New York: The head of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Organization, Volker Turk, on May 9 condemned the decision of the government of Pakistan to prosecute civilians involved in vandalism under the Army Act, calling it a serious violation of human rights. Is. United Nations Human Rights Head “Pakistan’s plan to restore military courts…
Captain Cecilia Erzuah, 32, who has served in Abyei since March last year, as the Commander of the Ghana Engagement Platoon, will receive the award from Secretary-General António Guterres during a ceremony marking the International Day of UN Peacekeepers this Thursday, said the Department of Peace Operations in a press release. Abyei is a disputed and resource-rich area between Sudan and…
Major General Hussain Salami, file photo Major General Hossein Salami, Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, has expressed his determination to withdraw the American army from the Middle East. Speaking to Iran’s semi-official news agency Fars, he said that the Americans martyred General Qassem Soleimani, but they have received the first shock and the second…
File photo Negotiations between Sudan’s warring military parties are ongoing in the Saudi city of Jeddah. According to Arab media, a new ceasefire agreement is expected to be announced today between the warring military parties. A 10-day ceasefire may be declared between the military parties in Sudan. In this regard, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal…
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said on Friday in a statement, that a location near the town of Enerhodar, home of most of the plant’s staff, reportedly came under artillery fire earlier in the day, “in the latest incident indicating an increasingly tense military situation in the area.” Speculation of military activity The ZNPP,…
Chinese authorities have fined a comedy company 1.47 million yuan for making fun of the military. According to a foreign news agency, company member Li Haoshi mocked an army slogan in Beijing on Saturday. Li Haoshi, a stand-up comedian, mocked the Chinese army’s slogan ‘good work style, able to win wars’. The Beijing Municipal Culture…
The report states that some “UN Member States are enabling this trade” through a combination of outright complicity, lax enforcement of existing bans, and easily circumvented sanctions, according to a news release from the UN rights office OHCHR. Access to advanced weaponry “Despite overwhelming evidence of the Myanmar military’s atrocity crimes against the people of…
That’s according to a fact-finding report from the UN human rights office (OHCHR) released on Friday, on what the Malian authorities had described as an anti-terrorist military operation against an al-Qaeda-affiliated group known as Katiba Macina. The UN rights chief, Volker Türk, called the findings “extremely disturbing” and stressed that “summary executions, rape and torture during armed…
Moscow: The head of Russia’s private military company Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that Russian generals are trying to deceive Putin. According to global media reports, this statement by Wagner’s chief came amid growing tensions between the military company and the Kremlin’s security establishment. Yevgeny also questioned Russia’s defense capability against…
Russia will increase military installations in the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan. According to the news agency from Moscow, Russian President Putin met with his Kyrgyz counterpart President Jabarov. The Kremlin says in this regard that the two presidents agreed to strengthen the armed forces of Kyrgyzstan. According to the Kremlin, the two presidents emphasized…
