‘Extrajudicial killings’: UN condemns US strikes on drug boats; requires instant halt – The Instances of India


The United Nations on Friday strongly criticised United States for hanging vessels within the Caribbean and japanese Pacific allegedly carrying drug traffickers and urged it to halt the assaults, calling it “extrajudicial killings”. “These assaults — and their mounting human value — are unacceptable. The US should halt such assaults and take all measures crucial to stop the extrajudicial killing of individuals aboard these boats, regardless of the legal conduct alleged in opposition to them,” UN rights chief Volker Turk stated. This seemed to be the primary condemnation from United Nations organisations over the strikes on vessels by US. Earlier, US President Donald Trump justified the motion on vessels, calling it essential to cease the stream of medication into America. UN human rights workplace spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani stated that the rights chief, Volker Türk has referred to as for an investigation into the strikes. Türk stated that over 60 folks have been allegedly killed within the assaults on boats since early September. “These assaults and their mounting human value are unacceptable,” she informed a UN briefing in Geneva. Türk believed “airstrikes by the USA of America on boats within the Caribbean and within the Pacific violate worldwide human rights legislation.”