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Conventions, and while condemning this, the UN
must provide the basis for the observation and
proper implementation principles, and facilitate the
judicial and executive measures for the plaintiff.
Furthermore air attacks against residential and
civilian areas in Yemen and the killing of civilians,
are all violations of the natural and fundamental
humanitarian law principles which requires the
serious attention of human rights bodies.
The human rights situation in
Bahrain
continues
to deteriorate. And the legislation and application
of unjust laws in the country is on an increase.
These include the Press law of 2002 which allows
for journalists that criticise the government
getarrested, the defamation and insult law of 2014,
which criminalises any insult agains the king, the
anti-terror law which allows the security forces to
persecute political opponents of the government, the
2013 law on the prohibition of all demonstrations
and congregations all over the country, which has
resulted in the detention of many citizens, civil
activists and journalists (since 2011, more than 300
women have been detained in Bahrain and been
subjected to torture), and many more laws.
Unfortunately there are numerous reports that
indicate the freedomexpression and belief is severly
violated by the government, to such an extent that
in the recent unrests a large number of journalists,
reporters and media directors, and human rights
defenders have been subjected to pressure and
or arrested for their beliefs or news coverage of
incidents and or human rights advocacy.
In
Iraq
, followingtheincreasingcrimesof theISIS
terror group, which has occupied approximately
half the country, and has turned into a serious threat
to the people of Iraq, the displacement of over 3
million people, the destruction of a substantial
part of the economic infrastructures of the country,
kidnappings, rape, the use of children in armed
conflicts and the killing and injuring of over 4000
civilians are all causes for concern.
The deteriorating human rights situation of Iraq
increases the urgency of the need for cooperation of
the international community with the government,
leadership and the people of Iraq and the economic
and judicial reform of the country. Furthermore the
international community must cooperate with Iraq
to get rid of ISIS and reconstruct the country.
In
Syria
, the terrorist and inhuman acts continue
to take place against civilians. While reminding
the articles of Human Rights Council 29th Session
A/HRC/29/L.4 resolution, on the basis of the
condemnation of the killing of civilians with heavy
weapons, torture in prisons and detention centres,
are causes for concern of the inhuman acts of
terror groups in the region. Organized violence
committed against civilians, the terror attacks of
the numerous terrorist groups in the country with
extremist religious ideologies, who are supported
by a number of countries, extremist ideology and
the brutality of a number of groups in the conflict
theatre in Syria have exasperated the violence, does
not conform to any religion, culture or civilization,
and all Monotheist religions and cultures deem
these types of inhuman and brutal acts only as the
systematic and extensive violation of human rights
and international humanitarian law principles.
Perhaps the existing political and religion tensions
in the country as having roots in the failure to have
an apt dialogue among Syrians and supports the
new people plan for Syria which is also approved
by the UN Security Council be a glimmer hope for
resolving the conflict.
In the Occupied
Palestinian
Territories, in the
13 million Yemenis are suffering
from food shortages and 6 million are
suffering from extreme food shortages,
and badly need international aid. And
this means that 2 out of every five
Yemenis are in need of emergency aid,
and this average is on the increase