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- NGO Open Letter to the Holy See on the Visit of Pope Francis to Iraq
to flee their ancestral homelands, unravelling the ties that bind people together in this cradle of civilisation
- Syria: Coordinated Chemical Attacks on Aleppo Security Council Should Impose Sanctions
it sinks, making basements where people sheltered against attacks with explosive weapons potential death November 20 that helicopters had dropped two bombs with chlorine gas on al-Sakhour, leading to the death of six civilians from one family. The reports likely refer to the deaths of Shohaiber and Abrach. Human Rights Watch has not been able to independently verify any deaths or injuries from chlorine attacks
- Syria: Coordinated Chemical Attacks on Aleppo
it sinks, making basements where people sheltered against attacks with explosive weapons potential death November 20 that helicopters had dropped two bombs with chlorine gas on al-Sakhour, leading to the death of six civilians from one family. The reports likely refer to the deaths of Shohaiber and Abrach. Human Rights Watch has not been able to independently verify any deaths or injuries from chlorine attacks
- UN sees early warning signs of genocide in CAR
The United Nations has 12,350 troops and police on the ground to help protect civilians and support the
- Tillerson Finally Brands Myanmar Crisis ‘Ethnic Cleansing’
Obama rolled back U.S. economic sanctions after the country formed its first democratically elected civilian
- UN human rights chief points to ‘textbook example of ethnic cleansing’ in Myanmar
Bangladesh in the past three weeks, as security forces and local militia reportedly burn villages and shoot civilians
- European Genocide of Indigenous Peoples in the Americas Cooled Earth’s Climate
The mass deaths of Indigenous American peoples 500 years ago—caused by disease and violence spread by
- The growing threat of conflict in the Horn of Africa
Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki prioritises strategic depth rather than diplomatic assurances.
- ‘Blood flowed in the streets’: Refugees from one Rohingya hamlet recount days of horror
Satellite photos show widespread burning, witnesses recount soldiers killing civilians, and the Burmese No total death toll is yet available because the area remains sealed by the military. Fortify Rights, a Southeast Asia-focused human rights organization, estimates the death toll in Maung
- Statement by Adama Dieng, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, on the situa
Many have given accounts of the killing of civilians, destruction of homes, sexual violence, and looting Adviser is particularly alarmed at the situation in Kajo-Keji, Central Equatoria, (south of Juba), where civilians information suggested that a scorched earth campaign was underway, targeting suspected opposition members and civilian farmers from their land, looting of property and burning of villages, as well as brutal violence against civilians
- Letter to Congress from Former Special Envoys for Sudan, Throwing Their Weight Behind Lifting of San
assault on the Jebel Marra region of Central Darfur, during which chemical weapons were used against civilians [Figures for casualties varied but suggest that some 60 – 70 civilians were killed or wounded during article44516/); In Darfur huge numbers of civilians are denied humanitarian access by the regime use rights advocate and founder of the Sudan Development Organization (SUDO), is emblematic; he faces the death penalty for his work | https://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/a-human-rights-defender-facing-the-death-penalty
- Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge: Between Justice and Memory
where prisoners sleeping on a bamboo floor were bayoneted from below while thousands were worked to death
