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Navi Pillay defends ICC role in Africa
Durban – The government should have arrested Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and demanded justice for the thousands who fell victim to war crimes and genocide under his watch, says former UN high commissioner for human rights, Navi Pillay.
Navi Pillay defends ICC role in Africa
Navi Pillay defends ICC role in Africa – Africa | IOL News http://bit.ly/1NVNMQ9
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Geraldine Mattioli-Zeltner : Taking Justice to a New Level: The Special Criminal Court in the Central African Repu… http://bit.ly/1SfFMdR
Netsanet BelaySolomon Sacco : Using Immunity to Entrench Impunity http://bit.ly/1SfFJP7
South Africa’s Navi Pillay on the #Bashir case http://bit.ly/1eSrofs
@tobycadman #Music from #gaza #GazaOpenYourHeart official video i hope everyone share it https://youtu.be/y8BDdNmEcKE
Kenneth Roth @KenRoth
When Portugal decriminalized drugs, drug deaths surged, right?
Nope. Au contraire. Very rare. http://bit.ly/1Gct6NW pic.twitter.com/5JbyHFDo59
“Law academics need to pay attention to the reality outside their campus. They need to listen to the voices … http://www.mynewsroom.co.za/thought-provoking-conference-for-law-academics/ …
#Syria: UN Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay condemns the rampant use of torture in detention facilities across Syria
#UN stopped counting #Syria’s dead long time ago. Now #Assad cynically claims war gains & renews his Presidency claim.http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-27016020 …
DPR Korea human rights report elicits concern from senior UN officials [High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay.
#COIDPRK: Navi Pillay calls for urgent action on “historic” DPRK report suggesting crimes agst humanity: http://sm.ohchr.org/1bIOnXr
UN rights chief urges action in North Korea http://bit.ly/1eRMjqq
#UN Rights Chief urges int’l leadership to ensure justice for #NorthKorea crimes against humanity incl through #ICC. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=47166&Cr=democratic&Cr1=korea#.UwRZnvldV5A …
“@EWDolan: United Nations report: North Korea’s leaders should be tried for crimes against humanity http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/17/united-nations-report-north-koreas-leaders-should-be-tried-for-crimes-against-humanity/ …” But will UN act?
UN Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay enters the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum
A star shining in darkness: Pillay shares young Petr’s story at an event marking #Holocaust Memorial Day http://sm.ohchr.org/MeqQSj
“The Holocaust remains one of the paramount examples of humans’ ability to sink to unimaginable depths of cruel depravity, but in the middle of death and destruction, one can also find resistance to despair,” said UN Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay during an event on 28 January marking the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the #Holocaust: http://sm.ohchr.org/MeqQSj
Photo: UN Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay enters the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum.
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#UN must include #Romani spreakers in Holocaust commemoration. Sign the petition to @Bankimoon23 here: https://www.change.org/petitions/mr-ban-ki-moon-take-immediate-action-to-include-romani-speakers-in-the-official-commemoration-of-the-holocaust-at-the-un#share …
Human Rights Day 2013 – Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights:
Human Rights Day 2013 – Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: http://youtu.be/dhX-KbVbEQ0?a via @YouTube
Human Rights Day 2013 #HRD13 is of special significance as it ends the year-long commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the UN Human Rights office: http://sm.ohchr.org/IQanCy
The event will feature a series of conversations on a variety of human rights issues, including human rights defenders, equality and participation in economic and political life, the World Wide Web and the free flow of information, and human rights mechanisms.
Watch live on UN Webcast: webtv.un.org and take over our Wall using #UNRightsAt20 on Twitter!
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/HRD2013.aspx
#HRD13: vision & goals formulated in Vienna are still valid & still worth fighting for now & beyond #UNRightsAt20 – Pillay
The 20 yrs since #Vienna have seen many setbacks & tragic failures to prevent atrocities & protect rights -Pillay #UNRightsAt20
#UNRightsAt20: Thank you for participating and engaging actively with us for #HRD13 in Geneva and our 20th anniversary!
#HRD13: Without cooperation from States, we can’t do our work for human rights –UN experts http://sm.ohchr.org/18kir9U #UNRightsAt20
Knowledge of rights and freedoms is considered a fundamental tool to guarantee respect for the #humanrights of all http://ow.ly/rBNjy …
#HumanRightsDay: UN pays tribute to activists, landmark Vienna Declaration http://ow.ly/rDpWj #hrd2013, #UNRightsat20
„As we mark #HumanRightsDay I ask us all to reaffirm our commitment to battling gender violence” says #ICC Prosecutor http://bit.ly/18ScX6S
Rn’t 60 yrs genocide in Palestine,arming #Israel w/nukes,crimes in #AbuGhuraib, #Guantanamo,Afghanistan,Iraq #HumanRights violation?
In their viewpoint #humanity’s divided to 1st & 2nd classes.Man’s life’s cheap in Asia,Africa & LATAM but expensive in West. #HumanRightsDay
Here are a few ways the US govt can begin to honor #NelsonMandela’s legacy: https://www.aclu.org/blog/human-rights/how-honor-mandelas-legacy … #HumanRightsDay via @jdakwar
In front of United Nations, NYC #NYC #UN #UNRightsAt20 #WashingtonDC #humanrights #150yrs #Circassia #Sochi #O… pic.twitter.com/w54RASKqv7
.@richardhowitt @blochbihler @AnaGomesMEP & 9 others thx for #Stand4humanrights pledge @HRDN_EU asks others to join: http://www.stand4humanrights.eu
#EU HighRep pledges commitment 2 rights defenders. But,repeatedly fails 2 press for releases of imprisoned activists http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/140001.pdf …
On int’l HRday #EU High Rep says thoughts go out to those persecuted because they defend human rights. OK, name them & shame their abusers
Int’l HR day: #EU pledges „unwavering support“to rights defenders. So will EU ambs around the world demand releases of imprisoned activists?
47NGOs launch campaign http://www.stand4humanrights.eu urging #EU Parliament candidates to sign concrete human rights pledges ahead of 2014 elections
Tonight the @TourCNTower shines @HRW blue to celebrate #HumanRightsDay. Tweet your photos, support and stand with us http://bit.ly/1btjcbm
In honor of @hrw & #HumanRightsDay, our lights will shine tonight in all blue. #HRW #EmpireBlue #NYC pic.twitter.com/KXfJsQg6p2
The six winners of #UN Human Rights Prize in this picture @UN General Assembly. #HumanRightsDay pic.twitter.com/KGEtCcmvht
Protesters in #Ukraine should not be subject to brutal repression by security forces. Analysis by @TransparencyUA: http://bit.ly/1jJqQGu
No happy #HumanRightsDay in #Bahrain. Activists imprisoned for peaceful activities. Govt impunity for torture & killings. Why is #EU silent?
#HumanRightsDay: #EU leaders shld remember imprisoned #China activist -& fellow #Nobel laureate- Liu Xiaobo & demand his&his wife’s freedom!
Why is #China’s #Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo in prison? @hrw video honors Liu&his #charter08 manifesto http://bit.ly/1cA3WQh #HumanRightsDay
I posted 6 photos on Facebook in the album „International Human Rights Day – 2013“ http://fb.me/3b2QUSD2n
I’ve signed the #Stand4humanrights pledge because I wanted to renew my commitment to fighting for human rights @hrw http://www.stand4humanrights.eu/#whosigned
#OSCE/ODIHR Director: States must do more to promote & protect right to freedom of peaceful assembly https://www.osce.org/odihr/109362 #HumanRightsDay
#OSCE/ODIHR Director: Violence against peaceful protesters cannot be justified in any circumstance https://www.osce.org/odihr/109362 #HumanRightsDay
@TransparencyUA calls on international organisations to facilitate dialogue between protesters & the govt #euromaidan http://bit.ly/1jJqQGu
„I fear the authorities are trying to stop us reacting to the events in #Ukraine“ @TransparencyUA #euromaidan http://bit.ly/1jJqQGu
#Ukraine is most corrupt country in Europe, behind Belarus & Russia according to the CPI #stopthecorrupt http://bit.ly/1jJqQGu #euromaidan
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Mutilating or desecrating corpses during a conflict is a war crime,“ says UN Human Rights chief Navi Pillay.
“I have repeatedly called for the case of Syria to be referred by the Security Council to the International Criminal Court, so that legal proceedings can begin against people believed to be responsible for serious international crimes, including war crimes and crimes against humanity, irrespective of whether they are on the side of the government or are in opposition to it.”
ENDS
#Syria rebel commander who committed atrocity says he’s willing to face trial if Assad does. Let’s hope they both do. http://trib.al/z9ltAj2
UN: Navi Pillay: Address by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, at the University of Witwatersand, Johannesburg, (17/04/2013)
http://www.ohchr.org
Topic: Human rights achievements and challenges in a rapidly changing world
polity.org.za/article/un-navi-pillay-address-by-the-united-nations-high-commissioner-for-human-rights-at-the-university-of-witwatersand-johannesburg-17042013-2013-04-17
#previous #articles #videos #Navanethem Pillay
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay urging a prompt independent investigation:
2012-10-27 Update — Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
„He cited Aceh as an example, highlighting that the implementation of human rights – as is internationally understood – must adapt to the sharia implemented in
the province.
The joint ministerial decree is among the three regulations the Indonesian government has offered to set up in response to its refusal to adopt 30 „critical“ recommendations by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) after a quadrennial human rights review in May.
In addition to the decree, the government has also announced that it will establish a law on human rights friendly districts and finalize the long-awaited truth and reconciliation bill to deal with past human rights abuses.“
Human rights must bow to religious values: Home Minister | The Jakarta Post
Citing Syria and Mali, deputy UN chief highlights impact of Security Council unity
Religious harmony is a must, but how? | The Jakarta Post
„Table of religious intolerance:
• During the era of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (as of 2007) 108 churches have been closed/damaged; in the era of president Megawati Soekarnoputri, 92; in the era of president Abdurrahman Wahid, 232; in the era of president Soeharto, 456.
• Based on data from the Manado Post daily, there were 2,442 cases of church closures and demolitions in the period between 2004 and 2010
• In 2011, Setara Institute recorded 244 cases of religious intolerance in 17 regions. The largest number of cases was recorded in West Java (57 cases), followed by South Sulawesi (45), East Java (31), North Sumatra (24) and Banten (12).“
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/FreedomReligion/Pages/FreedomReligionIndex.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_religion
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/10/20/religious-harmony-a-must-how.html
2012-10-23 Update: Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
„We need humanitarian assistance. If we reject the humanitarian assistance, the international community will not accept us,“ Thein Sein told reporters in his first domestic press conference since taking office 18 months ago.
„We have to feed the people. It costs $10,000 a day,“ he said of the Rakhine camps.
„Our government cannot afford it. We are not in a situation to feed the people in the camps with the help of ordinary citizens so we have to accept humanitarian assistance from the international community. If we do not accept the humanitarian assistance they will say we are not human.“
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/46140/myanmar-leader-says-open-to-aid-for-muslims
2012-10-12 Update — BANGLADESH: Rohingya refugees face more restrictions
DHAKA, 12 October 2012 (IRIN) – Activists warn of further restrictions on Rohingya refugees in southeastern Bangladesh following recent communal violence.
“Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh will likely face more restrictions on their movement or arrests and push-backs,” Chris Lewa, director of the Arakan Project, an advocacy organization for the Rohingya, told IRIN on 12 October.
“We are seeing examples of that already on the ground.”
“Refugees International is concerned about the talk of further restrictions being imposed on Rohingya refugees in the Cox’s Bazar District of Bangladesh,” said Melanie Teff, a senior advocate with Refugees International.
The Rohingya – an ethnic, linguistic and religious minority who fled persecution en masse from Myanmar’s neighbouring Rakhine State decades ago – have long had a tenuous relationship with the Bangladeshi authorities who view them as illegal migrants.
Under Burmese law, they are de jure stateless and face constant persecution, say activists, while in Bangladesh they are barred from employment.
According to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), there are more than 200,000 Rohingya in Bangladesh today, including more than 30,000 documented refugees living in two government-run camps [Kutupalong and Nayapara] within 2km of the Burmese border.
UNHCR has not been permitted to register newly arriving Rohingya since mid-1992. The vast majority of Rohingya are living in villages and towns in the area and receive little to no assistance as UNHCR is only allowed to assist those who are documented.
Blame game
On 1 October, Bangladesh Home Minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir accused the Rohingya of involvement in a series of attacks on minority Buddhist temples and homes in the southeast.
The violence was reportedly triggered by a photo posted on Facebook that insulted Islam at the end of September, resulting in some of the worst sectarian violence in Bangladesh in years.
Thousands of Muslims went on the rampage in predominately Buddhist areas, setting ablaze temples and monasteries, resulting in dozens of homes burned.
„The attacks on temples and houses in Buddhist localities in Ramu and neighbouring areas in Cox’s Bazar (district) were perpetrated by radical Islamists,“ the minister told reporters.
„Rohingyas and political opponents of the government were also involved in the attack,” he added, describing the incident as a „premeditated and deliberate attempt“ to disrupt communal harmony.
Recent violence in Rakhine State has displaced thousands
Following the violence, law enforcement agencies were instructed to restrict the movement of Rohingya refugees and curb their interactions with the local community – a move confirmed by refugees on the ground.
“New check posts were established and we are facing abnormal restriction after the Ramu incident,” a 20-year-old Rohingya youth, who asked not to be identified, told IRIN by phone.
Impact in Myanmar
The impact of these events in Myanmar is also a concern. “What’s happening in Bangladesh will only exacerbate communal tension inside Rakhine State,” Lewa said.
In June 2012 violence flared in Rakhine State forcing tens of thousands of Rohingya to flee both within Myanmar and across the border.
According to Myanmar government estimates, more than 70,000 people are now living in temporary camps and shelters following inter-communal conflict.
Of particular concern is forced segregation and protracted displacement in the state capital, Sittwe, where Rohingya who lost their homes in the violence have been moved into camps, says Refugees International.
Despite repeated advocacy efforts by UNHCR, civil society and the diplomatic community, Bangladesh decided to close its borders to persons fleeing the country.
Those who managed to make it to Bangladesh were rounded up and sent back. However, there are no reliable figures on the number of arrivals and the number refouled.
2012-10-11 Update — U Ba Sein Rohingya Blogger
The European Rohingya Council formed ~ Rohingya Blogger http://bit.ly/WS8oiu
2012-10-10 Update — Burma News from Mizzima
Plight of stateless Rohingyas hinges on citizenship: US official. The lack of citizenship must be addressed for any long-term solution to the distress in the Rohingya community http://bit.ly/PmZIRJ
2012-10-06 Update — Democratic Voice of Burma
Analysis: Did the gov’t incite the racial violence targeting the Rohingya? http://bit.ly/R2GFI6
2012-10-06 Update — Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
2012-09-30 Update — “ Casualties of 5 thousand people, numerous people injured and thousands displaced and homeless after the Security Council may not take any action, then what can they ?“ ‘‘২৫ হাজার মানুষের প্রাণহানি, অসংখ্য মানুষ আহত এবং হাজার হাজার মানুষ বাস্তুহারা ও গৃহহীন হওয়ার পরও যদি নিরাপত্তা পরিষদ কোন পদক্ষেপ নিতে না পারে, তাহলে তারা আর কী করতে পারে?“
সিরিয়ার সংকট সমাধানে ব্যর্থ হওয়ায় জাতিসংঘ নিরাপত্তা পরিষদের সংস্কারের দাবি তুলেছে নিউজিল্যান্ড৷ এদিকে, রোহিঙ্গা জাতিগোষ্ঠীর সদস্যদের সংকট সমাধানে সতর্কতার সাথে পদক্ষেপ গ্রহণের আহ্বান জানালেন জাতিসংঘ মহাসচিব বান কি-মুন৷
জাতিসংঘ সাধারণ পরিষদের বৈঠকে নিউজিল্যান্ডের পক্ষ থেকে দাবি উঠেছে, নিরাপত্তা পরিষদের স্থায়ী পাঁচ সদস্যের ভেটো ক্ষমতা সীমিত করার৷ বিশেষ করে যখন গণহত্যার মতো নির্মম ঘটনা বন্ধের প্রশ্ন আসে তখন অন্তত স্থায়ী পাঁচ সদস্যের ভেটো ক্ষমতা রহিত করা উচিত বলে মনে করেন নিউজিল্যান্ডের পররাষ্ট্র মন্ত্রী মারে ম্যাকালি৷ তিনি বলেন, সিরিয়ার বিষয়ে ঐকমত্যে পৌঁছতে ব্যর্থ হওয়ায় নিরাপত্তা পরিষদ তার বিশ্বস্ততা হারাচ্ছে৷
‘‘২৫ হাজার মানুষের প্রাণহানি, অসংখ্য মানুষ আহত এবং হাজার হাজার মানুষ বাস্তুহারা ও গৃহহীন হওয়ার পরও যদি নিরাপত্তা পরিষদ কোন পদক্ষেপ নিতে না পারে, তাহলে তারা আর কী করতে পারে?“ – এমনভাবেই জাতিসংঘ সাধারণ পরিষদের বৈঠকে প্রশ্ন তুলেছেন ম্যাকালি৷ নিরাপত্তা পরিষদের এমন ব্যর্থতায় নিউজিল্যান্ডের মানুষ হতাশ উল্লেখ করে তিনি নিরাপত্তা পরিষদের সংস্কার সাধনের দাবি তুলেন৷ তবে নিরাপত্তা পরিষদে ভেটো ক্ষমতা একেবারে তুলে দেওয়ার কথা না বলে বরং এটিকে সীমিত করার পক্ষে মত দেন মারে ম্যাকালি৷
এদিকে, জাতিসংঘ মহাসচিব বান কি-মুন বিশ্বের বৃহত্তম ইসলামি সংস্থা ওআইসি’র নেতৃবৃন্দের উদ্দেশ্যে বলেছেন, মিয়ানমারের মুসলিম জনগোষ্ঠী রোহিঙ্গাদের বিষয়টি অত্যন্ত সতর্কতার সাথে বিবেচনা করতে হবে৷ নতুবা সেদেশে চলমান রাজনৈতিক সংস্কার প্রক্রিয়াকে ব্যহত করতে পারে বলে আশঙ্কা প্রকাশ করেন তিনি৷ রোহিঙ্গা জনগোষ্ঠীর সমস্যা নিয়ে ইসলামি সম্মেলন সংস্থা ওআইসি’র মহাসচিব একমেলেদ্দিন ইহসানোগলু এবং মিয়ানমারের প্রেসিডেন্ট থেন সেনের সাথে পৃথক বৈঠক করেন বান কি-মুন৷ http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16274693,00.html
2012-09-30 Update — U.N. chief urges careful handling of Myanmar Rohingyas issue
(Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the world’s largest Islamic body on Saturday to „treat carefully“ the issue of the stateless Muslim Rohingyas in Myanmar because it could affect the reform process underway in the country, also known as Burma.
Over the past year, Myanmar has introduced the most sweeping reforms in the former British colony since a 1962 military coup. A semi-civilian government, stacked with former generals, has allowed elections, eased rules on protests and freed dissidents.
Read more here ~ http://bit.ly/RqZc3f
2012-09-26 Update — Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation
The situation of the Rohingya people in Burma remains dire. Even as President Thein Sein has launched political and economic reforms to move the country away from its authoritarian past, and even as Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma’s champion of human rights, has been freed from house arrest and is now in the middle of an historic, emotional, and heavily publicized visit to the United States, there is still a threat of genocide for the Rohingya. With this in mind, Christine Lim traveled to the campus of Columbia University on Sept. 14 for a discussion titled “Burma in Transition: Minorities, Human Rights, and Democratic Process.” http://bit.ly/UtjzuV
2012-09-20 Update Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
4th in the R2P ‚classics‘ series. As a reviewer in the Times Higher Ed put it, ‚its clear and accessible style, as well as its meticulous discussion of the R2P’s historical and political context, is well integrated into an analysis of the practical side of genocide prevention…‘. Meticulous research is right – brings the ICISS and the WS outcome debates to life. Tim http://bit.ly/OnkNv1
2012-09-18 Update — Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
“We are sending them logistical aid, treating them as though they were victims of natural disasters, when what they need most is legal status, adequate livelihoods and a stable future,” Mahendradatta, one of a team of Muslim lawyers, said in Jakarta on Saturday. http://bit.ly/UYrjHA
2012-09-16 Update — Myanmar investigates anti-Rohingya violence
Government commission makes first visit to Rakhine state to investigate violence between Buddhists and Muslims.
The government-appointed commission tasked with investigating violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar, has just completed its first visit to the area. The 27 members saw, first-hand, segregated communities following fighting that resulted in the deaths of at least 80 people and the burning of homes, businesses, Muslim mosques and Buddhist temples.
Around 60,000 Rohingya Muslims remain in camps after violence in June which followed the rape and murder of a Buddhist girl allegedly by three Muslim men. There are also thousands of Buddhists who are still displaced after their homes too were burned to the ground.
In the Muslim majority town of Maungdaw, Rakhine Buddhists are in camps, while in the capital Sittwe, where Buddhists have a slim majority, the homeless are mainly staying in monasteries where their numbers are decreasing as people slowly regain enough courage to return to their communities.
The Rohingya, however, have had their freedoms restricted. Officially, they’ve been told they can leave the camps, but with the caveat from security forces that their safety cannot be guaranteed.
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“We are not allowed to go back to our houses,” said Jakersharife, a Rohingya man whose sister and grandmother were killed in the fighting.
“We want our homes back. We want our land, our business and peace,” he said.
2012-09-13 Update — Human Rights Education Institute of Burma (HREIB)
Rohingyas ‘have the right’ to apply for Burmese citizenship: minister. Rohingyas born in Burma are eligible to apply for citizenship if at least two generations of their families have lived in the country, Immigration Minister Khin Ye told the Radio Free Asia Burmese Service on Wednesday.
He said that those who met these requirements “have the right” to apply for citizenship in Burma, where many of them have lived in Rakhine State along the Bangladesh border for generations.
“Foreigners, like the Bengalis, have the right to apply for citizenship if they want to,” Khin Ye said, citing an amendment to the country’s constitution in 1982 during the rule of the former military regime. http://bit.ly/QV8aSx
2012-09-13 Update — Human Rights Education Institute of Burma (HREIB)
Rohingya Can ‘Apply for Citizenship’An immigration official says the minority can settle in Burma if individuals meet certain requirements. http://bit.ly/QV8aSx
2012-09-12 Update — Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
„In Myanmar, tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees remain stranded in squalid camps after violence left their homes destroyed. Myanmar’s government estimated at least 70,000 people had been displaced by fighting in Rakhine state in July. The unrest began after a Buddhist Rakhine woman was raped and killed in May, allegedly by three Muslim Rohingya men. The UN says more than 100,000 Rohingya refugees are living in camps near the state capital Sittwe after their villages were destroyed.“ http://bcove.me/nd3twiit
2012-09-12 Update — Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
„Tens of thousands of displaced people continue to live in refugee camps in Myanmar’s Rakhine state after clashes between Rohingya Muslims and Rakhine Buddhists killed dozens of combatants in June.
Both sides accuse the other group of having committed atrocities during the conflict.“ http://aje.me/O4JGoC
2012-09-11 Update Muslim delegation visits Rakhine State in Burma http://bit.ly/U5Obm0
An delegation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) led by the group’s representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Ufuk Gokcen, arrived in Rakhine State in Burma on Sunday.
“They met the union border affairs minister and Rakhine chief minister and also visited some refugee camps and made donations,” an official said, adding that the group concluded their visit on Monday.
2012-09-11 Update Matthew F. Smith @matthewfsmith @crisisgroup
Good piece by @jimdella on the plight of Burma’s stateless Rohingya & the need for peace & reconciliation. @crisisgroup http://bit.ly/UGc31M
2012-09-07 Update — Rohinga Blogger U Ba Sei
Our View: Burmese Muslims face severe persecution | Azizah al-Hibri and Robert P. George
For Muslim Americans and other concerned citizens in Indianapolis and elsewhere in the nation, news of still more violence against the largely Muslim Rohingya of Burma highlights the plight of one of the world’s most persecuted communities and the need for a global response. The latest bloodshed, coupled with two prior months of riots and murders, has left more than 700 dead and 80,000 homeless. This violence has been compounded by the behavior of the Burmese security forces who, according to major human rights organizations, have participated in killings and rapes as well as mass arrests against the Rohingya. Read more here ~ http://bit.ly/QqWYjX
2012-09-06 Update — Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
The Rohingya crisis: ASEAN vs Red Cross | The Jakarta Post
„ASEAN as a home for all its members, ironically, has not yet offered any solution to extinguish the Rohingya fire. ASEAN therefore has to restore its credibility as a common home for all ASEAN peoples including the Rohingyas by optimizing the ASEAN Inter-governmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), which has a special mandate to promote and protect human rights across the region…
In the spirit of non-interference, AICHR could facilitate the Myanmar government through various capacity-building supports for their law-enforcement officials such as community policing especially in the state of Rakhine.
This approach is in line with the mandate of the Outcome Document of the 2005 United Nations World Summit (A/RES/60/1, para. 138-140) and the Secretary-General’s 2009 Report (A/63/677) on the Implementation of the Responsibility to Protect which stipulates that the state carries the primary responsibility for protecting populations from genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing, and their incitement.“
2012-09-04 Update — Rakhine commission schedules 9-day investigation trip
“Our main objective is to do a pre-survey to help carry out our tasks,” said commission Secretary Dr. Kyaw Yin Hlaing. The team will meet with victims from both communities, residents, government officials and other officials during the trip, he told the Myanmar Times newspaper.
Following the trip, the commission will recruit and train people to collect data that will aid its investigation. http://www.mizzima.com/news/inside-burma/7927-rakhine-commission-schedules-9-day-investigation-trip.html
2012-08-30 Update HRW report details persecution of Burma’s Rohingya Muslims
Reports from the US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International, and from Al Jazeera, have shed further light on the oppressive conditions facing the Rohingya Muslim population in Burma’s Rakhine state (also known as Arakan), as well as the communal violence that broke out in June. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/aug2012/burm-a30.shtml
2012-08-30 Update — China Denies UN Access to Returning Refugees | The Irrawaddy Magazine http://www.irrawaddy.org/archives
The Chinese authorities have banned officials of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR) from accessing Kachin refugees who are being forced back home into war-torn northern Burma.
More than 2,000 refugees who took shelter in China’s southwestern Yunnan Province have been deported to Burma since last week. Aid workers, Human Rights Watch and the United States have all urged Beijing to cease the forced repatriation as hostilities between Burmese government troops and Kachin rebels are escalating.
2012-08-29 Update — The Rohingya massacre and OIC
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20120829134347 The conference, convened by King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, condemned the policy of violence meted out by the government of Myanmar to the Rohingya, describing it incompatible with the principles of human rights and international laws.
2012-03-30 Myanmar poll key test of democratic reform – UN expert
“I have consistently stressed that the next round of elections should be truly free, fair, inclusive and transparent, but the credibility of Sunday’s vote will not be determined solely on the day, but in the lead-up to and following election day,” said UN expert on human rights in Myanmar Ojea Quintana. More: http://bit.ly/HoYm3k
2012-08-26 Update — Democratic Voice of Burma DVB @DemocVoiceBurma
Watchdog slates Bangladesh over Rohingya policy | Democratic Voice of Burma http://www.dvb.no/news/watchdog-slates-bangladesh-over-rohingya-policy/23437 … #Burma #Myanmar
2012-08-25 Update — Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P)
HRW says China is „flouting its international legal obligations by forcibly returning Kachin refugees to an active conflict zone rife with Burmese army abuses.“ http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/08/24/china-refugees-forcibly-returned-burma
2012-08-24 Update — Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P)
HRW says Bangladesh’s policy towards Rohingya refugees is „cruel and inhumane“ and calls upon the government to do more to assist and protect the Rohingya fleeing from killings and other sectarian violence in Burma/Myanmar’s Rakhine State. http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/08/22/bangladesh-assist-protect-rohingya-refugees
2012-08-24 Update — U.S. Ambassador in Myanmar Speaks Out on Rohingya . The “Rohingya are oppressed by everybody,” Mr. Mitchell said. “These people are stateless. They have nowhere to turn. And it is not going to be lost on the international community.”
http://blogs.wsj.com/searealtime/2012/08/24/u-s-ambassador-in-myanmar-speaks-out-on-rohingya
2012-08-23 Update — HRW finds Bangladesh’s Rohingya policy ‘cruel’; urges govt to open borders
Dhaka, 23 August: New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has slammed the government for its restrictions on humanitarian aid to Rohingya Muslim refugees fleeing persecution and violence in neighbouring Myanmar. http://www.bengalnewz.com/bangladesh/dhaka/082328080.html
2012-08-20 Update — International Criminal Law Bureau
Burma to Investigate Rakhine Violence http://www.internationallawbureau.com/blog/?p=5717
2012-08-20 Update — Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P)
Burma/Myanmar has formed a commission to investigate the violence in Rakhine State. The commission is charged with „determining the circumstances behind the unrest and recommending short and long-term strategies to overcome the community tensions and mistrust.“ http://bit.ly/SHayxA
2012-08-18 Update — Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
Exercising responsibility or dodging international investigation? Myanmar sets up internal investigation of Buddhist-Muslim clashes to make proposals for peace http://wapo.st/NvMTUf
2012-08-18 Update — Myanmar to examine Muslim-Buddhist violence – Asia-Pacific – Al Jazeera English. Government forms 27-member commission to find causes of June clashes and suggest ways for for „peaceful coexistence“. http://aje.me/QLMeZL
2012-08-17 Update — Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P) OCHA reports that the overall security situation is improving across the Rakhine State, though inter-communal tensions remain very high, with reports of sporadic conflicts in some townships.87 people dead, over 5,300 houses destroyed in Rakhine State: gov’t http://bit.ly/N4tARU
Islamic group to take Rohingya issue to the UN http://bit.ly/RU2rQI
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned „the continued recourse to violence by the Myanmar authorities against the members of this minority and their refusal to recognize their right to citizenship,“ and said it would bring the matter before the UNGA.
2012-08-17 Update — SBY asks Kalla to be RI’s special envoy for Rohingya issue | The Jakarta Post – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked former vice president Jusuf Kalla, who is also the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) chairman, to be Indonesia’s special envoy in the ongoing conflict involving ethnic Rohingya people in Myanmar. http://bit.ly/NrUenI
2012-08-15 Update — BBC News – Muslim homes razed in Burma’s Rakhine state – report http://bbc.in/NyzHdq Thousands of Rohingya Muslims are living in refugee camps outside of Sittwe.
2012-08-15 Update — International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect (ICRtoP)
UN envoy welcomes mission to Myanmar’s state of Rakhine, the site of recent ethnic violence that has displaced thousands of people.
“This has demonstrated the willingness of the Myanmar Government to cooperate with the international community to alleviate the suffering of its people,” Mr. Nambiar said, adding that he and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had been in continuous contact with authorities on the matter. http://bit.ly/PcJ30U
2012-08-15 Update — Rohingya: Allegations and Refutations (Part 1) | M.S.Anwar ~ SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research, Vol. 1, No., 1, Spring 2003, ISSN 1479-8484
#UNESCO Early Article Reprint 1 http://www.soas.ac.uk/sbbr/editions/file64276.pdf #allegation #refutation The name Rohinga didn´t exist in history.
2012-08-14 Update — Thousands of Rohingya helpless after violence (Exclusive Video)
Al Jazeera gains exclusive access to Rakhine state where 70,000 people have been displaced by ethno-sectarian violence.
Tens of thousands of displaced people continue to live in refugee camps in Myanmar’s Rakhine state after clashes between Rohingya Muslims and Rakhine Buddhists killed dozens of combatants in June.
Read & watch here ~ http://bit.ly/Nn3qd3
2012-08-13 Update — Protect 1.5 million people displaced in Syria -UN expert (1 photo) http://on.fb.me/QW1RC0
“It is imperative that all parties to the conflict respect international humanitarian and human rights law http://www.un.org/en/law/index.shtml, particularly the right to life and the right to physical integrity, and ensure the protection of IDPs [internally displaced persons] as civilians,” urged UN human rights expert Chaloka Beyani. More: http://bit.ly/O6FmYP
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A WFP staffer interviews a Syrian family as part of a needs assessment mission, which found that some 1.5 million people in Syria need food assistance over the next 3 to 6 months. Credit: WFP
2012-08-13 Update — @HRmyanmar *** Where is so-called Rohinga ( or ) Bangali in the Ethnic Groups of CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ( C I A ) THE WORLD FACTBOOK ???? *** http://bit.ly/NtkyMj
2012-08-13 Update — Saudi King orders $50 million aid for Myanmar Muslims http://bit.ly/TxsZHj
Aung San Suu Kyi facing backlash for silence on abuses via @Telegraph http://soc.li/Msd4yRL
2012-08-13 Update — First aid in Myanmar except for Turkey to accept the UN http://bit.ly/S2nPQO
2012-08-11 Update — United Nations Human Rights
The human rights situations of Muslims in the southern provinces, particularly displaced persons from Myanmar and Bangladesh, and of other ethnic minorities, stateless people and migrant workers, as well as the issue of human trafficking were among the questions raised when the UN committee against racial discrimination examined the report (http://bit.ly/QFks58) of Thailand. Discussion summary: http://bit.ly/QlpKi6
2012-08-10 Update — International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect (ICRtoP)
Myanmar has welcomed a visit by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the world’s largest Muslim grouping, which has urged a probe into violence between Buddhist Rakhine and Rohingya that has left scores dead in recent months. Myanmar invites OIC probe of sectarian violence http://bit.ly/NiZBU8
2012-08-10 Update– UN appeals to Bangladesh to allow aid groups to resume work http://bit.ly/Qh63b8
“The government has sound evidence that the three UN employees were involved in the Rakhine riots,” said Thein Htay, the border affairs minister, in the first official explanation of the arrests.
The UN continues to call for detailed information about the employees and why they are being held.
2012-08-10 Update — Iranian lawmakers call halt to ‘massacre,’ ‘genocide’ http://bit.ly/P90LDa
2012-08-10 Update — EU asks Bangladesh to rescind aid ban on NGOs http://bit.ly/RF7tBR
2012-08-10 Update — Rohingya send ‘open letter’ to international community http://bit.ly/PGt079
2012-08-10 Update — New curfew imposed after renewed attacks in Rakhine State http://bit.ly/NIWUXT
2012-08-10 Update — Burma to consider allowing Islamic group to visit Rakhine State http://bit.ly/P6SXlC
2012-08-10 Update — Turkey foreign minister travels to Rakhine State http://bit.ly/MFphWX
2012-08-09 Update — British MP Sadiq Khan highlights suffering of Rohingya http://shar.es/vk75l “We have seen positive actions from the Burmese government in recent years – such as the release of Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest – but they need to realise that the first job of government is to secure the safety of all citizens.
It is important that the British government uses all its influence to end this savage treatment of the Rohingya community by the Burmese authorities.
2012-08-09 Update — Suu Kyi must not ignore the Rohingya – New Straits Times http://bit.ly/QObFAc
2012-08-09 Update — Rohingya send ‘open letter’ to international community http://bit.ly/PGt079
2012-08-08 Update — Rohingya Muslims: Zardari writes letter to Myanmar president http://bit.ly/MKuOwG President says Pakistani government, people were saddened to learn about the losses of Muslims.
He said that only peaceful coexistence of various communities would ensure that the democratic transition was not reversed.
2012-08-08 Update — ASEAN mulls assistance for Myanmar Rohingya http://on-msn.com/NiG8RG#scpti50„ASEAN cannot be perceived to be standing by without taking any action on such a big scale of humanitarian difficulty,“ he added. Bangladesh last week banned three international agencies from providing assistance to Rohingya refugees who had fled from neighbouring Myanmar. Decades of discrimination have left the Rohingya stateless, and they are viewed by the UN as one of the world’s most persecuted minorities.
Myanmar’s government considers the estimated 800,000 Rohingya in the country to be foreigners while many citizens see them as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and view them with hostility.
2012-08-07 — United Nations Human Rights — Expressed concern over alleged human rights violations in Rakhine and Kachin as well as the continued detention of prisoners of conscience, UN rights expert Tomás Ojea Quintana stressed that Myanmar needs to grapple with serious human rights challenges before democracy can succeed. More: http://bit.ly/MeQBjf
2012-08-06 — Update International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect (ICRtoP)
UN expert Tomás Ojea Quintana says challenges remain in Myanmar, and calls for an independent investigation into allegations of serious human rights abuses committed by State actors in Rakhine. http://bit.ly/OWrNxv
2012-08-06 Update — UN envoy calls for Myanmar ‚truth commission‘ http://bit.ly/OV5p7Y more detail: http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/2012/08/04/myanmar-has-serious-human-rights-challenges/5q4BvgxhqvbtheBzySCs2K/story.html
2012-08-06 Update– Demonstrators back Rohingya resettlement proposal | Democratic Voice of Burma http://bit.ly/OFRce0 The plan was promptly rejected by the UNHCR.
“The resettlement programs organised by UNHCR are for refugees who are fleeing a country to another, in very specific circumstances. Obviously, it’s not related to this situation,” said Guterres according to an AP report.
The plan was promptly rejected by the UNHCR.
“The resettlement programs organised by UNHCR are for refugees who are fleeing a country to another, in very specific circumstances. Obviously, it’s not related to this situation,” said Guterres according to an AP report.
Last week’s order to three international aid agencies, MSF, Action Against Hunger and Muslim Aid, to stop proving aid to Rohingya refugees, in the full knowledge of the suffering and possible deaths that such an order will cause, will not solve any of the problems Bangladesh faces with Rohingya refugees.
2012-08-06 Update — Bangladesh’s lose – lose strategy on the Rohingya | Democratic Voice of Burma http://bit.ly/OGmcub.
The root cause of Rohingya refugees arriving in Bangladesh is the persecution they face, and also the long-term refusal of the government to allow international agencies full and free access to assist the Rohingya. Preventing refugees in Bangladesh from receiving aid doesn’t address this problem. Devoting significant military police and security resources to trying to turn back refugees doesn’t solve this problem. What is needed is a political solution.
Bangladesh could win significant international plaudits and favours by allowing Rohingya refugees’ entry to Bangladesh, and negotiating a fully-fledged international aid operation, funded internationally, to assist those refugees.
2012-08-05 Update — RT @KenRoth #Burma’s Arakan violence so far leaves 90 dead & 100,000 displaced, says @HRW. Govt troops join killing of #Rohingya. http://trib.al/ETmhsg In its 1982 Citizen Act, Burma denied the Rohingya community citizenship, although many have lived in Rakhine State for centuries.
Quintana will present his finding to the UN Security Council.
2012-08-01 Update — RT @KenRoth: Slideshow of violence in #Burma’s Arakan State, mostly against Muslim #Ronhingya, from @HRW. http://www.hrw.org/features/burma-violence-arakan-state
The crisis highlighted the long-standing and systemic discrimination against the Rohingya Muslim community, who are not recognised by the State and remain stateless, said the UN human rights chief. Find out more: http://bit.ly/QjGLd7
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Daw Kyine Than Phyu, 96-years-old, is in a temporary camp to take refuge from recent violence in the area in Rakhine State, Myanmar, 17 June 2012. The latest instability in Rakhine state was triggered on 28 May, when an ethnic Rakhine woman was raped and murdered. This was followed by the killing of 10 Muslims by an unidentified mob on 3 June. According to official figures, over 70,000 people have been displaced in the ensuing violence. At least 78 have died, although unofficial estimates are higher. Credit: EPA/LYNN BO BO
A large number of Muslims are killed in Burma by Budisht , army and police of Burma as Muslims are in minority in Burma but silence of World Powers on this issue is a more worse crime.
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Caption: An ethnic Rakhine man carries bamboo at the burnt Myoe Thu Gyee quarter in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 16 June 2012. Credit: EPA/LYNN BO BO
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Muslims are compelled to remain inside the country as internal refugees. They face abuse in the forms of rape, torture, extortion, and murder.
Sexual violence and terrorizing thousands of Muslims women and their families. The situation of the Muslim minorities is more complicated because they are not recognized as citizens and any scope of any reconciliation will not give them any protection.
The longer the UN Security Council remains silent, the more people will die.
You and I can make that happen. Burma’s Noble Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has asked the international community for help. Tell the U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to pass a resolution to stop the genocide in Burma. The clock is ticking. God have mercy on us all if we stand by and do nothing.
United Nations must to find a way to solve the suffering of the more than a million Muslims in Burma. There is an urgent need for medical supplies and food aid.
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#UN Rights Chief @Navi_Pillay urges #Iran nuclear talks to include human rights
#UN Rights Chief @Navi_Pillay urges #Iran nuclear talks to include human rights http://reut.rs/Vh8F39 , and she is absolutely right!
#Iran Deputy FM Aragchi rejects UN’s Pillay call to incl human rights in nuclear talks,calls it unrelated „such request will lead nowhere“
A package of 9 WS that serves as an accompaniment to #IHRDC’s #report:The IR’s #Executions of #Kurds in 1979″. http://bit.ly/1iSbeU5 #Iran
130 Women Sign Letter to Protest Women Barred From Entering Azadi Stadium http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2014/07/130-women/ … #Iran
What unraveled #BNP’s illegal deals? A grieving father’s investigation and the #Iranian regime’s Manhattan front http://t.uani.com/1xgNtb9
Pillay alarmed by killing of civilians in Ukraine
An average of around 36 people are being killed every day in #Ukraine – new @UNRightswire report: http://sm.ohchr.org/1tgBvz9
NEW report issued today on #Ukraine documents wide array of serious #HumanRrights abuses: http://sm.ohchr.org/1tgBvz9
UN report: civilian deaths in eastern Ukraine averaging 36 per day http://bit.ly/1zSnKoX
Neuer #UN-Bericht: etwa 36 Tote jeden Tag im #Ukraine-Krieg. http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=14975&LangID=E … Ich werde mich nie an solche Meldungen gewöhnen.
PHR stats on attacks on medical facilities & personnel in #Syria featured in report of #UN Secretary-General http://owl.li/ARSM9 (pdf)
Aug reprt to the UNSC on #Syria: „despite the adoption of presidential stmt 2013 & res 2139, 2165, the protection situation has worsened.“
#UN:Almost half of all #Syrians have been forced to abandon their homes & flee for their lives http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/29/world/middleeast/syrian-refugees-surpass-3-million-un-says.html?ref=middleeast&_r=0 …
#UN: #Syria is now „biggest humanitarian emergency of our era“. More than 3m have fled war http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28977117 … … pic.twitter.com/dsiiAzmN3V
UN peacekeepers detained by unknown group in Syria http://bit.ly/XYjHfo
#UN tells #UNSC atrocity crimes & impunity „have become the norm in #Syria„. Will #Russia continue to block #ICC? https://docs.unocha.org/sites/dms/Documents/ASG%20Kang_Statement_Syria_28%20Aug.pdf …
Syrian refugees top 3 million, half of all Syrians displaced – UN http://reut.rs/1wLTyj1
Syrians are now worlds largest refugee population under UNHCR care. The Syria operation is now the largest in UNHCR history. #syria @UN
#UN says, refugees fleeing #Syria surpass 3 million, requiring biggest operation in 64yr history of UNHCR @Refugees http://owl.li/ARzhG
School’s Out in #Syria. By my @hrw colleague @BedeOnKidRights http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/08/28/dispatches-school-s-out-syria …
Another reason to come clean on #CIA torture and other #unlawful acts. @attackerman @ACLU http://bit.ly/1paNnLt
CIA rendition victims urge Obama to name them in Senate report http://bit.ly/1CavLcH
Palestinian Ministry of Health – Gaza Final Report pic.twitter.com/k3LuEVDYCE
ICC Prosecutor: recourse to justice should never be compromised by political expediency http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/29/icc-gaza-hague-court-investigate-war-crimes-palestine …
Pillay addresses UN #SecurityCouncil a few days before the end of her term.
U.N. rights chief rebukes Security Council for failures to act
As @UNrightswire Pillay meets #UNSC for last time, #UNSG commends her honest views and unvarnished reports http://bit.ly/1pU7kux
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بيلاي تنتقد بشدّة „العجز“ في الملفّ #السوريّ – دراسةٍ جديدة عن الأمم المتحدة تشير إلى مقتل 191000+ شخصٍ: http://sm.ohchr.org/1ohN0yt
UN #HumanRights Pillay castigates “paralysis” on #Syria – UN study reveals over 191,000 people killed: http://sm.ohchr.org/1pZnoev
2/2 #China jails peaceful critics, denies justice to #Syria victims w #UNSC vetoes, but #UN SG praises rights record? http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=48496#.U_zqOfmSx5A …
New UN Special Rapporteur requests access to #Israel & #Palestine: http://sm.ohchr.org/1tFlikF
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Palestinian children who cannot access their school protest near an Israeli check point in Hebron on August 26, 2014. pic.twitter.com/qGp1ZI7zxv
Yes & #UNSC turns a blind eye. MT:@Elizrael 1yr after #CW massacre, remember #Syrians are still being killed en masse pic.twitter.com/qfh6XaX0Oe
Int’l resolve to ensure compliance more needed than ever MT:@ICRC:2day we celebrate 150yrs of 1st #GenevaConvention. pic.twitter.com/vj5qGFEuWk”
#UN Rights Chief @Navi_Pillay castigates “paralysis” on #Syria, as new @UN study indicates over 191,000 ppl killed: http://ow.ly/ABkFU
#UN Rights Chief to #UNSC:“I firmly believe greater responsiveness by this Council would have saved hundreds of thousands of lives.“ Indeed!
#UN #Rights Chief reminds #UNSC that crises do not erupt w/o warning. They built up over years of rights grievances. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/21/us-rights-un-idUSKBN0GL1TN20140821 …
Thank you for following UN Rights Chief Pillay’s statement to the #UNSC – Read the full speech: http://sm.ohchr.org/1mpNJxR #ICYMI
- This Council has the mandate to address crises before they escalate into threats to int’l peace & security – Pillay to
#UNSC - The laws of the UN are most needed when conflict looms – UN
#HumanRights Chief Pillay to the UN#SecurityCouncil - Pillay to
#UNSC: Sovereign states established@UN because they knew#Rights violations cause conflict & undermine sovereignty - State sovereignty is often invoked to deflect UN action to prevent serious
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#veto to stop actions intended to prevent/defuse conflict is a short-term & counter-productive tactic – Pillay to#UNSC - I firmly believe that greater responsiveness by this Council would have saved hundreds of thousands of lives – Pillay to
#UNSC #SyriaConflict is metastasing outwards in an uncontrollable process whose eventual limits we cannot predict – Pillay to#UNSC#HumanRights are always central to conflict prevention –@UNRightswire Pillay to UN#SecurityCouncil- In
#SouthAfrica,@UN helped end 300 years of injustice when it declared apartheid a crime agst humanity – Pillay to#UNSC - Conflict prevention is complex but it can be achieved – UN
#HumanRights Chief Pillay to the UN#SecurityCouncil
Now: Security Council is holding a meeting on conflict prevention. Ban Ki-moon & Navi Pillay to brief. Watch live: http://webtv.un.org
STARTING SOON: Pillay addresses UN #SecurityCouncil a few days before the end of her term. Watch LIVE: http://webtv.un.org
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Pillay alarmed at mounting civilian toll in Gaza, appeals to all sides to abide by international law
US Ambassador to the UN, Keith Harper, has stated that he intends to confront the anti-Israel bias in the UN Human Rights Council. Ambassador Harper said, “It’s not going to be easy, this bias is deep, its continual, its structural. No country should have to deal with the kind of bias that has occurred with the council from year to year.”
This is precisely why the international community will never confront Israel.
Why is the international community afraid to confront Israel on Palestine. The hypocrisy is astounding.
UN Rights Pillay alarmed at civilian death toll in #Gaza & indiscriminate firing or rockets into #Israel http://sm.ohchr.org/1oKhGKv
I have been to #Gaza & to #Sderot and I have seen how traumatic these attacks are on civilians – Pillay: http://sm.ohchr.org/1oKhGKv
RT:@UNrightswire #Israel/#OPT: Pillay urges all sides to protect civilians & respect int’l law:http://sm.ohchr.org/1oKhGKv
UN rights chief alarmed at possible international law violations in Gaza http://bit.ly/1wgfPA0
Abbas to ask UN to put Palestine under international protection… http://ow.ly/z6xsW
Check out OGR’s newest debate theme on the New #HighCommissioner for #HumanRights http://ow.ly/yTevM @hrw @opiniojuris @UNrightswire
#Gaza – Yes ALL SIDES! MT:@ChrisGunness All sides,repeat ALL SIDES must respect sanctity of civilian life&inviolability of #UN installations
For #UN #Gaza updates, background & analysis FF @UNRWA Spox @ChrisGunness and phone +972 542 402 659 #Israel #Palestine RT
In Pictures: Israeli strikes devastate Gaza http://fb.me/1HJjfI1M0
We would need 84 stadiums like Estádio Maracanã to seat 6.6 million #ChildrenofSyria in need of aid. #WorldCupFinal #WorldCup
Palestinians go 2 UNRWA school 2 seek shelter after evacuating north #Gaza „http://unrwa.org “ credit RT pic.twitter.com/6cPFbD79Jk
Background information on the IDF hitting UNRWA #Gaza HQ in 2009 http://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/official-statements/secretary-general-outraged-shelling-un-building-gaza … we must avoid a repeat at all cost RT
BREAKING NEWS: Number of people taking shelter in UNRWA installations in #Gaza has risen above 10,000 RT
Warning preceded #Israel bombing of #Gaza center f disabled. OK,but ppl couldn’t flee & it wasn’t a ligitimate target http://trib.al/zmQl5om
UN reports that 70% of Palestinian fatalities since 7 July (89) have been civilians, of whom 30% (27) are children. http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_sitrep_12_07_2014.pdf …
Impunity for serious crimes a hallmark of #Israel–#Palestine conflict.http://www.hrw.org/news/2009/12/26/israelgaza-one-year-after-hostilities-abuses-unpunished … PA should refer to #ICC to help advance justice
All parties to #Gaza conflict must comply w laws of war:http://www.hrw.org/news/2008/12/31/q-hostilities-between-israel-and-hamas …. PA shld refer situation 2 #ICC 2advance justice&deter crimes
18 members of #Gaza family reportedly killed in #Israel airstrike RT @StevenErlanger: El Batsch family. Gaza City pic.twitter.com/jwAXFvvtJW”
To clarify Batsh family deaths. 17 confined dead 5 missing. But having seen blast destruction that may mean just not found bodies…
Warning ppl in #Gaza to flee doesn’t mean #Israel can just target those left http://trib.al/ts9ed6e -as in #Lebanon http://trib.al/8jnhGwx
Here names &ages of 174 Palestinians, including whole families, killed since Tuesday. @UNRWA says 70% are civilians http://www.imemc.org/article/68429
See full text of today’s #UN Security Council statement on #Gaza here: http://bit.ly/1oueX6p
„Let others talk of Vienna, Paris & Rome!“
#Gaza „What is striking about these hostilities is the level of intensity already reached…“ 3min Briefing: http://goo.gl/axNUyE
VIDEO MT:@Refugees Follow a #Syria family’s emergency resettlement in Norway, to save the lives of their young sons http://rfg.ee/z4PDm
#Gaza: „I found the daughter’s head in the rubble around my home. The little boy’s arm was on my doorstep.” http://m.thenational.ae/world/palestinian-territories/amid-the-rubble-and-body-parts-gazans-helpless-beneath-israeli-onslaught …
For #UN #Gaza updates, background & analysis FF @UNRWA Spox @ChrisGunness and phone +972 542 402 659 #Israel #Palestine
VIDEO „A Decade of Illegality“ 10yrs since Int’l Court ruling. Now, imagine a #WestBankBarrier in #London #Paris #NY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjK6kSMizn8&feature=youtu.be …
- Regular UNRWA operations continue. All but 2 of our 21 health clinics remain operational and all regular UNRWA services remain available RT
- In the past 24 hours, nine UNRWA schools were damaged – in Gaza City, Middle Area, North Area, Khan Younis and Rafah. RT
- A total of 31 UNRWA installations have been damaged since Tuesday, 8 July. RT
- So most of Gaza City without power after two of the three functioning lines bringing power from Israel were damaged by airstrikes RT
#Israel air strike reportedly ‚hits charitable association for disabled‘ in #Gaza | @Telegraph http://fw.to/gMi0uVN
We are getting close to an agreement on a resolution authorizing humanitarian cross borders access in Syria. Tough negotiation.
RT @_hannahdunphy: Good read on role of media/public ambivalence to Frankfurt Auschwitz trial http://bit.ly/1q3SiEN @GenPrev
19 yrs ago today, largest massacre in Europe since Holocaust began at Srebrenica. As many as 8000 Bosniaks perished. http://bit.ly/U6mKzw
I first heard this story at the Holocaust museum in DC. It has stuck with me ever since and I wanted to share – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35k-xrJyOL8 …
My first TV appearance as host this morning on @Islamchannel reporting on the anniversary of the #SrebrenicaGenocide
Mothers from #Srebrenica live on Islam Channel speaking of their experiences on 11th July, the 19th anniversary #RSMW pic.twitter.com/4fUROxfvH0
On anniversary of #Srebrenica NYCity Bar Assn calls for US support of intl justice & joining @intlcrimcourt http://bit.ly/1pXDdEL
Commemorating #Srebrenica massacre.We will never forget! But did world leaders learn? #Sudan/S, #SriLanka, #DRC, #CAR, #Burma, #Syria & more
#Genocide is the ultimate crime: a profound & whole-scale violation of #HumanRights – UN Rights Pillay:
#Genocide is the ultimate crime: a profound & whole-scale violation of #HumanRights – UN Rights Pillay: http://sm.ohchr.org/1flCmZt
#Myanmar’s treatment of #Rohingya Muslims amounts to ‚ethnic cleansing‘ and ‚crimes against humanity‘. http://shar.es/Sn39d #Genocide
#Syria’s Aleppo,once a vibrant city,now split & traumatized by grinding conflict w civilians paying the highest price http://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/SB10001424052702304626304579505351626614392-lMyQjAxMTA0MDIwNTEyNDUyWj …
Dutch FM Timmermans: as long as likeminded govts don’t regain credibility, countries w/o good in mind will take advantage. #FOC14
Undecided? Want more info before you make up your mind? Get the facts about the EU (& much more) here http://better.tg/18b2IrP #indyref
“#Rohingya people denied medical support according to @EndGenocideDan #RohingyaLSE
#Holocaust Memorial Day: Stop turning a blind eye to signs of serious #HumanRights violations – Pillay:
#Holocaust Memorial Day: Stop turning a blind eye to signs of serious #HumanRights violations – Pillay: http://sm.ohchr.org/1aBRFev
“Today, we honour the memory of the millions of people – men, women and children – brutally murdered seven decades ago for the simple fact of being Jewish, Roma, Slav or homosexual, because they had disabilities, or were Jehovah’s witnesses or political opponents,” UN Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay says for the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the #Holocaust. Read her full statement:http://sm.ohchr.org/
UN Human Rights chief Navi Pillay paid her respects to the #Holocaust victims at #Auschwitz
“It is truly a humbling experience to feel the immense tragedy that permeates the walls and grounds of this terrible place. I commemorate all the children, women and men who were killed by the Nazi regime, in absolute denial of their #HumanRights”, she said during her visit at the concentration camp.
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Roma, LGBT, Anti-Racist, Disability and Jewish Organisations Stand Together on Int. Holocaust Remembrance Day: http://www.ertf.org/images/Press_Releases/2014/JPR27012014_FINAL.pdf …
JoÄint Press Statement: International Holocaust Remembrance Day: United front against all forms of racism: pic.twitter.com/hJ9IP8aeJ2
Poland to investigate alleged CIA secret prison following new developments http://bit.ly/1aTytDv
International #Holocaust Remembrance day: during the Holocaust Lithuania lost nearly 200.000 citizens, this is a day to remember all of them
#Burma could be the site of the world’s next #genocide says @gcaw http://owl.li/t08jH #Muslims #Rohingya
Today on Int’l Holocaust Remembrance Day, we must learn from history & apply its lessons to #humanrights crises today. #HMD2014 #Burma #CAR
Intl #Holocaust Remembrance Day – Howard Jacobson: Re-reading If This Is a Man by Primo Levi. http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/apr/05/rereading-if-this-is-man … #Holocaustday
Russian duma never ceases to amaze: Bill Broadening Gay Propaganda Law to All Sexual Orientations Submitted to Duma http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/bill-broadening-gay-propaganda-law-to-all-sexual-orientations-submitted-to-duma/493333.html …
Russian Research and Educational Holocaust Center – preserving the memory of Holocaust victims – http://en.holocf.ru
Russia and the Holocaust – whose genocide was it anyway? | openDemocracy http://www.opendemocracy.net/od-russia/ilya-altman/russia-and-holocaust-%E2%80%93-whose-genocide-was-it-anyway …
Will #Russia press Assad to release 1000s of #Syria political prisoners? Will #Gulf States press rebel groups to release hostages? #Geneva2
http://www.deinayurveda.net/wordpress/2013/01/international-holocaust-remembrance-day/
#Myanmar: UN Human Rights Chief Pillay calls for killings in northern #Rakhine State to be investigated:
#Myanmar: UN Human Rights Chief Pillay calls for killings in northern #Rakhine State to be investigated: http://sm.ohchr.org/KOJCiL
UN rights expert calls for probe into violence in Myanmar http://bit.ly/1eKznpK
UN expert on #Myanmar calls on Government to clarify reports of clashes in northern Rakhine State http://bit.ly/1dZv9HF #Rohingya
Urgent Humanitarian Assistance Needed For Returnees In #Duchiradan http://bit.ly/1aTkCNN #Rohingya #Burma #Myanmar
#Burma Govt cynically rejects reported killings of #Rohingya Muslims as groundless& aimed at damaging its reputation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25866350 …
U.S. urges Myanmar to probe attacks on Muslim minority http://bit.ly/1dZv1rR #Rohingya #Burma #Myanmar
Govt denies Buddhist mob attacked, killed Muslims in Maungdaw http://bit.ly/1cD5JhX #Rohingya #Burma #Myanmar
Adnan Oktar: Let us announce the persecution going on in Myanmar to the whole world. Rohingya http://shar.es/UZX1z @rohingyablogger
A #Rohingya Woman Mother Of Three Gang-Raped By Four Soldiers In Maungdaw http://bit.ly/19QMHtQ #Myanmar #Burma
A source confirmed me that #Rohingya are to be rounded up and killed. Boys above 10 and men. A standing order there. @drzarni @JamilaHanan
Maungdaw Authority: Will Shoot If You Report The Truth http://bit.ly/1hMglRd #Rohingya #Burma #Myanmar
Rakhine Lawyer Threatened All Rohingyas Could Be Killed Within 20 Minutes http://bit.ly/1hJ840m #Rohingya #Burma #Myanmar
Father & Two Sons Mercilessly Killed By #Rakhine Extremists In Rathedaung http://bit.ly/1brWKUZ #Rohingya #Myanmar
An Insider’s Analyses on #Myanmar’s State-sponsored anti-#Muslim violence and #Rohingya #Genocide http://bit.ly/KsLm0c
Updates from #Duchiradan, #Maungdaw: More Reports of Death, Looting, and Arrests of Rohingyas http://bit.ly/1bauxy5 #Rohingya #Myanmar