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UN Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet “deeply deplores the military takeover of power” in Burkina Faso and urged a “swift return to constitutional order,” according to a spokesperson. UNTV CH

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) warned that the situation of civilians in the northeastern Syrian city of Al-Hasakeh is deeply troubling. UNTV CH

Escalating conflict in Yemen has seen an alarming number of air and drone strikes already this year, notably against civilians and non-military targets, the UN rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday. UNTV CH

The UN Human Rights Office warned that the human rights situation in Sudan continues to be of serious concern, with peaceful protesters killed or injured on a near-daily basis by security forces, as well as a clampdown on critics of the authorities and on independent journalists. OHCHR

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) hailed the “historic” conviction by a German court of a senior Syrian intelligence officer, for crimes against humanity. OHCHR

UN Human Rights spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani spoke about the harsh sentencing of human rights and land rights defenders convicted of spreading anti-State propaganda in Viet Nam. UNTV CH

UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet “deeply deplored the conviction and sentencing of Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi following a sham trial before a military-controlled court without due regard for international fair trial standards. The conviction of Aung San Suu Kyi will only deepen the rejection of the military's rule,” said an OHCHR spokesperson. OHCHR

UN Human Rights Office is “gravely concerned” by developments in Myanmar, “particularly given the intensifying attacks by the military,” including killings, raiding of villages and burning of houses, “apparently to seek out armed resistance elements and as reprisals against villages perceived to be sympathetic to people’s defence forces or ethnic armed groups” OHCHR

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) said peaceful protesters across various provinces in Afghanistan over the past four weeks have faced an increasingly violent response by the Taliban, including the use of live ammunition, batons and whips. UNTV CH

Violence against Afghan civilians by Taliban fighters “could amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity” UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said, before urging a return to peace negotiations in Doha. UNTV CH