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May 8, 2020

Pentagon report 'fails to acknowledge true extent of civilian casualties abroad'

The Pentagon is undercounting the actual number of civilians killed or injured by US forces overseas, say Amnesty and the ACLU.
February 24, 2020

10,000 civilian casualties for sixth straight year in Afghanistan

Almost no civilian in Afghanistan has escaped being personally affected in some way by the ongoing violence, says Tadamichi Yamamoto, the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Afghanistan.
October 16, 2019

UN briefing on Turkish military offensive in Syria

The UN has received reports that a well-known Kurdish female politician was executed, apparently by fighters affiliated to Turkey..
July 30, 2019

Increasing airstrike casualties in Syria being ignored, says UN High Commissioner

Airstrikes kill and maim significant numbers of civilians several times a week and the response seems to be a collective shrug, says the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
May 19, 2019

Risk grows of ‘catastrophic humanitarian fallout’ in Idlib, where 3 million are trapped

The UN’s Political and Humanitarian Affairs chiefs havr called on the Security Council to unite in support of an immediate de-escalation of fighting around Syria’s Idlib province, and work towards an enduring political solution on behalf of the Syrian people.syria
May 15, 2019

Campaigners track movements of Saudi ship with cargo of weapons

The Saudi Arabian vessel, which was reportedly loaded with six containers of Belgian-manufactured arms, docked at Tilbury last week.
April 27, 2019

US-led Coalition's bombardment of Raqqa killed more than 1,600 civilians, investigation finds

An investigation by Amnesty International and Airwars has revealed that more than 1,600 civilians were killed as a direct result of US, UK and French airstrikes and US artillery strikes during the Coalition’s military assault on the Syrian city Raqqa in 2017.
April 9, 2019

Civilians must be protected as fighting escalates in Libya, says Amnesty

There is particular concern for 1,300 migrants in detention centres in Qasr Ben Gashir and Ain Zara.
April 8, 2019

Court of Appeal to consider legality of UK arms exports to Saudi Arabia

The UK has licensed £5 billion worth of arms to Saudi forces since the bombing of Yemen began in March 2015.
March 26, 2019

Analysis shows 37 Yemeni children a month killed or injured by foreign bombs

Save the Children is calling on governments to suspend arms sales to warring parties in Yemen while children continue to be killed and maimed indiscriminately.