US EditionUN human rights chief says US strikes on alleged drug boats are ‘unacceptable’
- On Friday, U.N. High Commissioner Volker Türk said U.S. strikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean are unacceptable and must stop.
- Since early September, the U.S. counternarcotics task force says it targets ships believed to carry narcotics to stop drugs reaching the United States, including the 14th strike.
- Recent strikes killed multiple people and produced a few survivors who were repatriated, with reporting showing at least 61 killed since early September, including a Wednesday strike that killed four and Pacific attacks killing at least 18.
- Regional governments and rights groups have condemned the strikes, with Venezuelan and Colombian officials, Claudia Sheinbaum, and international human rights groups urging investigations and accountability.
- U.N. experts said lethal force is permitted only as a last resort against an imminent threat, noting U.S. publicly available information suggests targets did not pose such a threat.
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Caracas (OrinocoTribune.com)—On Friday, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk issued the first clear United Nations (UN) condemnation of US military strikes against small boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, calling them unacceptable and demanding they stop. “These attacks, and their mounting human cost, are unacceptable,” Turk said. “The US must halt such attacks and take all measures necessary to prevent the ex…
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