Guterres denounces that human rights “are being suffocated, one after the other”.

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Human rights are being suffocated, one after another, by autocrats who crush legitimate opposition, by patriarchs who deny women their rights, and by wars that deprive populations of their most basic rights, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres denounced Monday. teleSUR

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00:00The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres denounced the non-fulfillment and

00:03violation of human rights worldwide during the Human Rights Council held in Geneva on Monday.

00:08Guterres expressed that actions against the rights of humanity are due to autocratic governments that

00:14eliminate the opposition because they fear retaliation from empowered peoples. The

00:19diplomat warned that the military that take part in the conflicts disregard international

00:23humanitarian law and the UN Charter. Meanwhile, the head asserted that violating human rights

00:29poses a direct threat to all mechanisms and systems that have been so hard to establish

00:34in the last 80 years.

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