nytimes September 16, 2021 5:00am Sri Lankan Minister Accused of Abusing Political Prisoners Resigns #humanrightsandhumanrightsviolations #politicalprisoners #liberationtigersoftamileelam #bacheletmichelle #srilanka #rajapaksagotabaya #news Sri Lankan Minister Accused of Abusing Political Prisoners Resigns Claims that the minister in charge of prison affairs had barged into jail while drunk and forced Tamil inmates to kneel at gunpoint come amid U.N. discussions on the country’s human rights record.
nytimes September 13, 2021 5:00pm A Million Afghan Children Could Die in ‘Most Perilous Hour,’ U.N. Warns #humanitarianaid #refugeesanddisplacedpersons #foodinsecurity #taliban #unitednations #grandifilippo1957 #bacheletmichelle #griffithsmartin #afghanistan #genevaswitzerland #news A Million Afghan Children Could Die in ‘Most Perilous Hour,’ U.N. Warns The international community pledged more than $1 billion in emergency aid as millions of Afghans risk running out of food just as winter sets in.
nytimes May 28, 2021 12:00am U.N. Rights Council Orders Inquiry Into Israel After Gaza Strife #israel #gazastrip #unitednationshumanrightscouncil #palestinians #civiliancasualties #humanrightsandhumanrightsviolations #warcrimesgenocideandcrimesagainsthumanity #bacheletmichelle #netanyahubenjamin #news U.N. Rights Council Orders Inquiry Into Israel After Gaza Strife Acting in the aftermath of the fighting in Gaza, a United Nations panel in Geneva approved a far-ranging inquiry into Israel’s actions.