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  • Indian and Pakistani civilians describe strikes and shelling

    carried out the strikes in response to a militant attack in Indian-administered Kashmir that killed 26 civilians Pakistan said eight civilians were killed and 35 others injured as a result of the strikes this morning India's army has also said that at least seven civilians have been killed by Pakistani shelling on its

  • Armed Islamist Attack Kills 34 Civilians in Mali

    The loss of civilian life underscores the need for all parties to the conflict to better protect civilians deaths, with 13 injured. The hostilities have resulted in the deaths of thousands of civilians and the forcible displacement of Attacking forces are prohibited from carrying out deliberate attacks on civilians and civilian objects and civilian vehicles were not subject to deliberate attack.

  • Guinea votes to move from military to civilian rule

    leader Mamady Doumbouya to run for president and would transition the African nation from military to civilian His military-led government missed a December deadline it had set to return the government to civilian

  • UN: Ukraine War Escalates and Civilians Suffer Most

    At least 28 civilians were killed and more than 130 injured. “These levels of death and destruction risk dimming hope for an immediate ceasefire and threaten to undermine Another 33,270 civilians have been injured, including over 2,000 children. “Let me once again unequivocally state – attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure are strictly Civilians bear the brunt In the meantime, civilians continue to bear the severe consequences of the war

  • Deadly Fighting in Ukraine Displaces Civilians and Limits Aid

         Deadly hostilities continued along the front-line regions of Ukraine on Wednesday, displacing civilians and damaging civilian infrastructure, the UN has reported.      Donetsk, Kherson and Sumy regions sustained the most damage, with several civilians reportedly killed Since the start of the year, there has been a 50 per cent increase in civilian deaths when compared to

  • Gaza: Israeli School Strikes Magnify Civilian Peril

    The Israeli attacks have denied civilians safe access to shelter, and will contribute to the disruption Schools and other educational facilities are civilian objects and protected from attack. The use of schools to house civilians does not alter their legal status. The laws of war prohibit attacks on military objectives if the anticipated harm to civilians and civilian Armed groups deployed at schools-turned-shelters would place civilians at unnecessary risk.

  • Civilians killed in deadly drone strike in eastern Ukraine

    Preliminary reports suggest that the minibus was carrying civilian evacuees from an area close to the ‘A stark reminder’ “With nine civilians reported killed, this would be the deadliest attack in weeks, If confirmed, the strike would represent the deadliest attack since 24 April, when at least 11 civilians HRMMU said that while the number of civilian casualties in May has been somewhat lower than in April, it continues to document daily civilian casualties, particularly along the frontline. © 2025 United

  • UN raises alarm over civilian executions in Sudan

    Sudanese rights group Emergency Lawyers says the army has executing civilians suspected of supporting Copyright AP Photo The UN has condemned reports of extrajudicial killings of civilians in Sudan's capital Emergency Lawyers said in a statement earlier this week that the army had carried out field executions of civilians Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) cited similar videos reportedly showing armed men "executing civilians At least 20,000 people have been killed in the war, although experts believe the true death toll is significantly

  • Israel is blowing up many civilian buildings in Gaza

    that the IDF operated in accordance with international law; that Hamas concealed "military assets" in civilian widely documented, Hamas and other terrorist organizations conceal military assets in densely populated civilian justification under the Fourth Geneva Convention, the document which generally covers the protection of civilians International humanitarian law prohibits such controlled destruction of civilian property during armed He told BBC Verify they posed a safety risk for returning civilians, especially "during winter rains

  • DRC: M23 Kill, Torture, and Hold Civilians Hostage

    Between February and April 2025, Amnesty International interviewed 18 former civilian detainees – all Amnesty International is calling on M23 to immediately release arbitrarily detained civilians, including We will take your wife, and we will impregnate her.’ “ In Kanyaruchinya, M23 detained a civilian in late Before his death at a hospital in Goma, he described to a family member how M23 fighters had pinned his Moreover, M23’s detention of civilians to compel them or their family members to pay for their release

  • Burkina Faso army accused of torturing and Killing civilians

    By Abdullahi Jimoh Burkina Faso’s military and allied militias allegedly tortured and massacred civilians The death toll is believed to be in the dozens. the videos told AFP that the massacre aligns with the military’s ongoing strategy of targeting Fulani civilians Over half of those deaths occurred after Burkina Faso’s September 2022 military coup. Human Rights Watch estimates that Burkina Faso’s army and its militias killed at least 1,000 civilians

  • UN urges humanitarian corridor to help el-Fasher Civilians

    IOM chief calls for ceasefire to allow aid groups to reach Sudanese civilians trapped in war-torn Darfur migration agency has called for a ceasefire and a humanitarian corridor to help tens of thousands of civilians that there is a ceasefire, a humanitarian corridor, so that aid groups can bring in that aid to the civilians

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