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Syria: Rights probe reveals systematic torture and detention of Assad regime

·January 27, 2025·3 min read

The findings from the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria detail crimes against humanity and war crimes that left a legacy of trauma for countless Syrians, representing some of the worst violations of international law committed during more than a decade of brutal conflict. “We stand at a critical...

UNRWA chief renews call for probe into attacks on humanitarians in Gaza

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·December 31, 2024·4 min read

Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini made the appeal in a statement posted on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter. He noted that 15 months after the war began in Gaza, “horrors continue unabated under the world’s watch”. 258 UNRWA staff killed Citing latest information from his teams, Mr. Lazzarini said that 258...

Lebanon crisis: UN human rights office calls for probe into Israeli strike

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·October 15, 2024·2 min read

“What we’re hearing is that amongst the 22 people who were killed were 12 women and two children,” said Jeremy Laurence, spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). “We understand it was a four-storey residential building that was struck. With these factors in mind,...

Guterres condemns death of 6 UNRWA staff and 12 others in Israeli strike, calls for independent probe

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·September 12, 2024·2 min read

In a statement released via his Spokesperson, Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the latest Israeli attack on a school serving as a shelter in Nuseirat on Wednesday, which killed six staffers from the UN Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA, along with at least 12 others, including women and children. “This incident raises...

Sudan war: Rights probe demands wider arms embargo to end ‘rampant’ abuse

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·September 7, 2024·4 min read

“Since mid-April 2023, the conflict in Sudan has spread to 14 out of the 18 states impacting the entire country and the region, leaving eight million Sudanese internally displaced as a result of the conflict, with two million – over two million – forced to flee to neighbouring countries,” said...

UN’s Türk urges probe into alleged sexual violence during Hamas terror attacks

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·December 7, 2023·4 min read

The High Commissioner also rejected allegations of double standards regarding the UN’s position on the crisis in Gaza, noting that he had been made aware of allegations of sexual violence during the Hamas attack on communities in southern Israel. It was “painfully clear” that the “atrocious” attacks should be fully...

Ethiopia: Victims ‘left in limbo’ as rights probe mandate ends

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·October 13, 2023·1 min read

The independent rights investigators’ final report comes as their mandate ended on Friday, coinciding with the end of the UN Human Rights Council’s 54th session, leaving victims in limbo. Established by the Council in December 2021, their brief from the Council was to conduct through and impartial investigations into alleged...

Sudan: UN rights chief calls for probe after 87 bodies found in mass grave

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·July 13, 2023·2 min read

The victims, who included members of the Masalit ethnic community, were allegedly killed last month by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militia, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said, citing credible information. Local people were forced to dispose of the bodies in a mass grave outside the regional...

Burkina Faso: UN rights office calls for probe into latest deadly attack on civilians

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·April 26, 2023·1 min read

The incident occurred on Thursday when armed men in uniform encircled Karma village, located in northern Yatenga province, and randomly shot at people. At least 150 civilians were killed, and many more wounded, according to reports. The attackers – allegedly members of the defence and security forces, accompanied by paramilitary...

Rights expert denounces interference in Beirut explosion probe

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·April 9, 2023·2 min read

Special Rapporteur Margaret Satterthwaite expressed grave concern over interference in the investigation, including threats against Judge Tarek Bitar, who has been leading the process since February 2021. “Judges should never be threatened or subjected to criminal or disciplinary action simply for doing their job,” she said. Justice delayed More than...

Libya: Crimes against humanity committed since 2016 – rights probe

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·March 27, 2023·4 min read

In the case of State security forces, human rights violations were committed to quash dissent and exploit vulnerable migrants, with no justice in sight, according to the latest report, from the Independent Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) on Libya. It documents the “widespread practice” of arbitrary detention, murder, torture, rape, enslavement and enforced disappearance...

Russia’s energy grid attacks, torture in Ukraine, could be crimes against humanity: UN rights probe

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·March 16, 2023·3 min read

According to the Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, set up one year ago at the request of the Human Rights Council, Russian troops committed a “wide range” of violations across the country, many of which are war crimes. These included attacks with explosive weapons in populated areas, wilful killings of...