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US strikes on alleged drug boats violate law, UN human rights chief says

The UN's human rights chief has condemned US military strikes on vessels allegedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean and Pacific, saying the lethal attacks violate international law and amount to "extrajudicial killing". Volker Türk said on Friday that more than 60 people have reportedly been killed in US strikes since early September.

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U.N. human rights chief says U.S. "must halt" strikes on alleged drug boats to prevent "extrajudicial killing"

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U.N. accuses U.S. of breaking human rights law in boat strikes

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Are the deadly US strikes on alleged drug vessels legal?

U.S. strikes against suspected drug vessels in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean have killed dozens of what the Trump administration says are drug trafficking terrorists responsible for thousands of ...

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Latest US boat strike kills four in the Pacific, Hegseth says

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US says it kills four people in latest strike on alleged drug vessel

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Classified U.S. report finds backlog of hundreds of possible Israeli human rights violations

The report found “hundreds” of possible Israeli human rights violations, further complicating a process to review credible allegations against IDF military units in Gaza.

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No Kings rally draws people concerned with human rights, frustrated with Congress

Concern over human rights violations, lack of action by the U.S. Congress and frustration with President Donald Trump's administration were some of the reasons that brought over 200 people to the No Kings 2.0 Alexandria rally.

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China and Russia repeatedly tried to defund UN human rights work, report says

A small group of countries led by China and Russia has repeatedly tried to block funding for human rights-related work at the United Nations over a five-year period, according to a report by the non-profit International Service for Human Rights.

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US strikes on alleged drug boats ‘unacceptable’: UN human rights chief

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called for an investigation into the strikes in what appears to mark the first such UN condemnation.