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Blockades ‘expose’ the innocent, to the ‘ravages of economic war’ - UN sanctions expert warns

13 September 2018
Human Rights
... in Iran and Venezuela risk being badly affected, were any blockade to be imposed, while the situation for those in Syria – already suffering grave human rights abuses – would have even worse consequences. In Yemen, one of the poorest ...
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New UN rights chief pledges to push back on ‘centuries of prejudice and discrimination’

10 September 2018
Human Rights
... important step toward ending impunity and addressing the enormous suffering of the Rohingya people,” she said. Syria The “impending crisis” of Syria’s Idlib was also a matter of deep concern, she continued, given the potential impact of ongoing military ... operations in the north-western governorate, home to nearly three million people. “The suffering of the people of Syria has been interminable and terrible,” she said. “I urge all nations to take all necessary action to urgently ...
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INTERVIEW: ‘Defend the people, not the States’, says outgoing UN human rights chief

15 August 2018
Human Rights
... or ISIS, which stoked a great deal of fear and horror. And we began to see a sort of a deepening of the crisis in Syria and in Iraq. And this then folded into two things: One, a great determination to embark on counter-terrorism ...
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Human rights chief calls for international probe on Venezuela, following ‘shocking accounts of extrajudicial killings’

22 June 2018
Human Rights
... in session in Geneva. It has previously created two such probes following allegations of serious rights violations in Syria and Burundi. Vast numbers of Venezuelans are starving, deprived of essential medicines, and trying to survive in a ...
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Siege of Syria’s eastern Ghouta ‘barbaric and medieval’, says UN Commission of Inquiry

20 June 2018
Human Rights
... next week, on 26 June, during an interactive dialogue at the current session of the Human Rights Council . Siege of Syria’s eastern Ghouta ‘barbaric and medieval’, says UN Commission of Inquiry ...
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Migrant children at US border have right to protection and ‘be with their families’: UNICEF chief

19 June 2018
Human Rights
... families”. She underlined how for decades the US Government had provided support to “uprooted children” from Syria or South Sudan, Somalia, or Haiti, before warning that detention and family separation can create “toxic stress” ...
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UN rights chief slams ‘unconscionable’ US border policy of separating migrant children from parents

18 June 2018
Human Rights
... future,” he said. [scald=536432:un_news_full_width] High Commissioner highlights abuse challenges around the world On Syria, he said that the horrific violations and abuses committed since the conflict began – principally by the ...
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World ‘must nurture the courage to care – and the resolve to act,’ says UN chief, reflecting on 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda

13 April 2018
Human Rights
... xenophobia around the world, such as the violence against the Rohingya community in Myanmar, unimaginable suffering in Syria, and the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “Today, people are being killed, displaced ...
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On Rwandan genocide anniversary, UN leaders ask: Can world muster the will to prevent new atrocities?

6 April 2018
Human Rights
... frustration that the Security Council has not taken stronger action to prevent atrocities against civilians in Syria and South Sudan as well as Myanmar. [scald=527332:un_news_full_width {"additionalClasses":""}]   Genocides do not ...
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Syria conflict: 2017 deadliest year for children, UN aid official reports

13 March 2018
Human Rights
Middle East UN Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis Panos Moumtzis alongside UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kate Gilmore addressed a high-level ... conflict. Simply put, 2017 was the deadliest year of the Syrian war for children,” Mr. Moumtzis told the Council. The Syria Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism verified that in 2017 alone, at least 910 children killed and 361 injured, the ... and these numbers only provide the tip of the iceberg of the actual case and scale of violence suffered by children in Syria.” The UN estimates that overall, 400,000 people have been killed in Syria, and more than a million injured. The ...
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