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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk during his official mission to Cameroon.

Upcoming elections in Cameroon mark a ‘key opportunity’ to commit to human rights: UN human rights chief

Human Rights
… Rights Commission, including with regard to countering hate speech and disinformation without intimidation or fear of …
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Members of the Roma community in Europe continue to face hardships and discrimination, with many living in poverty. In this file photo, a Roma men and children work at a junkyard in Bulgaria.

Fight bigotry whenever and wherever it appears, UN chief declares

Human Rights
… he said. “Extremist and xenophobic groups are spreading hate speech, scapegoating marginalised communities and sowing fear … old, but persisting today against a backdrop of escalating hate speech against minorities more generally, including on …
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Families in Gaza continue to search for the safest places to shelter.

Humanitarian efforts ‘nowhere near where they should be’ 300 days into Gaza war

Humanitarian Aid
… to speak out against antisemitism, anti-Muslim bigotry and hate speech, which only reinforce stigma and marginalisation. The …
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An IDP camp in Kayah state, eastern Myanmar.

UN officials alarmed by civilian targeting amid renewed fighting in Myanmar

Peace and Security
… military is primarily responsible to address and counter hate speech and prevent incitement to discrimination, hostility, … and conscripted into the armed forces and armed groups. “Hate speech is also being used again, since 2017, to stoke …
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Two engineering students at a training centre in Zambia. (file photo)

Global call to equip youth with skills for a peaceful and sustainable future

Culture and Education
… digital economies, education to help break the cycle of hate speech and misinformation, tools to enhance mediation and …
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The silhouette of a 15-year-old child on crutches. He lost his left leg after accidentally stepping on a landmine in a rice field.

UN rights council condemns Myanmar abuses, urges immediate action

Human Rights
… as well as civil society and religious leaders. Stop hate speech Also in the resolution, the HRC called on Myanmar to combat incitement to hatred and hate speech against Rohingya and other minorities, online and …
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Senegalese and Nigerian UNPOL Officers attend crowd control training along with Malian Police Officers at a police academy in Bamako, Mali.

Global leaders address security and peacekeeping challenges at UN Police summit

Peace and Security
… peace operations are also seeing growing challenges from hate speech, misinformation and disinformation, which are …
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People globally are at risk of immense harm due to misinformation and disinformation.

Algorithms should not control what people see, UN chief says, launching Global Principles for Information Integrity

UN Affairs
… the harms caused by misinformation, disinformation and hate speech. … UN Secretary-General António Guterres outlined key … our world He emphasized that combating misinformation and hate speech is critical to safeguarding democracy, human …
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In this 2017 photograph, Rohingya refugees driven by brutal violence from their homes in Myanmar arrive in camps in Bangladesh.

Genocide prevention adviser warns of global threat posed by hate speech

Peace and Security
… top genocide prevention official warned on Friday that hate speech remains a significant threat to global peace and … of Genocide, emphasized that in addition to violence, hate speech also reinforces discrimination, stigma, …
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Wole Soyinka, playwright, poet and Nobel Laureate, reads an original poem written for children at the General Assembly's high-level meeting marking the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 2019. (file)

Stories from the UN Archive: Nigerian Nobel Laureate condemns online hate

Human Rights
… … While the world celebrates the  Day for Countering Hate Speech , we are looking back at how Nobel Laureate for …  Wole Soyinka, wielded powerful words to clobber online hate speech, call out religious extremism and refute the …
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