It is not censorship to stop online content that incites hatred, insists UN human rights chief
“Allowing hate speech and harmful content online has real-world consequences. Regulating this content is not censorship.” Volker Türk wrote in…
“Allowing hate speech and harmful content online has real-world consequences. Regulating this content is not censorship.” Volker Türk wrote in…
WHO spokesperson Dr. Margaret Harris told reporters in Geneva that the H5N1 virus that causes the disease is “not circulating in humans but jumping…
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The WHO recalled that on December 31, 2019, its office in China collected from its website a press statement from the Wuhan Municipal Health…
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TO report published by the Office documents attacks carried out between October 12, 2023 and June 30, 2024, raises serious concerns about…
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The world remains dangerously ill-prepared for the next pandemic, despite the harrowing lessons of COVID-19, Guterres warned. “COVID-19 was a…
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