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L’Osservatorio monitors the web and other information sources daily to provide in-depth news on the impact of contemporary armed conflicts on civilians.

Artificial Intelligence endangers evidence of human rights violations

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19 June 2020

Erroneous video takedowns by automatic software risks to delete social media documentation of human rights abuses
Category: Syria - Web Review
Tuesday, 23 June 2020

Refugees with disabilities struggle to meet basic needs

A mother of a child with disability pushes her wheelchair

19 June 2020

The UN faces humanitarian issues on the lack of food, shelter, sanitation products, and medical assistance for refugees with disabilities
Category: Lebanon - Web Review
Tuesday, 23 June 2020

UNHCR urges Greece to investigate violent pushbacks of migrants

Greek policeman stand at the border to prevent migrants to enter the country

12 June 2020

UN experts and human rights organizations concerned about the alleged pushbacks of asylum seekers at the border between Greece and Turkey
Category: Greece - Web Review
Monday, 22 June 2020

Did the world forget Yemeni people?

A school hosting displaced people in Sana’a receives relief items from UNICEF in 2015

 

12 June 2020

Global financial commitment for supporting Yemen falls short putting at risk many United Nations (UN) aid programmes
Category: Yemen - Web Review
Monday, 22 June 2020

Covid-19, internal conflict and lack of funding weaken the DRC

A South Sudanese refugee and her child in Bele settlement, Haut Uele province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo

9 June 2020

The serious condition in the Democratic Republic of Congo requires fundings to provide aid for people in need
Category: Democratic Republic of Congo - Web Review
Friday, 19 June 2020

ICC Concerns over “Escalation in Serious Violence” in DRC

Armed forces of the DRC patrolling a village in Ituri

17 June 2020 

Increasing ethnic-driven armed attacks on civilians in the Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Category: Democratic Republic of Congo - Web Review
Thursday, 18 June 2020

Libya: deep international shock due to recent discovery of mass graves

A reportedly mass grave in the town of Tarhuna

12 June 2020

UN calls for investigations of human rights violations on territories controlled by Haftar’s forces
Category: Libya - Web Review
Thursday, 18 June 2020

UNHCR in the Sahel: “We must act now before it is too late”

Malian refugee women waiting for dignity kits to be distributed, Goudoubo camp, Burkina Faso

12 June 2020

Escalating violence urged UNHCR to launch its Sahel Crisis Appeal, highlighting the dire conditions faced by refugees, IDPs and host communities
Category: Niger - Web Review
Thursday, 18 June 2020

Palestine responds to Israeli threat of annexation of the West Bank

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh in Ramallah (West Bank)

09 June 2020

Palestine will declare statehood in the case of an Israeli annexation of the Occupied Territories of the West Bank
Category: Palestine - Web Review
Wednesday, 17 June 2020

Rohingya refugees face perilous boat journeys with slim hope of asylum

Off the coast of Malaysia, hundreds of Rohingya seek safety by boat

16 June 2020

Human Rights Watch warns that international obligations are being ignored, as fleeing refugees are denied vital assistance and urgent rescue
Category: Myanmar - Web Review
Wednesday, 17 June 2020

The tragic situation of Syrian women after nine years of war

Civilian population, especially women and children, running away from war

16 June 2020

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) has denounced the condition in which Syrian women live as the most tragic and horrific in the world 
Category: Syria - Web Review
Wednesday, 17 June 2020

South Sudan: envisioning national protection for displaced people

South-Sudanese internally displaced women and children in IOM health facility in Kandak

7 June 2020

As South Sudan transitions into peace, a national legislation for protecting internally displaced people (IDPs) must be embraced
Category: South Sudan - Web Review
Tuesday, 16 June 2020
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