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The head of the UN Human rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, Matilda Bogner, said, “We have documented that prisoners of war in the power of the Russian Federation and held by the Russian Federation’s armed forces or by affiliated armed groups have suffered torture and ill-treatment, and in some places of detention lack adequate food, water, healthcare, and sanitation.” UNTV CH

“We are welcoming the announcement by the Prime Minister of Singapore to repeal Section 377A of the Penal Code, which criminalizes consensual sexual conduct between men,” said a UN Human rights spokesperson. OHCHR

Briefing journalists today in Dhaka at the end of her first official mission to Bangladesh, UN Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet acknowledged that the country has made remarkable economic and social progress and is aiming to graduate from Least Developed Country status in a few years. OHCHR

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has been on her first official visit to Bangladesh since Sunday. OHCHR

The worsening economic situation in Sri Lanka has led to increasing tensions in the last weeks. Reports have been received of several confrontations between individuals and members of the police force and the armed forces at fuel stations where thousands of desperate members of the public have queued for hours and sometimes days, according to the UN Human Rights Office. OHCHR

UN Human Rights Office estimates more than 306,000 civilians were killed over ten years in Syria conflict. OHCHR

According to the Special Rapporteur on human rights and climate change, more than 59 million people were internally displaced in 2021 as a consequence mainly related due to climate events. UNTV CH

Israeli forces were responsible for the fatal shooting of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the West Bank - not indiscriminate Palestinian shots - the UN human rights office alleged on Friday. UNTV CH

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said, “what we are witnessing today in Afghanistan is the institutionalized, systematic oppression of women.” UNTV CH

The High Commissioner for Human Rights said that she was unable to talk to any detained Uyghurs during her recent visit to Xinjiang, China. In anticipation of this and ahead of the visit, she met former detainees now outside the country. UNTV CH