At least three feminist activists have been detained for vandalising a monument outside the United Nations building in Geneva to protest Russia’s war against Ukraine and what they see as the UN's failure to stop the conflict.
Topless members of the Ukrainian feminist protest group Femen took chainsaws to a giant wooden sculpture outside the United Nations in Geneva on Friday, prompting police to intervene, witnesses said.
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Albanese seeks ‘positive outcome’ for Australian fighter captured by Russia
Australian soldier Oscar Jenkins has been captured by Russia. What happens now?
This week, a hostage video emerged of captured soldier and Australian man Oscar Jenkins being detained and interrogated by Russian forces in eastern Ukraine.
Australia Contacts Russia Over Man Captured Fighting In Ukraine
Australia's prime minister said on Tuesday his government is working to secure a "positive outcome" after a video emerged of an Australian man captured by Russian forces in Ukraine.
Two women in the organization, wearing the Ukrainian flag as garters, attempted to use chainsaws to destroy a giant wooden sculpture, resulting in police intervention. “Keep Russia out of the United Nations” and “F… Russia” were chanted as they sawed off the three-legged structure by Swiss artist Daniel Bercher, titled Broken Chair.
From February 24, 2022 to late October 2024, a total of 184 bodies of Ukrainians who died in captivity were retrieved from Russia, including 169 military service members and 15 civilians. — Ukrinform.
GENEVA — At least three feminist activists were detained on Friday after vandalizing a monument outside the United Nations complex in Geneva to protest Russia's war against Ukraine and what they ...
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Ukrainian Ombudsman Reports Execution of POWs by Russian TroopsUkraine's Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, has accused Russian forces of executing five unarmed Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) after their capture. Lubinets announced on Telegram that he intends to report this incident to the United Nations,
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"While you are waiting for Christmas — we are waiting for our loved ones to return from Russian captivity," say the families of Ukrainian prisoners of war holding rallies to remember people held in Russian prisons and torture chambers.
Resolution 2254, agreed upon by the UN Security Council in 2015, outlined how the Syrian civil war might end and how the country could transition to democracy. But is it still fit for purpose now so much has changed?
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At least one person killed and six wounded as Putin launches more than 70 missiles at Ukraine on Christmas Day
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