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Intense fighting in eastern Ukraine “extremely alarming”, says Pillay, as UN releases new report

GENEVA (28 July 2014) - A total breakdown of law and order and a reign of fear and terror have been inflicted by armed groups on the population of eastern Ukraine, according to a new report issued today by the Office of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

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100,000 people fleeing the areas
As of 26 July, at least 1,129 people have been killed and 3,442 wounded.

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#UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: mass #surveillance is “emerging as a dangerous habit rather than an exceptional measure”
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Pillay urges more attention to human rights abuses in North Korea, calls for international inquiry

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GENEVA (14 January) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called Monday for the international community to put much more effort into tackling the “deplorable” human rights situation of people in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), and said the time had come for a full-fledged international inquiry into serious crimes that had been taking place in the country for decades.

“There were some initial hopes that the advent of a new leader might bring about some positive change in the human rights situation in DPRK,” Pillay said. “But a year after Kim Jong Un became the country’s new supreme leader, we see almost no sign of improvement.”

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