
by ANKASAM EkipSpecial Aug. 24 meeting to discuss ‘serious human rights concerns and situation in Afghanistan’
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UN refugee agency makes call due to rapid security, human rights deterioration in Afghanistan as Taliban takes control.
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700 international, 3,000 local UN workers in Afghanistan must also be protected, says spokesperson.
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14 rescued alive out of 50 refugees fleeing remote island as authorities fear they drowned and their remains washed away
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HUMAN RIGHTS
Rights watchdog calls for UN probe into enforced disappearances in Bangladesh
by ANKASAM EkipNearly 600 people have been forcibly disappeared by security forces since 2009, 86 victims still missing, says new study
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HUMAN RIGHTS
Merkel for closer cooperation with Turkey on Afghan refugee crisis: Report
by Sami BurgazGerman Chancellor voices concern over new influx of refugees towards Europe after Taliban’s takeover of country.
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UN humanitarian agency closely monitoring situation in Afghanistan, says official
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Ottawa will consider possibility of financial support, Canadian minister tells Bangladeshi official
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Top Afghan peace broker tells international peace conference in Doha that Taliban is committing ‘grim crimes’