(VOA) – The World Health Organization reports an alarming spike in violence against medical and humanitarian workers and health care facilities in war-torn Syria. The World Health Organization reports it has verified dozens of attacks on health care facilities, ambulances, services and workers in Syria’s combat zones this year. WHO’s monitoring system reports 28 hospitals and other facilities […]
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(Al Jazeera) – The UN human rights chief has called for all atrocities committed against Myanmar’s Rohingya to be referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for prosecution. Prince Zeid bin Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein, who has previously described Myanmar’s campaign against the Rohingya as a “textbook case of ethnic cleansing”, also urged the country to allow monitors into restricted areas […]
(Al Jazeera) – Air strikes have hit Douma in Syria’s rebel-held Eastern Ghouta just after 13 trucks of food aid crossed into the enclave, heading for the town, according to opposition activists and a monitor. The development came on Friday after an overnight pause in fighting encouraged the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to send the convoy […]
(Al Jazeera) – The delivery of aid to Syria’s rebel-held Eastern Ghouta has been “postponed”, the Red Cross has said, as Syrian government forces stepped up their offensive against rebels in the enclave. An aid convoy was scheduled to reach the besieged area on Thursday, and aimed to deliver much needed medical supplies that were prevented from being […]
(UOSSM) – A UOSSM Primary Health Care Center in Misraba and a UOSSM office in Hammouria, were hit under a wave of attacks on hospitals, buildings and “anything standing” in eastern Ghouta in the past 24 hours. No casualties were reported as all medical centers in the area were shut down due to heavy shelling and […]
(OHCHR) – The Human Rights Council during its midday meeting concluded its clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict, Virginia Gamba, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children, Marta Santos Pais. It also concluded its clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the […]
(CARE) – More than 3.25 million women of reproductive age in Yemen are facing increased health and protection risks, the international aid organization CARE warns. Conditions for women and girls are deteriorating rapidly as the conflict in Yemen nears its fourth year. An estimated 1.1 million pregnant and lactating women are malnourished as lack of humanitarian […]
(Al Jazeera) – UN investigators have accused the Syrian Democratic Force (SDF), together with other warring parties, of human rights violations and attacks on civilians in Syria. The report, issued on Tuesday by the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria records violations that occurred between July 2017 and January 2018, is based on more than 500 interviews. Link
(OSRSG-CAAC) – In her first presentation to the Human Rights Council, Virginia Gamba, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, warned that the progress realized in 2017 was once again overshadowed by the extremely worrisome situation for boys and girls growing up in countries affected by conflict. “The longevity, severity and complexity of […]
(PHR) – A week after the UN Security Council unanimously passed resolution 2401, demanding an end to hostilities in Syria to ensure unimpeded access for humanitarian convoys, the assault on eastern Ghouta continues and the Syrian authorities have reportedly stripped medical supplies from the only convoy allowed into this besieged area so far. Physicians for Human […]
