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UN human rights chief says US strikes on alleged drug boats are 'unacceptable'

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The U.N. human rights chief says U.S. military strikes on vessels allegedly carrying illegal drugs from South America are unacceptable and must stop. The condemnation on Friday appeared to mark the first from a U.N. organization. U.S.

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  1. WHEC Rochester

    UN human rights chief says US strikes on alleged drug boats are 'unacceptable' (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    The U.N. human rights chief says U.S. military strikes on vessels allegedly carrying illegal drugs from South America are unacceptable and must stop. The condemnation on Friday appeared to mark the first from a U.N. organization. U.S.

  2. Al Jazeera

    UN human rights chief says US strikes on alleged drug boats ‘unacceptable’ (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Volker Turk voices rare criticism of the US bombing campaign that has killed more than 60 people in under two months.

  3. Salon

    “No justification”: UN human rights chief condemns “unacceptable” strikes on alleged drug boats (opens Salon)

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    Rep. Sara Jacobs also said these are "extrajudicial killings where we have no evidence"

  4. The New Republic

    Trump’s Illegal Boat Strikes Prompts Historic Move from the U.N. (opens The New Republic)

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    The U.N. human rights chief called the strikes “unacceptable.”

  5. Newsweek

    UN chief declares US military strikes against boats illegal (opens Newsweek)

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    U.N. human rights chief warns U.S. strikes on what it says are drugs boats are “unacceptable.”

  6. Military Times

    US strikes on alleged drug boats ‘unacceptable’: UN human rights chief (opens Military Times)

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    U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called for an investigation into the strikes in what appears to mark the first such UN condemnation.

  7. CBS News

    U.N. human rights chief says U.S. "must halt" strikes on alleged drug boats to prevent "extrajudicial killing" (opens CBS News)

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    The United Nations human rights chief says the Trump administration "must halt" strikes on alleged drug boats to prevent "extrajudicial killing."

  8. MyNorthwest

    UN human rights chief: US military strikes on alleged drug boats 'unacceptable' (opens MyNorthwest)

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    GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief says U.S. military strikes against vessels allegedly carrying illegal drugs from South America are “unacceptable”

  9. Latin Times

    UN Human Rights Head Claims U.S. Attacks Against Alleged Drug Boats 'Violate International Human Rights Law' (opens Latin Times)

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    The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has called U.S. strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean "unacceptable" and called for an investigation on them.

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