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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UN Human Rights Chief Condemns 'Unacceptable' US Strikes, Venezuela Hails Long-Awaited Statement
Caracas (OrinocoTribune.com)—On Friday, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk issued the first clear United Nations (UN) condemnation of US military strikes against small boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, calling them unacceptable and demanding they stop. “These attacks, and their mounting human cost, are unacceptable,” Turk said. “The US must halt such attacks and take all measures necessary to prevent the ex…
US boat strikes spread fear across the Caribbean
In Trinidad and Tobago, a Caribbean island nation so close to Venezuela that on a clear day it’s visible, the second homes off the northwestern coast lie empty. Fishers are staying close to the shore, and some have stopped working…
UN rights chief: US strikes on alleged drug boats 'unacceptable'
GENEVA — The U.N. human rights chief said Friday that U.S. military strikes against boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean allegedly carrying illegal drugs from South America are “unacceptable” and must stop. 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. Ravina Shamdasani, a …
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The Indiana Gazette OnlineThe head of the United Nations Human Rights Office is denouncing the US government's attacks on ships.
The UN Human Rights Chief warns that American attacks on ships that are, according to the US, drug vessels are "unacceptable."
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