UN experts demand an end to unlawful killings by the US in the Caribbean and Pacific
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UN experts demand an end to unlawful killings by the US in the Caribbean and Pacific
United Nations experts on Tuesday issued a statement demanding an end to the unlawful attacks and killings carried out by the United States military on suspected drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean and Pacific. The experts indicated that, over the course of a year, these attacks—which resumed in August after a months-long hiatus—were not justifiable under international humanitarian law. The experts stated: “These systematic killings gravely …
At least 223 people have been killed in the past year by the U.S. armed forces while sailing in international waters of the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean, alerting United Nations human rights experts. Since September 2, 2025, the U.S. military has attacked at least 68 boats in [...] The U.S. post has killed 223 people in international waters; experts demand a stop first appeared on Contralínea.
A year after the United States began bombing vessels suspected of transporting drugs in the Caribbean and the Pacific, the Donald Trump government's offensive killed at least 227 people, but without producing, so far, clear signs of reducing the supply of illicit substances in the American market. Read more (09/01/2026
UN rapporteurs stated that at least 223 people have been killed in US airstrikes in the Caribbean and Pacific Oceans in the past year, emphasizing that these actions violate international law and constitute extrajudicial killings. The rapporteurs also stated that drug trafficking is a law enforcement matter and that a declaration of war does not legitimize it.
United Nations experts on Tuesday demanded that the United States end what they called killings at sea, after at least 223 people were killed in the past year in US airstrikes against vessels in the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean. According to the experts, since the 2nd of […]
GENEVA – United Nations human rights experts called for an end to illegal killings by the United States on Tuesday 1 after at least 223 deaths at sea from US airstrikes in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean over the past year. [...]
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