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1,760 killed while seeking aid in Gaza since late May: UN

The UN human rights office said Friday that at least 1,760 Palestinians had been killed while seeking aid in Gaza since late May, a jump of several hundred since its last published figure at the beginning of August...

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UN asks Sri Lanka to prosecute war crimes

The UN human rights chief Wednesday urged Sri Lanka’s new government to seize the ‘historic opportunity’ to end its entrenched culture of impunity for war crimes and other abuses...

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Army denies getting warning from UN

The Bangladesh Army on Monday said that it did not receive any direct communication or intent from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights regarding the matter stated by UN human rights chief Volker Türk.

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Lanka realities need to change for reconciliation

THE question of the economy, the economic development path to be followed and who is best suited to lead the country at this time are the most discussed issues now. But another important issue that has contributed to the economic and other problems the country faces and which has proved difficult to resolve will soon intrude on the discussion...

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No escape from international human rights scrutiny

IN MARCH 2020, the Sri Lankan government believed that the massive mandate president Gotabaya Rajapaksa had received gave it a licence to get out of the cycle of UN Human Rights Council resolutions by unilaterally opting...