'Mass starvation is a 'very real risk' in some regions of war-torn Sudan, where conflict has made medical aid broadly unavailable, the head of the World Health Organization said.' reuters.com/world/africa/v…

This is (lying) Netanyahu's 'limited' operation: 'Israeli tanks advanced deeper into the western area of Rafah, amid one of the worst nights of bombardment from air, ground, and sea, forcing many families to flee their homes and tents under darkness,'
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Lebanon has been so seriously mistreating Syrian refugees that some are returning, not to government-controlled Syria where Assad's machinery repression remains active, but to opposition-controlled Idlib despite major questions about the future of aid. apnews.com/article/lebano…

'Russia engaged in a 'deliberate pattern' of starvation tactics during the 85-day siege of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol in early 2022, which amounted to a war crime, according to a fresh analysis submitted to the International Criminal Court.'
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🚨 In rare procedural vote, #Russia & #China voted against UN Security Council discussing the abysmal human rights situation in #NorthKorea . They failed to block this important meeting organized by #SouthKorea . 📺webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1x/k…

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'A man campaigning against the controversial $5B east African crude oil pipeline is recovering in hospital after an alleged beating by the Ugandan armed forces in the latest incident in...an 'alarming crackdown' on the country’s environmentalists.' theguardian.com/global-develop…

A year since a boat packed with 750 migrants sank off the coast of Greece, killing most on board and implicating the Greek Coast Guard for doing nothing to stop the tragedy, there has been little progress in investigating the Coast Guard's responsibility.
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While 'the number of battlefield deaths fell compared with the previous two years, since 2021 the overall number of conflict-related deaths, including of civilians, has risen to the highest level in 30 years,' driven by wars in Tigray, Ukraine, and Gaza.
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The U.S. government has denounced as 'despicable and appalling' the credible reports that 'Russia was listing abducted Ukrainian children on adoption websites.' reuters.com/world/us-aware…

The Kyrgyzstan prosecutors’ request for 20-year sentences for a group of peaceful government critics in the so-called Kempir-Abad case compounds an already shocking miscarriage of justice. hrw.org/news/2024/06/1…

None too late: 'The United Nations Security Council is likely to vote on Thursday on a British-drafted resolution that demands a halt to the siege of al-Fashir in Sudan's North Dafur region by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.' reuters.com/world/un-secur…

A UN commission of inquiry finds Israel's use of 2,000-pound bombs in urban areas is incompatible with international humanitarian law because 'they cannot adequately or accurately discriminate between the intended military targets and civilian objects.' reuters.com/world/middle-e…

'Far from easing the domestic pressure on Netanyahu..., the rescue mission had boosted public support for a negotiated settlement.' But Netanyahu would rather keep fighting instead to save himself. washingtonpost.com/world/2024/06/…

China's huge glut of unwanted apartments reflects the Chinese people's lack of confidence in the economy under Xi Jinping's self-serving autocratic rule. theguardian.com/business/artic…

A UN commission of inquiry, reporting on Hamas and its allies on October 7, 'cited significant evidence of the desecration of corpses, including sexualized desecration, decapitations, lacerations, burning and the severing of body parts.'
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UN commission of inquiry: 'Israeli forces used sexual and gender-based violence, including forced nudity and sexual humiliation, as 'an operating procedure' against Palestinians in the course of forced evacuations and detentions.' nytimes.com/2024/06/12/wor…

'Millions of people are teetering on the brink of starvation as conflict rages across many corners of the world. Nowhere is this more evident than in Sudan and Gaza, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths said.' news.un.org/en/story/2024/…

“We have witnessed…a unique level of destruction and…unique level of casualties in the Palestinian population during these months of war that has no precedent in any other situation that I've lived as Secretary-General of the United Nations” -- Guterres.
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More governments are not content to silence domestic critics and are trying to globalize their censorship efforts. Here is a Q&A outlining all you would want to know about the growing phenomenon of transnational repression: hrw.org/news/2024/06/1…

Our quest for cheap food, with its use of animals kept in cruel, densely packed conditions, facilitates the spread and mutation of viruses, increasing the risk of the next pandemic. nytimes.com/2024/06/12/opi…