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Lebanon: UNIFIL concerned by attacks on Lebanese Armed Forces

·November 26, 2024·2 min read

The UN Interim Force Lebanon (UNIFIL) is also seriously concerned by numerous strikes on the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) despite their declared non-involvement in the hostilities, he added. The LAF have reported that at least 45 soldiers have been killed in recent attacks. Deadly escalation Mr. Dujarric stressed that such...

WHO concerned following raid on North Gaza hospital

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·October 25, 2024·3 min read

“Since this morning’s reports of a raid of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, we have lost touch with the personnel there,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote on the social media platform X. “This development is deeply disturbing given the number of patients being served and people sheltering there,”...

UN rights office concerned over pre-election violence in Liberia

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·October 5, 2023·1 min read

“We are concerned by reported instances of election-related violence, use of language that could amount to hate speech, and attacks on journalists in Liberia ahead of the general election on 10 October,” said UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson in the country, Seif Magango. Violent clashes Violent clashes between supporters of...

Niger: Guterres concerned about health and safety of detained President

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·August 11, 2023·1 min read

President Mohamed Bazoum and his family are believed to be living without electricity, water, food or medicine, according to media reports. Release detained leader The democratically elected leader has been detained since soldiers seized power on 26 July. “The Secretary-General reiterates his concern for the health and safety of the...

Guterres concerned over continued detention of Niger’s President

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·August 8, 2023·1 min read

ECOWAS is scheduled to hold another meeting on the crisis on Thursday in Abuja, Nigeria, according to media reports. This follows an extraordinary summit last week where the 15-member bloc issued a communiqué calling for the reinstatement of Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum. Failing this, ECOWAS had threatened to “take all...

Kenya: OHCHR ‘very concerned’ over disproportionate use of force against protesters

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·July 16, 2023·1 min read

The demonstrations began over what many Kenyans view as unfair tax hikes and rising inflation in the country, according to news reports. OHCHR Spokesperson Jeremy Laurance issued a statement condemning the violence, expressing concern over “allegations of unnecessary or disproportionate use of force, including the use of firearms, by police”. Reports...

OHCHR ‘very concerned’ over militarization of public security in Honduras

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·July 9, 2023·1 min read

OHCHR Spokesperson Marta Hurtado told journalists in Geneva that the Government had issued a 45-day extension on Wednesday. “The state of emergency, in force in 17 of the 18 departments in Honduras, enables the military police to support the national police in carrying out public security tasks. It also derogates...

Jenin: UN concerned over ongoing Israeli military operation

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·July 4, 2023·2 min read

In a statement from his spokesperson on Monday, Mr. Guterres affirmed that all military operations must be conducted with full respect for international humanitarian law. The incursion follows another operation in the camp on 19 June, which left four Palestinians killed and 91 others injured. Rising death toll The UN’s humanitarian affairs coordination office...

Tunisia: UN rights chief concerned over crackdown on opposition

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·February 15, 2023·1 min read

Spokesperson Jeremy Laurence said that since Saturday, at least nine people have been reportedly arrested and some detained, on security and graft charges. Among those arrested were two former judges, a lawyer, a prominent businessman, the head of a radio station and the leader of the Islamist Ennahdha political party,...

United States: UN rights experts gravely concerned over ‘brutal deaths’ at hands of police

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·February 11, 2023·3 min read

Keenan Anderson died in Los Angeles after being repeatedly tased by police following a chase resulting from a traffic stop, according to news reports, and Tyre Nichols in Memphis, died after being severely beaten as he lay on the ground, by five officers in Memphis, Tennessee, who have since been...

UN chief ‘deeply concerned’ by stalled Black Sea Grain Initiative |

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·October 30, 2022·1 min read

On Sunday, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said, in a statement for the Secretary-General, that Mr. Guterres has decided to delay his departure for the Arab League Summit in Algiers by a day to focus on the issue. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022, mountains of grains built...

UN Humanitarian Coordinator ‘gravely concerned’ by escalation of violence in Gaza |

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·August 6, 2022·1 min read

In a statement published on Saturday, Ms. Hastings expressed her grave concern for the situation that has left more than 100 Palestinians injured, as well as 7 Israelis. Residential areas in both Gaza and Israel have also been hit and 31 families in Gaza are now homeless. “The humanitarian situation...