NEW YORK, Nov. 28 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Central African Republic: Concerns Over Crucial Election * (Nairobi) - Concerns about irregularities, political interference, and security pressures risk putting the credibility and inclusiveness of key elections in the Central African Republic into question, Human Rights Watch said today. The vote, scheduled for December 28, 2025, will include presidential and parliamentary elections, but also  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 28 -- The United Nations posted the following news release: * * * Human Rights Must Never Take Second Place to Power, Profit, Secretary-General Says on International Day, Calls for United Stand against Injustice * Following is UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' message for Human Rights Day, under the theme "Human Rights: Our Everyday Essentials", observed on 10 December: Nearly 80 years ago, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights defined what every person needs to sur  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 28 [Category: Health Care] -- The New York Health and Hospitals posted the following news release: * * * NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue Distributes Turkeys and Shares Holiday Meals with Patients to Celebrate Thanksgiving * Local elected officials and staff donated and distributed 82 turkeys, as well as dozens of holiday meals, as part of the hospital's long tradition of giving, healing, and community Nov 28, 2025 NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue celebrated Thanksgiving thi  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 28 -- The United Nations posted the following news release: * * * Preventing Genocide a Shared Duty, Secretary-General Says in International Day Message, Calls on Governments to Implement 1948 Convention * Following is UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' message for the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and the Prevention of this Crime, observed on 9 December: Genocide is an abomination. It is a horrendous crime. And it  more

LONDON, England, Nov. 28 -- Queen Mary University of London issued the following news: * * * Professor Phoebe Okowa elected Judge of the International Court of Justice Professor Phoebe Okowa, Professor of Public International Law at the School of Law at Queen Mary University of London, has been elected as a Judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) by the United Nations General Assembly and the United Nations Security Council. Her election followed several rounds of voting in New Yor  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 28 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Russia: Government Designates Human Rights Watch "Undesirable" * (Berlin, November 28, 2025) - Russia 's designation of Human Rights Watch as an "undesirable" foreign organization, made public by the Ministry of Justice on November 28, is yet another mark of the Kremlin's repression, Human Rights Watch said today. The designation bans the organization's work in Russia. "For over three decades  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 27 -- The United Nations posted the following news release: * * * Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Coup d'Etat in Guinea-Bissau, Calls for Restoration of Constitutional Order * The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres: The Secretary-General is deeply concerned by the unfolding events in Guinea-Bissau. He strongly condemns the coup d'etat perpetrated by elements of the military and any attempt to violate constituti  more

BRONX, New York, Nov. 28 [Category: Environment] -- The Wildlife Conservation Society issued the following news release: * * * WCS Celebrates Historic and Sweeping Trade Protections for Sharks and Rays Adopted at CITES CoP20 * Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Nov. 28, 2025 - The following statement was issued today from CITES CoP20, celebrating the sweeping and historic adoption of new international trade protections for sharks and rays. Said Luke Warwick, Director of Shark and Ray Conservation at t  more