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Killing of journalists in Gaza hospital attack ‘should shock the world’: UN rights office

·August 26, 2025·2 min read

OHCHR Spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan said condemnation of the two strikes by Israeli forces on the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis now needs to be channelled into a demand for accountability and justice for all those killed. At least 20 died, including four health workers and five journalists, later named as...

UN rights chief condemns recent killing of scores of civilians in Sudan

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·July 18, 2025·2 min read

Since 10 July, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, has verified that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have killed at least 60 civilians in North Kordofan’s Bara locality, while civil society groups have reported that up to 300 were killed. The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) also hit two villages in...

UNICEF deplores ‘unconscionable’ killing of families lining up for aid in Gaza

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·July 10, 2025·3 min read

Catherine Russell said she was appalled by the reported killing of 15 Palestinians, including nine children and four women, who were waiting in line for nutritional supplements provided by Project Hope, a UNICEF partner organization. The incident occurred in Deir Al-Balah. An additional 30 people were injured, including 19 children....

Guterres strongly condemns killing of Israeli diplomats in US capital

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·May 23, 2025·1 min read

The diplomats were gunned down on Wednesday night as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in central Washington DC, where the American Jewish Committee was hosting a reception. They were identified as Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Milgrim, 26, who were about to be engaged, according to...

UN chief strongly condemns killing of Kenyan peacekeeper in Central African Republic

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·March 30, 2025·1 min read

A statement from the UN Spokesperson’s Office on behalf of António Guterres said the peacekeeper had been killed on Friday by so-far unknown assailants when his unit was on a long-range patrol near the village of Tabane in the Haut-Mbomou prefecture, in the southeast of the country. “The Secretary-General expresses...

UN condemns killing of presidential candidate in Ecuador

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·August 11, 2023·1 min read

Fernando Villavicencio, 59, was shot dead after leaving a campaign rally at a school in the capital, Quito, on Wednesday evening, according to news reports. Nine other people were injured, including a candidate for the legislature and two police officers. The attack occurred just two weeks before the election on...

Yemen: Killing of veteran WFP staff member ‘an unacceptable tragedy’

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·July 22, 2023·1 min read

In a statement, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator David Gressly said he was “shocked and deeply saddened by the appalling attack”, which occurred on Friday when unknown gunmen fired on the aid workers in the town of Turbah, located in Taiz governorate in southwestern Yemen. Never a target Mr. Gressley...

UN in Sudan condemns killing of West Darfur governor, raises alarm over ‘vortex of hate speech’

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·June 16, 2023·1 min read

In a statement, UNITAMS strongly condemned the killing of Khamis Abbaker who just hours earlier on Wednesday, according to news reports, had publicly blamed the deaths of civilians caught up in the violence stemming from the military power struggle across Sudan, on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). “Compelling eyewitness accounts attribute this...

Israel-Palestine: UN chief condemns killing of civilians as deadly Gaza violence escalates

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·May 10, 2023·1 min read

In a statement released by his Spokesperson, António Guterres said that he condemned the civilian loss of life, that occurred during Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday aimed at the militant Islamic Jihad group, three of whose leaders were killed. In total, 13 Palestinians were killed during Tuesday’s early morning attacks, including...

UN rights chief condemns ‘cold-blooded killing’ of Eswatini human rights lawyer

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·January 24, 2023·1 min read

Thulani Maseko, who was also a pro-democracy activist, was shot dead in his home in the city of Mbabane on Saturday. Mr. Türk issued a statement condemning his murder. ‘Stalwart of human rights’ “Thulani Maseko was a stalwart of human rights who, at great risk to himself, spoke up for...

Iran: UN rights chief Türk warns against further ‘State-sanctioned killing’

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·January 11, 2023·2 min read

Volker Türk’s allegation that criminal proceedings and the death penalty had been weaponized to stamp out dissent, follows the execution in the last months of four people involved in nationwide protests, that were sparked by the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, in September. “The weaponization of criminal procedures to punish...