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Is amnesty bill in El Salvador for rights violators?

United Nations, May 24 (UNI) The UN human rights chief has warned that a draft justice and reconciliation bill making its way through the legislature in El Salvador could result in de facto amnesty for serious human rights violators.
High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet said that if passed as it stands, the Transitional and Restorative Justice for National Reconciliation bill, “will unduly benefit” those who were “directly responsible for crimes against humanity and war crimes” during the country’s long civil war of the 1980s and 1990s.
Crimes included “extrajudicial executions of children, women and the elderly, enforced disappearances, torture, sexual violence and other serious violations of international law,” the High Commissioner said. 

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Flights suspended over Iran's cities of Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz

19 Apr 2024 | 9:04 AM

Tehran, Apr 19 (UNI) Flights over the Iranian cities of Tehran, Isfahan, and Shiraz have been suspended indefinitely, Reza Karghyar, the head of public relations at the Iran Airports and Air Navigation Company, said on Friday.

Kenyan president confirms military chief's death in plane crash

Kenyan president confirms military chief's death in plane crash

19 Apr 2024 | 8:50 AM

Nairobi, Apr 19 (UNI) Kenyan President William Ruto confirmed that military chief Francis Ogolla was among 10 senior commanders killed in a helicopter crash in the northwestern part of the country on Thursday.

Over 20 juveniles arrested in Australia's Queensland amid youth crime crackdown

19 Apr 2024 | 8:45 AM

Canberra, Apr 19 (UNI) Australian police reported on Friday that a three-week operation targeting high-risk juvenile offending recently concluded in Queensland's Gold Coast, with more than 20 young people apprehended and charged.

Magnitude-5 6 earthquake rocks northern Turkish province of Tokat: AFAD

18 Apr 2024 | 11:53 PM

Ankara, Apr 18 (UNI) A magnitude-5.6 earthquake rocked the northern Turkish province of Tokat on Thursday, according to the country's disaster management authority AFAD.

8 Kenyan military officers killed in plane crash

18 Apr 2024 | 10:55 PM

Nairobi, Apr 18 (UNI) A military helicopter crashed in northwestern Kenya on Thursday, resulting in the deaths of at least eight senior officers, a security source has confirmed.