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Civilian deaths in conflict plummeted during pandemic, report finds Karen McVeigh © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: M Sadiq/EPA The number of civilian casualties in conflicts around the world plummeted during the Covid-19 pandemic, a new report shows. Last year, an average of 10 civilians a day were reported killed by explosive weapons, compared with 18 in 2019, according to analysis by Action on Armed Violence (AOAV), a London-based charity. In all, 8,165 people were re...

States should curb urban slaughter of civilians from explosive weapons Format Amnesty International has documented disastrous impact of explosive weapons on civilians in multiple conflicts Global civil society network outlines key changes needed Dozens of states convening this week must forge a strong new political agreement that will help to minimize civilian casualties from explosive weapons that cause widespread destruction in cities and towns during armed conflicts, Amnesty International sa...

3 March 2021, 00:01 UTC Virtual consultations this week move closer to a diplomatic agreement to protect civilians Amnesty International has documented disastrous impact of explosive weapons on civilians in multiple conflicts Global civil society network outlines key changes needed Dozens of states convening this week must forge a strong new political agreement that will help to minimize civilian casualties from explosive weapons that cause widespread destruction in cities and towns during arme...

Human Rights Watch and Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic welcome Ireland’s January 2021 draft of a political declaration to strengthen the protection of civilians from the harm caused by the use of explosive weapons in populated areas.

Antiwar.com Original The first day of the 2020 school year in Taiz, Yemen (Ahmad Al-Basha/AFP) Most people regard Trump’s treatment of immigrant children as among his most shocking crimes as president. Images of hundreds of children stolen from their families and imprisoned in chain-link cages are an unforgettable disgrace that President Biden must move quickly to remedy with humane immigration policies and a program to quickly find the children’s families and reunite them, wher...

Americas overlooked crime: Will Joe Biden end the U.S. global war on children? Trumps treatment of immigrant children was shocking. The effect of U.S.-led wars on childrens lives is much worse January 29, 2021 10:58AM (UTC) Yemeni pupils attend class on the first day of the new academic year, in a makeshift classroom in their school compound which was heavily damaged in the fighting between the government and Iran-backed Huthi rebels, in the countrys third-city of Taez on October 7, 2020. (AHMA...

NationofChange Will Biden end America’s global war on children? Will President Joe Biden act to protect the children of the world from America’s most tragic and indefensible war crimes? Most people regard Trump’s treatment of immigrant children as among his most shocking crimes as president. Images of hundreds of children stolen from their families and imprisoned in chain-link cages are an unforgettable disgrace that President Biden must move quickly to remedy with hu...

Share: Beirut Port area after the explosion of Ammonium Nitrate shipment . 200 were killed , , 6500 Injured , 300,000 became homeless when a large part of the city was destroyed . 2750 tons of Ammonium Nitrate were stored there for nearly 7 years. There were unconfirmed reports that Hezbollah shipped out most of the product to Syria , UK, Germany , Cyprus and several areas of Lebanon . Experts believe that if the whole 2750 tons exploded the whole of Beirut would have been levele...

Beirut, Lebanon – Three Syrian businessmen with close ties to the Syrian government have been linked to the company that bought the explosive material that entered Beirut’s port in 2013 and fuelled a massive explosion in August that devastated parts of the Lebanese capital. The Syrian businessmen, George Haswani and brothers Imad and Mudalal Khuri, are also Russian citizens, according to UK government website Companies House and media reports. Open-source information on the UK website – f...

Stepanakert’s School Number 10, across the street from the main electrical substation, sustained seriously damage from Azerbaijani attacks on the substation during renewed hostilities. © 2020 Human Rights Watch The damage to school number 10 occurred when Azerbaijani forces repeatedly fired explosive weapons with wide-area effects at the main electrical substation across the street, and 200 meters from Artsakh Energo’s main control building.   ...