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August 05, 2022
Palestinian commander killed as Israel strikes after militant threats
BAGHDAD — Every effort must be made to support the Yazidi community in Iraq, the United Nations said on Wednesday, marking eight years since the extremist group IS launched a brutal assault on the religious minority.IS, also known by the Arabic moniker, Daesh, conducted a genocidal campaign against the Yazidis, whose historic homeland is the northern town of Sinjar.The atrocities they committed included sexual violence, mass executions, forced conversions, and other crimes.“As we commemorate this traumatic page of Iraqi history, we renew our commitment to peace and stability for the Yazidis and the people of Sinjar,” the UN Office in Iraq said in a statement.“We salute the Yazidis’ resilience in preserving their culture and heritage despite IS attempts to erase them, and in spite...
August 04, 2022
UN renews commitment to Yazidi community eight years after Daesh onslaught
GENEVA — A cohort of independent UN experts has called on the Human Rights Council to launch an international investigation into the massive explosion in Beirut two year ago, with a view to securing justice for those who died and were injured.The powerful blast, caused by a stockpile of ammonium nitrate in a port warehouse, occurred on 4 August 2020 and killed more than 200 people while decimating a vast swath of the Lebanese capital.The explosion destroyed 77,000 apartments, wounded 7,000 people, displaced over 300,000 more, at least 80,000 of which were children, the experts noted, in a press release issued by UN human rights office, OHCHR.“This tragedy marked one of the largest non-nuclear blasts in recent memory, yet the world has done nothing to find out why it happened," the...
August 04, 2022
Human rights experts call for international investigation into 2020 Beirut explosion
August 01, 2022
Iran could build nuclear bomb, says its atomic energy chief
July 31, 2022
Iraq protests: 'De-escalate’ urges UN chief, rise above differences
July 30, 2022
Al-Assoumi underscores need to provide full support for Arab youths
July 28, 2022
Protesters storm parliament building in Baghdad
July 27, 2022
Israel-Palestine: Reversing ‘negative trends’ essential, Security Council told
July 26, 2022
Australian teen’s death in Syrian prison was ‘utterly preventable’, rights experts say
NEW YORK — The overall situation in Libya remains “highly volatile”, Martha Pobee, UN Assistant Secretary-General for political affairs and peace operations, told the Security Council on Monday.Despite some progress, a constitutional and political stalemate continues, prolonging tensions and fuelling insecurity, while clashes in and around Tripoli surge, she added.“The economic situation remains dire,” she continued. “We have witnessed demonstrations by frustrated Libyans over the lack of progress on elections and poor State services. In addition, the human rights situation in the country remains of “serious concern”.Leaders must ‘heed the call’While promising progress has been achieved on the constitutional track, consensus on the eligibility requirements for a...
July 26, 2022
Libya: Human rights abuses, political stalemates, electoral delays mar progress
