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August 04, 2021
UN mission in Afghanistan demands end to fighting as Taliban advance
August 04, 2021
Locals in Turkey scramble to fight the fire surrounding their village
August 04, 2021
Thousands flee as wildfires reach residential areas north of Athens
August 04, 2021
Officer dead, suspect killed in violence outside Pentagon
August 03, 2021
Iran suspected of carrying out hijack off UAE
coast as US says too early to reach conclusion
August 03, 2021
Earthquake strikes near Nicobar Islands: EMSC
August 03, 2021
Multiple injuries after gunshots fired near Pentagon
GENEVA — Although laws in Iraq criminalize torture and set out procedural safeguards to prevent it, a new report released on Tuesday by the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) and UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), makes clear that the practice continues in jails throughout the country.While acknowledging legal changes against torture, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said, “the authorities need to effectively implement the provisions written in the law in each and every detention center.”“If not, they remain a dead letter”.Shocks and beatings Covering July 1, 2019 to April 30 this year, the report is based on interviews conducted with 235 detainees, along with prison staff, judges, lawyers and detainees’ families.“I experienced the worst days of my...
August 03, 2021
Iraq: Put torture prevention laws into practice, urges UN human rights chief
GENEVA — More than 700 healthcare workers and patients have died, and more than 2,000 have been injured in attacks on health facilities since December 2017, according to a three-year analysis by the World Health Organization (WHO) released on Tuesday.The Surveillance System for Attacks on Health Care from 2018 to 2020, recorded data on attacks on health workers, patients, supplies, ambulances and facilities in 17 emergency-affected countries and fragile settings.Countries at riskThese included Ethiopia, Yemen, Syria, Mozambique, Nigeria, Occupied Palestinian territory, Myanmar, Central African Republic, and Somalia, among others.“We are deeply concerned that hundreds of health facilities have been destroyed or closed, health workers killed and injured, and millions of people denied the...
August 03, 2021
700-plus healthcare workers and patients killed in attacks on facilities: WHO
August 03, 2021
UN chief underlines commitment to justice for Iraq’s Yazidi community
