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  "id": 16808125,
  "title": "Rights groups reject Emirati diplomat for UN top job",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/rights-groups-reject-emirati-diplomat-for-un-top-job",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T22:30:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
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    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/10/rights-groups-reject-emirati-diplomat-un-top-job"
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  "summary": "Several human rights groups on Tuesday urged United Nations members to reject the candidacy of Emirati diplomat Lana Nusseibeh for the position of secretary-general. Nusseibeh, a former ambassador to the UN and current minister of state at the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was formally nominated last week to succeed Antonio Guterres. While she has received backing from Gulf states, she faces scrutiny regarding the UAE's normalization with Israel and its alleged involvement in the conflict in Sudan.\n\nMiddle East Eye reports that rights groups deem Nusseibeh too dangerous to the international order, alleging she has spent three years denying her country's role in propping up what has been termed a genocide in Sudan. The outlet notes the UAE has been accused of supporting the breakaway paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Al-Monitor adds that the 48-year-old candidate is vying to become the first woman and only the second Arab to hold the UN's top post.",
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  "coverage": {
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      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Rights groups say proposed French law to make rioters pay for damage is anti-democratic",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/rights-groups-say-proposed-french-law-to-make-rioters-pay-for-damage",
        "published": "2026-10-27T18:27:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "'Autocratic capture': Rights groups say UAE diplomat Lana Nusseibeh too dangerous to lead UN",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/autocratic-capture-rights-groups-say-uae-diplomat-lana-nusseibeh-too",
        "published": "2026-10-27T19:01:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The National UAE",
        "title": "UAE's Lana Nusseibeh says she would take political risks to secure peace",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/uaes-lana-nusseibeh-says-she-would-take-political-risks-to-secure",
        "published": "2026-10-27T23:22:46.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Rights groups reject Emirati diplomat for UN top job",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/rights-groups-reject-emirati-diplomat-for-un-top-job",
        "published": "2026-10-28T00:16:33.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}