"RAVINA SHAMDASANI"

Un rapport d’une mission d’établissement des faits du Bureau des droits de l'homme des Nations Unies a conclu qu'il y a de fortes indications que plus de 500 personnes auraient été tuées - la grande majorité sommairement exécutées - par les troupes maliennes et du personnel militaire étranger au cours d'une opération militaire de cinq jours dans le village de Moura, au centre du Mali, en mars 2022. HCDH

The UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk expressed dismay at the frighteningly high number of executions this year in Iran and called on authorities to follow the lead of most other States and abolish the death penalty or halt all executions. UNTV CH

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday warned against a ‘never-ending cycle of violence’ in Haiti as gangs continue to inflict extreme cruelty on people, and vigilantes take the law into their own hands, a spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office said. UNTV CH

Two weeks since fighting erupted between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), United Nation humanitarian aid agencies warned on Friday that the ongoing conflict is having a devastating impact on the civilian population, including refugees and internally displaced people across the country. UNTV CH

Two weeks after the fighting erupted between the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces, imposing fear, deprivation, trauma and suffering on the civilian population, the human rights situation in Sudan continues to dramatically deteriorate. UNTV CH

Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office, said, “We call for a full and independent investigation into the latest horrific killing of civilians in Burkina Faso and for those responsible to be held to account.” UNTV CH

A spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) said, “We urgently call on both the Russian and Ukrainian authorities to investigate and to swiftly and publicly condemn audio recordings that have emerged over the weekend in which people with apparent connections to both sides of the conflict in Ukraine appear to order the summary execution of prisoners of war or declare that there shall be no survivors on the battlefield.” UNTV CH

A spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office said, “There are reports that Singapore is poised to conduct a further execution, the 12th since March 2022. And we understand that the execution is scheduled for tomorrow”. UNTV CH

Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office, said, “We urge the Mexican authorities to act swiftly on the ruling by the Supreme Court declaring unconstitutional last year’s transfer of the National Guard to military control.” OHCHR

The spokesperson for the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ravina Shamdasani, said the High Commissioner’s Office is “deeply troubled by restrictions on media and civic space in Burkina Faso after the suspension of media outlets and expulsion of two foreign correspondents, amid wider curbs against freedom of expression in the country.” OHCHR