GENEVA (AA) – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says that more than 14 million people, including those internally displaced and those who crossed borders, are on the move in conflict-torn Sudan. Eleven million are internally displaced within the country, while 3.1 million are those who have crossed borders, Director-Gene...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A UN fact-finding team will visit Bangladesh next week to set up a probe of hundreds of deaths during recent student-led protests which led the prime minister to step down, UN officials have announced. An independent inquiry commission will be funded and led by the UN, said Gwyn Lewis, the UN […]
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP UN rights chief Volker Turk was “shocked and appalled” by comments by Israel’s finance minister suggesting it might be “justified” to starve the population of Gaza to free the Israelis held by Palestinian resistance fighters, his spokesman said Friday. The United Nations high commis...
Geneva, Switzerland — AFP Israel’s repeated use of heavy bombs in the densely-populated Gaza Strip indicates repeated violations of the laws of war, the UN has said, highlighting six attacks that killed at least 218 people. In a fresh report, immediately slammed by Israel as ‘deeply biased’, the United Nations’ ri...
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP The UN rights chief demanded Tuesday an end to surging violence in the occupied West Bank, saying it was “unfathomable” that more than 500 Palestinians had been killed there since October 7. Volker Turk said the Israeli military and illegal Jewish settlers had killed at least 505 Palestinians in the ...
UN human rights chief Volker Türk is warning of a humanitarian catastrophe if the Sudanese town of Al-Fashir comes under attack. The capital of North Darfur is currently facing escalating violence with arbitrary killings, village burnings, and a tightening siege cutting off aid and trade. The ongoing conflict between military and paramilitar...
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP A full-scale Israeli assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah “cannot take place”, the UN human rights chief insisted Sunday, saying it could not be reconciled with international law. “I can see no way that the latest evacuation orders, much less a full assault, in an area with an extremely [...
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP The UN has called for an international investigation into reports of mass graves at two Gaza hospitals destroyed in Israeli sieges, saying war crimes may have been committed. The United Nations rights office said it was “horrified” by the destruction of Gaza’s biggest hospital, Al-Shifa in Gaza...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN human rights chief has warned that there is a “gaping hole” in effective dialogue towards ending the war in Sudan, where a conflict between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since last April has led to thousands of killings, displacement and shortage of food and other essentials. [&...
Geneva, Switzerland — AFP Israel’s planned ground assault on Rafah in the Gaza Strip would contravene the orders issued by the United Nations’ highest court, the UN human rights chief has said. On January 26, the International Court of Justice in The Hague said Israel must “prevent the commission of all acts within the ...
