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December 8 12:30 AM
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Burnt Savannah Early Childhood Institution overwhelmed by post-hurricane support
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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The UN high commissioner for human rights on Monday called on Venezuela to free human rights activist Martha Lia Grajales,...
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Barbados Government Wednesday pledged to work with national, regional and international partners in the fight against...
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Questions swell in Eswatini over deportation of Jamaican, four others from US
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MBABANE, Eswatini (AFP) — In the small African kingdom of Eswatini, the arrival of five men, including a Jamaican, deported from the United States (US...
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UN warns spreading gang violence poses major risk to Haiti and wider Caribbean
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GENEVA, Switzerland (CMC) — A new human rights report Friday warned that escalating gang violence outside the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, has cla...
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JFJ calls for swifter justice timelines amid guilty verdict in decade long Mario Dean case
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WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) says it stands in solidarity with Merica Frazer, the mother of Mario Deane as it calls for the whe...
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IACHR urges T&T to respect LGBTI persons’ rights and guarantee non-discrimination
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Gov’t senator urges public to wear blue in support of police amid JFJ protest
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Government Senator and senior member of the Jamaica Labour Party's Communications Taskforce, Marlon Morgan is calling on Jamaicans from all walks of l...
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Committee questions Jamaica’s treatment of undocumented migrants
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UN experts demand halt to finger amputation sentences in Iran
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Make use of public defender’s office to safeguard rights
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UN rights office appeals for US$500m for 2025
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UN rights office appeals for US$500m for 2025
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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The United Nations (UN) rights chief said Thursday his office would need US$500 million on top of its regular budget to he...
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UN human rights expert decries attacks on hospitals in Haiti
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UN sees tripling of children killed in conflict in one year
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UN sees tripling of children killed in conflict in one year
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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Global conflicts killed three times as many children and twice as many women in 2023 than in the previous year, as overall...
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