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UN rights office alarmed by Nepal's violation on use of force towards protestors

UN rights office alarmed by Nepal's violation on use of force towards protestors

New York, Nov 26 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Alarmed by latest killings in violent clashes over the weekend in Nepal, bringing the death toll to at least 50 since protests against the new Constitution began in August, the United Nations human rights office on Wednesday urged Nepalese authorities to follow international standards on use of force, respect dissenting voices and engage them in a "meaningful, inclusive and open dialogue."

Yemen: UN rights office says civilians paying 'terrible toll'

Yemen: UN rights office says civilians paying 'terrible toll'

New York, Oct 24 (IBNS): The United Nations human rights office said on Friday that the humanitarian situation in Yemen's highland Taiz governorate is deteriorating rapidly in the wake of a recent attack by members of the Popular Committees affiliated with the Houthis which targeted residential areas and left 15 civilians dead, injured 73 others and left homes, shops, a clinic and a school partially destroyed.