Vietnam Mourns Beloved General

((New information grafs 2 and 4 Vietnam is holding two days of official mourning for wartime General Vo Nguyen Giap, who died last week at the age of 102. Thousands of people, including family, high-ranking officials and foreign military delegations, viewed Giap's body as it lay in state Saturday in the capital of Hanoi. Giap was lauded as a military genius for his guerrilla tactics, which defeated both French and American forces and ended the government of South Vietnam. Giap was ...

Read complete article

~	Torture during interrogations not just wrong but also counterproductive – UN rights chief

~	World oblivious to suffering of other minorities in Rakhine, says Myanmar Vice-President

~	UN rights chief urges all States to outlaw discrimination against LGBTI people

~	Growing number of rights defenders facing reprisals for cooperating with UN

~	Concerned at ongoing rights violations in Yemen, UN advisers back call for international probe

~	Over 40 million people caught in modern slavery, 152 million in child labour – UN

~	World leaders pledge to eliminate sexual exploitation and abuse; UN chief outlines course of action

~	World's poor bearing the brunt of global crises, stresses UN rights expert

~	Following Lankesh's murder, UN rights experts urge Indian Government to protect free speech

~	Ongoing tensions pose continued dangers for civilians in eastern Ukraine, notes UN report