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UN Human Rights Head Claims U.S. Attacks Against Alleged Drug Boats 'Violate International Human Rights Law'

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has called U.S. strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean "unacceptable" and called for an investigation on them.

Latin Times

US ‘drug boat’ strikes are illegal and need to be investigated, UN human rights chief says

Trump has justified the attacks as a necessary escalation to stem the flow of drugs into the United States

The Independent UK

UN decries crimes including gang rape, murder, torture in Congo conflict over last year

The U.N. human rights office says Congo’s armed forces and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have committed gang rape, sexual slavery, torture, killings of civilians and other “horrific” atrocities in eastern Congo this year

The Independent UK

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Iran Has Executed At Least 841 People This Year: UN

At least 841 people have been executed in Iran since the start of the year, the UN said Friday, decrying "a systematic pattern of using the death penalty as a tool of state intimidation".

International Business Times

Nearly 800 killed near Gaza food distribution sites and aid convoys since late May, says UN

More than 600 of these deaths were recorded near the Israel-backed GHF aid distribution site

The Independent UK

UN says fuel shortage in Gaza at ‘critical levels’ – as it happened

A lack of fuel means ‘lifelines will vanish for 2.1 million people’, the UN said

The Guardian - AU

More than 600 Gaza killings recorded at aid sites and humanitarian convoys, UN says

MORE than 600 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces at aid sites and near humanitarian convoys, figures from the United Nations have shown…

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UN says 36 Israeli attacks killed only Palestinian women, children in Gaza

UN rights office says 36 Israeli air strikes between March 18 and April 9 killed only Palestinian women and children.

Al Jazeera

UN slams Myanmar’s ruling military for breaching truce amid quake recovery

Army carried out some 120 attacks after earthquake, with more than half of them after declaration of ceasefire, UN says.

Al Jazeera

Rebels in eastern Congo abducted 130 hospital patients, UN says

The United Nations says the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men in two hospitals in a major city in eastern Congo

The Independent UK

UN accuses M23 of committing 'summary executions' of children in DRC

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has summarily executed children in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said on Tuesday.

Radio France Internationale

UN rights body accuses Rwanda-backed militia of killing children in eastern DRC

OHCHR says Tutsi-led M23 group killed three boys in Bukavu last week after capturing the city

The Guardian - UK

‘Tens of thousands’ have fled southern Lebanon amid Israeli strikes, UN says

"Tens of thousands" of people in Lebanon have fled their homes since Monday amid Israeli air strikes on Hezbollah targets in the south of the country, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday. The UN children's agency UNICEF separately said further escalation in the conflict, which has so far killed…

France 24

‘Pure terrorism’: World reacts to Israeli settler attack in West Bank

Deadly attack on Palestinian village of Jit sparks condemnation and calls for accountability, sanctions against Israel.

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‘Hell on Earth’ as violence escalates in Sudan’s el-Fasher

UN says it has received only 12 percent of funds sought for war-wracked Sudan as ‘famine is closing in’.

Al Jazeera

Uncovering of mass grave at Gaza’s Nasser Hospital: What you need to know

More than 300 bodies retrieved from two of the largest hospitals in Gaza after Israeli sieges end this month.

The Guardian - UK

UN rights chief ‘horrified’ by reports of mass graves at two Gaza hospitals

Spokesperson says some bodies allegedly had their hands tied while others were bound and stripped

The Guardian - UK

UN demands end to Israeli forces’ support of settler attacks on West Bank Palestinians

UN human rights office expresses concern over escalating violence after deaths near Nablus over weekend

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EU and UN Express Regret Over Alabama's First Nitrogen Execution

The European Union and the U.N. Human Rights Office express regret over the first use of nitrogen gas in an execution in Alabama, stating that the death pe...

Al Jazeera

What’s nitrogen hypoxia? Alabama carries out Kenneth Smith’s US execution

Smith became first inmate in history to be executed with nitrogen gas.

Al Jazeera

Israel could be in breach of global law with Gaza relocation order: UN

Israel’s order for 1.1 million northern Gazans to move south could amount to a forcible transfer of civilians, UN says.

The Independent UK

UN condemns recent gang attacks in Haiti as Kenya deploys recon mission to troubled nation

U.N. human rights officials are denouncing what they called the “extreme brutality” of gangs in Haiti as thousands flee several neighborhoods in the country’s capital this week amid a surge in violence

France 24

Teen’s killing raises a French policing issue that dare not be named

The killing of 17-year-old Nahel M. during a police traffic stop this week was a depressingly familiar addition to France’s list of police brutality cases. But when the UN called on the government to address racial discrimination in its police force, the official reaction was just as familiar and depressing…

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Singapore executes man for coordinating the delivery of cannabis

Singapore on Wednesday executed a man accused of coordinating a cannabis delivery, despite pleas for clemency from his family and protests from activists that he was convicted on weak evidence.

The Independent UK

Singapore executes man for abetting trafficking of cannabis

Singapore has executed a man for abetting the trafficking of cannabis, despite pleas for clemency and protests that he was convicted on weak evidence

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