The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on May 2 said that the death toll of civilians killed in Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24 had crossed 3,000. The toll of 3,153 killed so far shows an increase
Recent images from Bucha, Ukraine show human bodies lying in streets and yards in the wake of Russian withdrawal from the area following weeks of intense fighting, say international media reports. One of the bodies of the men had his hands tied,
UNICEF chief Catherine Russell, in a statement issued on Thursday, a month after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, said that the war has caused one of the fastest large-scale displacements of children since World War Two.
In three weeks, more than 3.5 million refugees have been forced to flee Ukraine, while a further 6.5 million people have been internally displaced. According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), more than 12 million people have been affected in the
The UN rights office, OHCHR, reiterated deep concern on Friday at the increasing number of civilian casualties in Ukraine following the Russian invasion which began on 24 February, before issuing a reminder to Moscow that any targeting of non-combatants could be a war crime.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called on Sunday for a pause in fighting to allow civilians to escape conflict zones in Ukraine, as the UN rights body (OHCHR) announced it had recorded 1,123 civilian casualties since the beginning of Russia’s armed attack
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has said that the alarming escalation of grave human rights abuses in Myanmar is appalling. “In the last week alone, security forces have killed and burned to death 11 people,