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Saba Yemen
22-05-2025
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- Saba Yemen
UN condemns mass starvation of children in Gaza
Geneva - Saba: The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child condemned the continued obstruction by the Israeli enemy of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. In a statement, the Committee expressed concern over reports that more than 14,000 infants could die within hours if life-saving supplies are not allowed in. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print more of (International)
Scoop
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Scoop
Gaza: UN Child Rights Committee Condemns Mass Starvation Of Children Amid Aid Blockades
GENEVA (21 May 2025) - The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child condemned the continued obstruction of humanitarian aid to Gaza, urging the international community to pressure Israel to allow immediate and sustained access for essential food and medical supplies. 'More than eleven weeks after the obstruction of humanitarian access, the food security crisis is deteriorating rapidly to the point that more than 50 children have died from hunger and many others are on the verge of death. If the blockade continues, more children will die and up to 71,000 children under five could suffer from acute malnutrition over the next year,' the Committee said, drawing on numbers from the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organisation (WHO). 'The right to food is a fundamental human right, intrinsically linked to the right to life, and as such, it is non-derogable under international law,' the Committee stated. It strongly condemned Israel's ongoing military actions in Gaza, which are killing and maiming women and children, including reportedly more than 100 children killed just last week, before accounting for the casualties from the latest strikes. These attacks are occurring on a massive daily scale and are pushing the humanitarian situation to a critical point. 'There is no justification for actions which clearly defy international humanitarian law as well as international human rights law, including the Conventions on the Rights of the Child, and the Convention on Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide,' the Committee said. It reaffirmed the importance of the International Court of Justice (ICJ)'s Advisory Opinion of 19 July 2024, along with its Orders issued on 26 January and 24 May 2024 in the case South Africa v. Israel concerning the application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip. In addition, recalling its country review findings on Israel adopted September last year, the Committee urged the State party to take immediate action to guarantee the right to life, survival, and development of all Palestinian children, stop the killing and injuring of children in Gaza, and to allow safe and unrestricted humanitarian access throughout the Gaza Strip.
Russia Today
05-02-2025
- Politics
- Russia Today
Ukrainian attack on school bus was ‘cynical fascism'
A Ukrainian drone attack on a school bus in Russia's Zaporozhye Region which injured several children earlier this week was an act of blatant 'fascism,' Moscow's human rights ombudswoman, Tatyana Moskalkova, has said. On Tuesday, Russian officials accused Ukraine of striking the school vehicle in Vasilyevsky district. According to Zaporozhye regional governor Evgeny Balitsky, the attack seriously injured the bus driver and also wounded five children, although their condition is reportedly stable. Moskalkova strongly condemned the incident, calling it 'monstrous' and an act of 'cynical, blatant fascism.' 'It would be an understatement to call this a crime against humanity,' she said. The ombudswoman accused the West of ignoring Ukrainian attacks and turning a blind eye to the flourishing of neo-Nazi ideology in the country. 'Exactly 80 years ago, the Yalta Conference brought together leaders of the anti-Hitler coalition to plan the defeat of fascism,' she said. 'Why is the collective West silent today when it sees the crimes of Ukrainian Nazis?' © Telegram / BalitskyEV She went on to urge the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child to issue a strong response to what she described as 'horrific crimes against civilians.' © Telegram / BalitskyEV Russia has consistently accused Ukraine of launching strikes on civilian targets, with officials in the Donetsk People's Republic claiming earlier this week that shelling by Kiev's forces had injured ten civilians in just over one day. Moscow has also consistently voiced concern about the unchecked resurgence of neo-Nazi ideology in Ukraine, designating the country's 'denazification' as of the key goals of its military campaign. © Telegram / BalitskyEV
