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Amid escalating attacks in Gaza, UN rights chief calls on US to withdraw sanctions against Palestinian rights groups

The measures announced on Thursday target Al-Haq group, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) and Al-Mezan Center for Human…

12 months ago

UN rights office worried over escalation in Gaza City, annexation plans for West Bank

Ajith Sunghay, Head of OHCHR’s Office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), told UN News that the escalation has caused…

12 months ago

Killing of journalists in Gaza hospital attack ‘should shock the world’: UN rights office

OHCHR Spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan said condemnation of the two strikes by Israeli forces on the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis…

12 months ago

UN rights chief decries ‘relentless intensification’ of US sanctions against International Criminal Court staff

His call comes a day after four more Court personnel – two judges and two deputy prosecutors – were slapped…

1 year ago

Amid ongoing Israeli attacks, ‘the systematic destruction of Gaza City is already underway’: UN rights office

Recent attacks have been particularly devastating in the Az Zaytoun neighbourhood, where airstrikes, artillery shelling and gunfire are continuous and…

1 year ago

Syria: Violence in Alawite areas may be war crimes, say rights investigators

Many of the victims were Alawite, a minority community in Syria, which the former ruling Assad family belonged to.  Some…

1 year ago

Russian attack on Ukrainian prison kills 16: UN rights monitors

Meanwhile, another attack on Tuesday reportedly killed five civilians and injured three in the Kharkiv region, located in eastern Ukraine.According…

1 year ago

Israeli rights groups accuse Israel of genocide in Gaza

Emir NaderBBC News, JerusalemReutersB'Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel presented the findings at a news conference in JerusalemTwo leading Israeli…

1 year ago

UN rights chief condemns the killing of scores of civilians in Sudan

Since 10 July, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, has verified that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have killed at least…

1 year ago

‘An unending horror story’: Gangs and human rights abuses expand in Haiti

Left vulnerable, communities then formed self-defence groups and Haitian security forces reinforced their operations and made small gains only to…

1 year ago