{"id":199508,"date":"2026-02-07T09:06:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T09:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/world-news-in-brief-iran-in-the-human-rights-council-myanmar-election-fraud-migration-chief-in-cyprus-mozambique-flood-update-news-un-org\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T09:06:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T09:06:02","slug":"world-news-in-brief-iran-in-the-human-rights-council-myanmar-election-fraud-migration-chief-in-cyprus-mozambique-flood-update-news-un-org","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/world-news-in-brief-iran-in-the-human-rights-council-myanmar-election-fraud-migration-chief-in-cyprus-mozambique-flood-update-news-un-org\/","title":{"rendered":"World News in Brief: Iran in the Human Rights Council, Myanmar election \u2018fraud\u2019, migration chief in Cyprus, Mozambique flood update – news.un.org"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Disturbing details continued to emerge on Friday about Iran\u2019s State-led crackdown against mass protests, while UN rights chief Volker T\u00fcrk <\/span>expressed deep concern<\/a> that demonstrators could be executed.<\/span>
Addressing the Human Rights Council<\/a> in Geneva, Mr. T\u00fcrk said that although the \u201ckilling on the streets of Iran may have subsided\u2026the brutality continues\u201d.
He said that violent repression did not solve any of Iran\u2019s problems but instead created conditions for further violations, instability and bloodshed.
\u201cWe have indications that the security forces made mass arrests in several cities, even pursuing injured people into hospitals, and detaining lawyers, human rights defenders, activists, and ordinary civilians,\u201d he told diplomats.
\u201cThe Tehran Prosecutor\u2019s Office has reportedly opened criminal cases against athletes, actors, people involved in the movie industry, and the owners of cafes, on charges of supporting the protests,\u201d Mr. T\u00fcrk continued. 
Protests erupted across Iran on 28 December in response to the collapse of the national currency, soaring inflation and worsening living conditions.
Also speaking at the Council, former international prosecutor Payam Akhavan described how one protester pretended to be dead in a body-bag for three days until his parents found him. 
The civil society representative said that parents looking for their relatives usually started at hospitals, where \u201cmany of the wounded (protesters) have been abducted and killed\u201d. 
Others have been forced to sign confessions which blame imaginary \u201cterrorists\u201d for the murder of their children, Mr. Akhavan maintained.
He cited a medical report circulating among Iranian doctors that 16,500 people had been killed during the demonstrations. \u201cThe number increases by the day, because the killings haven\u2019t stopped,\u201d he said.
The international community must unequivocally reject as illegitimate the election results in Myanmar and any power arrangement that follows, said Tom Andrews, the Special Rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar on Friday.
The UN-appointed independent expert described the elections, which began in late December and are expected to be concluded this weekend, as \u2018fraudulent<\/a>\u2019, urging countries not to accept the results. 
\u201cThe junta is banking on the world\u2019s fatigue, hoping that the international community will accept military rule dressed up in civilian clothing,\u201d he said. \u201cGovernments must not allow that to happen.\u201d
The junta\u2019s election scheme was marked by violence, low turnout and widespread coercion, said Mr. Andrews.
Voters reported being monitored and pressured by local authorities, with threats explicit or implied. Junta officials were pushing citizens to polling stations even as military jets bombed villages throughout the country.
Mr. Andrews added that the junta banned credible opposition parties, jailed popular political figures and muzzled the press, \u201ccrushing fundamental freedoms, and using fear and coercion to drive a reluctant electorate to the polls.\u201d
This week, the UN migration agency (IOM)<\/a> Chief Amy Pope concluded a visit to Cyprus after a round of high-level talks, which focused on advancing a comprehensive migration and asylum agenda. 
\u201cCyprus knows what it means to be on the frontline \u2013 and that experience really matters right now,\u201d said Ms Pope. \u201cAs the European Union (EU) moves from agreement to action, this is the moment to make sure policies really work \u2013 for migrants, for communities, and countries.
This trip marks the IOM<\/a> Chief\u2019s first visit to Cyprus in her current role, as Cyprus assumes the EU Council Presidency and the EU begins implementing the landmark Migration and Asylum Pact.
With persistent instability Afghanistan, Syria, Sudan and the Sahel, Ms Pope reaffirmed IOM\u2019s support and engagement with the EU to ensure refugee returns are humane and dignified. 
During her visit, she underscored the urgent need to address conditions along key migration routes, with IOM emphasising efforts to curb irregular migration, disrupt smuggling networks, meet humanitarian needs, and save lives.
Ms Pope also called for stronger migration data systems and evidence-based policymaking.
Nearly 600,000 people have been affected by severe flooding across southern and central Mozambique. Weeks of heavy and sustained rainfall have caused homes to collapse and roads to wash away, displacing more than 73,000 people, according to figures from the IOM<\/a>. 
Flooding has been reported in 10 of Mozambique’s 11 provinces, with Gaza Province \u201chosting significant concentrations of displaced people\u201d. Humanitarian response partners expect reported figures to rise as access to affected communities improves.
IOM teams there have described acute shortages of shelter, constraints on food and basic services, overcrowded centres, and limited access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene \u2013 increasing the risk of waterborne diseases spreading.
Preliminary reports from the International Red Cross (IFRC) indicated between 50 and 60 deaths, a figure likely to rise as waters levels recede. 
Following a Government request for international support on 16 January including air assets for search and rescue efforts, the IOM plans to appeal for up to $20 million to reinforce life-saving assistance and strengthen water, sanitation and hygiene. 
With this being only the start of the cyclone season and dams at near capacity, representatives from the IFRC have underscored the need for investment in early warning systems, climate\u2011resilient infrastructure, and locally led preparedness. 
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