Ukraine civilian death toll rises to highest in nearly a year, UN says
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters The civilian death toll in Ukraine last month rose sharply, to 174, which was the highest level in nearly a year amid an increase in missile and bomb strikes in populated areas around Kharkiv, the UN human rights office said on Friday. A man places a portrait on a grave during a […]
Essay: Unmarked graves, violent repression and cultural erasure: the devastating human toll of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
JON RICHARDSON, a visiting fellow at the Centre for European Studies at Australian National University, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at the devastation two years of war has wrought on Ukraine…
Essay: After the shooting stops in Ukraine, landmines will keep killing – as we’ve seen in too many countries
In an article first published on The Conversation, SARAH NJERI, a lecturer in humanitarianism and development at SOAS, University of London, looks at the insidious problem landmines pose – both now and in the future – as a result of their extensive use in the Ukraine conflict…
Over 1,000 Afghan civilians killed in blasts, violence since August 2021 – UN
Reuters Over a thousand Afghan civilians were killed in bombings and other violence since foreign forces left and the Taliban took over in 2021, according to a report by the UN’s mission to Afghanistan released on Tuesday. Between 15th August, 2021, and May this year 1,095 civilians were killed and 2,679 wounded, according to the […]
At least 30 civilians killed in eastern Congo village attack
Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters Suspected militants killed at least 30 civilians on Friday in a village raid in Democratic Republic of Congo’s north-eastern Ituri province, the head of a civil society group and a local resident said. Army spokesperson Jules Ngongo Tshikudi confirmed the morning attack in Banyali Kilo, a district in conflict-riven […]
UN tally of confirmed civilian deaths in Ukraine approaches 8,500
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Nearly 8,500 civilians are confirmed to have been killed in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a UN body said on Tuesday, with many thousands more unverified deaths still feared. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said it had recorded 8,490 people killed and 14,244 injured between the launch of […]
Essay: Iraq 20 years on – death came from the skies on 19th March, 2003, and the killing continues to this day
LILY HAMOURTZIADOU, a UK-based academic who has been involved with the Iraq Body Count database, reflects on the cost in human lives of conflict in Iraq…
UN says recorded civilian toll of 8,000 in Ukraine is “tip of the iceberg”
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters More than 8,000 civilians have been recorded killed in Ukraine since Russia invaded nearly a year ago, the UN human rights office said on Tuesday, describing the figure as only the “tip of the iceberg” with thousands more thought to have died. The latest toll represents a significant upward revision from the […]
Ukraine ends search for survivors in Dnipro, death toll hits 44
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine called off search and rescue operations on Tuesday at the rubble of an apartment building in the eastern city of Dnipro where at least 44 people were killed in a Russian missile attack. The State Emergency Service said 20 people were still unaccounted after Saturday’s attack and that the 44 confirmed […]
Nearly 400 civilians killed in Afghanistan since Taliban takeover, UN says
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters Nearly 400 civilians have been killed in attacks in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover, more than 80 per cent of them by a group affiliated to Islamic State, a UN report shows, underscoring the scale of the insurgency faced by the new rulers. It is the first major human rights report since […]