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Daily Wrap 15 November 2024

Rights expert demands release of Russian doctor jailed for anti-war views A UN human rights expert on Friday strongly condemned the jailing of a 68-year-old paediatrician in Moscow, describing the case as another example of Russia's "systematic suppression of dissenting voices". Read more Human Rights Rights experts call for immediate end to post-election violence in Mozambique UN independent human rights experts on Friday called on Mozambican authorities to prevent and end ongoing violence and repression of demonstrators in the wake of contentious general elections last month. Read more Human Rights One in three women experiences gender-based violence Every year, the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) campaign led by UN Women serves as a powerful reminder of the widespread violence women and girls face worldwide. Read more Women Antimicrobial resistance crisis 'happening now,' WHO's Tedros stresses at Jeddah summit The top UN health official gave a sobering reality check as the Fourth Global High-Level Ministerial Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance began Friday in Jeddah: "AMR doesn't just threaten to make the medicines on which we depend less effective; it's happening now." Read more Health Everyone has a role in press freedom, insists Narcos star Diego Luna Mexican actor, producer and director Diego Luna took a break from the big screen on Thursday to highlight the dangers faced by journalists in his country and beyond, condemning murders of reporters everywhere as "a scandal". Read more Human Rights Middle East crisis: Live updates for 15 November At least 100,000 people have been forced to leave northern Gaza, with UN colleagues on the ground reporting worsening conditions and Israel's continuous denial of aid delivery requests as displacement and the death toll rises there and in Lebanon amid constant airstrikes. App users can follow our live update through the day here. Read more Peace and Security COP29: Governments, industry must stop 'lip-service' on methane and slash emissions, says UNEP The UN environment agency chief warned the COP29 climate summit in Baku on Friday that methane emissions must come down – "and come down fast" –to have any chance of controlling global warming.  Read more Climate and Environment 1,000 days into Ukraine war, winter poses critical challenge to aid effort In the nearly 1,000 days since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, thousands of civilians have been killed, the country's energy capacity is on the brink of collapse and drones terrify communities on the frontline, the UN's top aid official in the country said on Friday Read more Peace and Security

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