casualties

UN Thinks Killing Children is Bad, Unless You’re Saudi Arabia

(ANTIMEDIA) United Kingdom — The U.N. has caved to pressure and removed Saudi Arabia from a blacklist of states and groups that kill children. Saudi Arabia’s U.S.-backed military coalition was recently listed among countries, rebel movements, and terrorist groups responsible for “grave violations” against children during armed conflict.

Casualties in east Ukraine

The actual number of casualties in the armed conflict in east Ukraine is unclear, but thanks to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) we now have a minimum figure. HRI contacted the OHCHR following a Reuters report published yesterday (13/08/2014). Cécile Pouilly, a spokesperson of the OHCHR has confirmed to HRI […]