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Nine UNRWA staff to be fired for potential role in 7 October attacks on Israel

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Nine UNRWA staff to be fired for potential role in 7 October attacks on Israel 05 August 2024 United Nations Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General António Guterres. The UN said on Monday that nine staff working for its Palestine refugee agency UNRWA will be sacked because they may have been involved in the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attacks against Israel.…

Israel: Amid reports of torture inside jails, rights experts call for end to impunity

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Israel: Amid reports of torture inside jails, rights experts call for end to impunity 05 August 2024 © UNRWA More than 1 million people have been displaced in Gaza, the majority multiple times. Reports of alleged torture and sexual violence in Israel’s Sde Teiman prison represent “the tip of the iceberg”, UN independent human rights experts warned on Monday, calling for swift action to end…

UN Special Adviser urges States to hold perpetrators of genocide accountable

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN Special Adviser urges States to hold perpetrators of genocide accountable 05 August 2024 © UNICEF/Roger LeMoyne Barbed wire around a camp for some 25,000 people displaced from Srebrenica. The fence was there to keep people from wandering into the surrounding fields that may have been mined. (1995 photo) The UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide is urging States hosting…

Bangladesh: UN urges peaceful transition as PM resigns and flees the country

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Bangladesh: UN urges peaceful transition as PM resigns and flees the country 05 August 2024 © UNSPLASH/Shafiqul Islam The Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, pictured here, along with other cities, has witnessed widespread anti-Government protests. Top United Nations officials underscored the need for a peaceful and democratic transition in Bangladesh after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and…

Shocking violence in Bangladesh must stop: UN rights chief

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Shocking violence in Bangladesh must stop: UN rights chief 04 August 2024 © UNICEF/Zhantu Chakma Vista de Dhaka, la capital de Bangladesh. The UN’s top human rights official on Sunday called for an immediate stop to the violence in Bangladesh, which claimed scores of lives, including those of police officers, over the weekend…

UN condemns deadly suicide attack on Somalia beach

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN condemns deadly suicide attack on Somalia beach 03 August 2024 UNSOM Photo A file photo of the Lido Beach in the Mogadishu. The beach is popular among Somalis to spend time with family and friends. The United Nations has strongly condemned a suicide attack at a popular beachfront in the capital, Mogadishu, that claimed dozens of civilian lives…

UNICEF reports 32 children killed, many injured and detained in Bangladesh protests

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNICEF reports 32 children killed, many injured and detained in Bangladesh protests 02 August 2024 © UNICEF/Claudia Berger At least 32 children were killed and many more injured and detained in ongoing protests in Bangladesh. (file photo) At least 32 children were killed and many more injured and detained during student protests that erupted in Bangladesh in July, the UN Children’s Fund (…

Gaza: ‘Frightening increase’ in Hepatitis A cases

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: ‘Frightening increase’ in Hepatitis A cases 02 August 2024 © UNRWA People in Gaza are living in increasingly unsanitary conditions, amid the looming threat of deadly diseases. UN agencies warned on Friday of the high risk of the further spread of infectious diseases in Gaza, amid chronic water scarcity and no way to adequately manage waste and sewage. …

UN envoy urges action to address ‘growing risk of a serious escalation’ in the Middle East

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN envoy urges action to address ‘growing risk of a serious escalation’ in the Middle East 02 August 2024 © UNICEF In Southern Lebanon, a boy walks among the ruins of a house destroyed by an Israeli airstrike. The top UN envoy in the Middle East called on Friday for urgent action to address the “growing risk” of regional escalation following recent deadly attacks in Lebanon, the Syrian Golan…

World News in Brief: Justice for Yazidis, South Sudan abductions, food prices hold steady

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Justice for Yazidis, South Sudan abductions, food prices hold steady 02 August 2024 © UNOCHA/Manja Vidic Displaced Yazidi families on Mount Sinjar, an area of Iraq with a deeply troubling recent past. (file) Ten years after Dae'sh/ISIL attacked the Yazidi people of Sinjar, Iraq, killing, displacing and capturing men, women and children and destroying the 400,000-strong…