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UN rights expert calls for immediate release of all Israeli hostages

·September 18, 2024·2 min read

Alice Edwards, the UN Human Rights Council-appointed Special Rapporteur on Torture, also condemned the killing of six Israeli hostages earlier this month and called for an immediate end to hostilities on all fronts. Approximately 250 Israelis and foreign nationals were taken hostage during the 7 October 2023 terror attack by...

Gaza: UN expert on sexual violence in conflict reiterates grave concern for hostages

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·December 22, 2023·3 min read

Pramila Patten, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, called for the immediate, safe, and unconditional release of all those who remain in captivity. Ms. Patten met this week with the mother of one of the young women taken hostage who expressed the pain, despair and helplessness that...

Israel-Palestine crisis: Amid war crimes fears, UN rights chief renews calls to stop violence, free hostages

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·November 10, 2023·5 min read

“Water is scarce and fear is pervasive” in Gaza, Mr. Türk told journalists in Amman, recounting a conversation he had minutes earlier with a colleague in Gaza who had to flee Israeli bombardments with his family. “His children, aged nine and seven, are asking him questions he does not know...