US EditionUN human rights chief says US strikes on alleged drug boats are ‘unacceptable’
- On Friday, U.N. High Commissioner Volker Türk said U.S. strikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean are unacceptable and must stop.
- Since early September, the U.S. counternarcotics task force says it targets ships believed to carry narcotics to stop drugs reaching the United States, including the 14th strike.
- Recent strikes killed multiple people and produced a few survivors who were repatriated, with reporting showing at least 61 killed since early September, including a Wednesday strike that killed four and Pacific attacks killing at least 18.
- Regional governments and rights groups have condemned the strikes, with Venezuelan and Colombian officials, Claudia Sheinbaum, and international human rights groups urging investigations and accountability.
- U.N. experts said lethal force is permitted only as a last resort against an imminent threat, noting U.S. publicly available information suggests targets did not pose such a threat.
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The UN Human Rights Chief warns that American attacks on ships that are, according to the US, drug vessels are "unacceptable."
UN Human Rights Commissioner Türk has condemned the US attacks on suspected drug boats in international waters.
The recent complaint by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, against the United States for the attacks on alleged narco-lanches in the Caribbean and the Pacific, has generated controversy and accusations of bias.Read more]]>
Top UN Official Calls for Investigation Into US Strikes on Alleged Narco Boats in Caribbean & Pacific
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U.N. human rights chief says U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats are 'unacceptable'
The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called for an investigation into the strikes, in what appeared to mark the first such condemnation of its kind from a United Nations organization.
The head of Human Rights at the United Nations said that U.S. military attacks on ships in the Caribbean and the East Pacific that allegedly carry illegal drugs from South America are "unacceptable" and must stop. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called for investigations into the attacks, in what appears to be the first conviction of this type by a UN agency. "These attacks and their increasing human cost are unacceptable.
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