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Lebanese rescuers continue to search for Tripoli boat victims

Lebanese rescue teams searched the Mediterranean by helicopters Thursday for dozens of bodies still missing at sea, after an overloaded people-smuggling boat capsized near Tripoli's coast. Some family members of the boat victims accompanied the rescue teams, while the hunt also continued by sea and land for the fifth consecutive day. Members of the Civil […]

Families of Tripoli boat victims take to streets

The families of the capsized boat victims rallied Wednesday at Tripoli's port, where at least seven people tragically died in an overloaded people-smuggling boat, just three weeks before May 15 parliamentary elections. The accident ignited widespread public anger, as rescue teams are still searching for dozens of survivors still missing at sea. A man had […]

UN bodies says Tripoli boat tragedy shows Lebanon needs more help

UNHCR, the U.N. Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have said that they are “deeply saddened by the latest tragic incident at sea in which a boat reportedly carrying 84 people capsized off the coast of Tripoli, Lebanon, yesterday.” Forty-five people have been rescued, six others, including a 40-day-old baby, have been confirmed as deceased while many remain missing. The passengers […]

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BREAKING NEWS - Syrian refugee camp set aflame by Lebanese family

The state media reported on Sunday that a Syrian refugee camp in northern Lebanon was set on fire Saturday night following a fight between members of the camp and a local Lebanese family. The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR), confirmed a large fire had broken out in a camp in the Miniyeh region and said […]

Iranian dissident caught in Cyprus during multiple crises

An Iranian dissident who fled his country fearing arrest has fallen foul of politics and COVID-19 restrictions in ethnically split Cyprus. Since mid-September, Omid Tootian has been living in a small tent in Cyprus’s buffer zone, a United Nations-controlled slice of territory carved out after a war split Cyprus in 1974. A musician critical of […]

UN raises alarm about police brutality in lockdowns

The U.N. human rights office voiced concern on Monday about more than a dozen countries that have declared states of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic where police have arrested or detained hundreds of thousands of people and killed others. “Emergency powers should not be a weapon governments can wield to quash dissent, control the […]

Russia welcomes US pullout from UNHRC, says council can work better now

Russia has welcomed the United States' pullout from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), saying the body has lost nothing and can operate more freely now. "I cannot say that the council lost anything," Russia’s permanent representative at the UN office and other international organizations in Geneva, Gennady Gatilov, said Wednesday. "Moreover, I hope […]

UNHCR launches global zakat platform to help Syrian refugees

With an aim to financially aid 60,000 Syrian refugee families living in Jordan and Lebanon, the UNHCR – the UN Refugee Agency – in partnership with Tabah Foundation announced on Tuesday the launching of its global zakat platform, with the donated money going straight to the families in need. Leading Islamic scholars and institutions have […]

Myanmar's 'ethnic cleansing' of Rohingya continues, U.N. rights official says

Myanmar’s “ethnic cleansing” of Rohingya Muslims is continuing, a senior U.N. human rights official said on Tuesday, more than six months after insurgent attacks sparked a security response that has driven nearly 700,000 people into Bangladesh. Andrew Gilmour, the U.N. assistant secretary-general for human rights, made the comment after a four-day visit to the Cox’s […]

Rights groups say outside monitors needed for Rohingya return to Myanmar

Human rights groups called on Friday for international agencies to be allowed to monitor the planned repatriation of hundreds of thousands Rohingya Muslim from Bangladesh to the homes they fled in Myanmar during the past three months. The two governments signed a pact on Thursday settling terms for the repatriation process. They aim to start […]

UNHCR won't work in Greek 'detention centers' in swipe at EU-Turkey deal

THE LEVANT NEWS -- LESBOS, GREECE | BY KAROLINA TAGARIS FOR REUTERS -- The United Nations refugee agency said on Monday it would not operate in "detention centers" on the Greek island of Lesbos for migrants and refugees arriving from Turkey, dealing a blow to the European Union's agreement with Ankara last week. The UNHCR […]

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