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  • Myanmar Junta Declares Martial Law in Yangon

    Thirty-four of the deaths were in Yangon. Hlaing Thar Yar was the location of 22 civilian deaths Sunday, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, which said that more than a dozen civilians were wounded and described a large Four other deaths were reported in the cities of Bago, Mandalay, and Hpakant, according to the association The actual death toll is likely higher, as police apparently have seized some bodies, and some victims

  • Amnesty: ICJ orders No Acts of Genocide in Gaza

    Court – is the most effective condition to implement the provisional measures and end unprecedented civilian Israel pursues a ruthless military campaign to decimate the population of the Gaza Strip and unleash death International Amnesty International has warned of the risk of genocide in Gaza due to the shockingly high death More than 26,000 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed in Israel’s unrelenting bombardment We urge Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups to release all remaining civilian hostages.

  • Will the UN Prevent More Genocide In Sudan?

    2024 A peacekeeping mission might not be politically feasible, but there are other ways to protect civilians But both the RSF and the SAF have routinely  engaged  in attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure One  estimate  put the number of deaths in El Geneina between 10,000 and 15,000. In his report  providing civilian protection recommendations, which he will deliver on Monday, it is Only fully vetted personnel subject to civilian oversight should be deployed.

  • Ethiopia appoints new Tigray leader, Amnesty reports ‘massacre’

    Parliament appoints new head of Tigray region, PM Abiy Ahmed announces as Amnesty says many civilians region, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said as a prominent rights group reported a “massacre” of scores of civilians ‘Hundreds stabbed or hacked to death’ Meanwhile, Amnesty International said scores of civilians were It was the first reported incident of large-scale civilian fatalities in a week-old conflict between International can today confirm … that scores, and likely hundreds, of people, were stabbed or hacked to death

  • Yemen: Genocide Emergency

    Landmines planted by Houthi militias have caused hundreds of civilian deaths. Both Houthi and government forces have inflicted heavy civilian casualties through attacks against hospitals In January 2022, three coalition airstrikes killed 80 civilians and injured 156. Despite these attacks on civilians, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and other western Attacks against civilians by both sides are war crimes and crimes against humanity and constitute Stage

  • US-led Coalition Airstrikes Contribute to Civilian Deaths in Syria

    said on Saturday that coalition airstrikes in and around Raqqa have also purportedly killed nearly 700 civilians Civilian prisoners are believed to make up the majority of the casualties from the strike. damage and potential harm to noncombatants," adding that the allegations will be assessed by the group’s civilian forces are reported to have used in April to allegedly launch a chemical attack that caused more than 80 deaths Despite the controversy on how its airstrikes are affecting civilians, the US-led coalition is moving

  • Country Report: Russia

    The Soviet army killed thousands of civilians in mass executions in retaliation for resistance. Russia used cluster munitions , burned Georgian dwellings, and forcibly displaced civilians from their homes under death threats . Russia continues to carry out massive missile and drone strikes on civilian targets. The group has targeted and executed hundreds of civilians in Mali .

  • UN denounces deadly Palm Sunday attack in Ukraine

    struck a busy street in the city centre, damaging residential buildings, an educational facility and civilian devastating pattern of similar assaults on Ukrainian cities and towns in recent weeks, resulting in civilian The Secretary-General underlined that attacks against civilians and civilian objects are prohibited under hit a busy street in the city centre, damaging residential buildings, an educational facility, and civilian He recalled that international humanitarian law strictly prohibits attacks against civilians and civilian

  • Ethiopia calls on citizens to fight in Tigray war

    All eligible civilians should join the military to stop Tigray forces ‘once and for all’, PM Abiy Ahmed the TPLF [Eduardo Soteras/AFP] Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has issued a call for all eligible civilians Two officials with Afar’s regional government put the death toll in Galicoma at more than 200, but that “The victims are civilians who had no role in the conflict.” Ethiopian officials have seized on the deaths in Galicoma as proof of the TPLF’s disregard for the worsening

  • Paramilitary Shelling Kills Six in Sudan’s North Darfur

    The shelling “resulted in the deaths of six unarmed civilians so far, with other injuries yet to be counted “This attack… struck the crowded market while civilians were shopping for Ramadan necessities,” the committee

  • UN rights chief calls for end to daily killings in Ukraine

    killings and destruction across Ukraine, following a weekend of deadly attacks that left at least 14 civilians In addition, civilian detainees should be released as soon as the lawful reason for their detention ceases Relief, but also loss High Commissioner Türk welcomed the recent exchange of prisoners of war and civilian Nearly 900 prisoners of war and 120 civilians from each side were exchanged. “Attacks on civilian areas must end, and children must always be protected,” Mr.

  • South Sudan's offensive against opposition forces

    recent weeks, has announced a major military operation against opposition forces, raising fears for civilian The announcement came a day after a senior army commander was filmed urging his troops to kill civilians gravely alarmed by reports of inflammatory rhetoric and actions" that could incite violence against civilians army announced its offensive, a senior military commander was filmed urging his forces to kill all civilians Armed groups in South Sudan, including the military, have repeatedly been implicated in civilian abuses

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