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Following deadly attacks by Islamic militant group Hamas, Israel has declared war, with the terrorist attacks receiving condemnation from world leaders.
According to Human Rights Watch, an international organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights, attacks on civilian targets violate international humanitarian treaties such as the Geneva Conventions.
Bringing Russia back onto the UN’s top human rights body will ‘signify a dangerous global drift into untrammelled violence against most vulnerable and innocent’, experts warn
GENEVA (Reuters) -Russia failed in its bid to return to the United Nations' top human rights body on Tuesday, with rivals winning considerably more votes at the General Assembly in an election seen as a key test of Western efforts to keep Moscow isolated. In the secret ballot, Russia won 83 votes versus 160 for Bulgaria and 123 for Albania, which had competed against it in the same eastern Europe grouping for two seats on the Geneva-based Human Rights Council for a three-year term beginning on Jan. 1. "UN member states sent a strong signal to Russia's leadership that a government responsible for countless war crimes and crimes against humanity doesn't belong there," said Louis Charbonneau, United Nations director at Human Rights Watch.
The ideological divide between the US and China in the United Nations, reflecting a broader global competition playing out between the two countries, may widen after a key vote this week. While Beijing is all but assured of a seat on the United Nations Council on Human Rights at Tuesday's election, given that the spot is uncontested, Beijing's detractors are calling on member nations to use the power of silence and leave their ballots blank. Majority voting by the 193-member UN General Assembly
Mohamed Abd El Ghany/ReutersAn Egyptian police officer opened fire on a group of Israeli tourists visiting the city of Alexandria on Sunday, killing two of them along with their Egyptian tour guide. Another Israeli tourist was wounded in the attack, officials in Egypt and Israel confirmed to the Associated Press, which reported the deaths. The Egyptian news channel Extra News confirmed the officer was detained. Footage of the attack posted to social media showed motionless bodies near the attack
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