Human Rights

Top UN envoy urges restraint after two Palestinians killed in Israeli operation

A senior United Nations envoy today called on Israeli authorities to exercise maximum restraint after two Palestinians were killed during a military operation in a West Bank refugee camp.

COTE D'IVOIRE: Dozo as protector, dozo as assailant

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"The war is over...Dozos target only criminals"

America’s Army Platform Trains Soldiers in Explosive Ordnance Disposal

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Picatinny recently received a patent for the process to train Soldiers to operate robotic vehicles...

SRI LANKA: Senior Tamil journalist brutally attacked by armed men in Jaffna - JDS News

A top editor of the Jaffna-based 'Uthayan' newspaper has been brutally attacked and seriously wounded by unknown armed men on Friday (29) in the heart of the heavily-guarded northern Jaffna town.

SRI LANKA: Over 600 war children still missing

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Kulasekran has been looking for her son for three years

Israel destroys village then sues

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Lebanon: UN tribunal identifies names of four men accused of Hariri murder

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Special Tribunal for Lebanon

UN calls for more funds to save lives across Horn of Africa

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After a 25-day trek from Somalia, a family arrives at Dadaab camp in Kenya and receives a 15-day food ration from...

Pakistan: Security Forces ‘Disappear’ Opponents in Balochistan

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Demonstration in front of Pakistan's Supreme Court by relatives of "disappeared"...

UN/Sudan: Southern Kordofan Needs International Monitors

The United Nations Security Council should take immediate steps to ensure international monitoring in Southern Kordofan, where reports of massive human rights violations by Sudanese forces have emerged, Human Rights Watch said today. Council members,...