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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa takes an oath before the Human Rights commission as his hearing on the July 2021 riots begins in Johannesburg. At least 350 people were killed during the unrest and thousands of businesses were looted and destroyed over several days. IMAGES
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet announces in a video message to the Human Rights Council that she will visit China in May. SOUNDBITE
UN chief Antonio Guterres says that "Human rights are under assault," as he opens the UN Human Rights Council's main annual session in Geneva. SOUNDBITE
Director of Human Rights Watch, Ken Roth, says China is carrying out an "intense" global attack on human rights, as the NGO presents its annual report on human rights around the world. SOUNDBITE
UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet meets with Vice President of the Constituent Assembly of Venezuela Aristóbulo Istúriz as part of a visit to review the country's ongoing economic and political crisis. IMAGES
The UN rights chief calls for the creation of a new "mechanism" tasked with preparing criminal indictments over atrocities committed in Myanmar, amid allegations of genocide against the Rohingya minority. SOUNDBITE
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