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UN demands Saudi regime end siege on Shiite city
 [ALMASDARNEWS] The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights at the United Nations...an idea whose time has gone... (U.N.) demanded that the Saudi regime, Wednesday, halt its ongoing siege of the predominately Shiite city of al-Awamiya in the eastern part of this Gulf kingdom. As the saying goes, demand in one hand, poop in the other, see which fills first... "Despite our attempt to raise concerns and seek explanation from the Government about the planned destruction, bulldozers and demolition vehicles, assisted by armed military forces, have reportedly started on 10 May to destroy buildings and homes in the walled historic neighborhood and in other areas of Awamia, causing injury, deaths and material losses to the civilians residents," the group of UN experts said. "Historic buildings have been irremediably burned down and damaged by the use of various weapons by the military, forcing residents out of their homes and of the neighborhood, fleeing for their lives," noted the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Karima Bennoune. Posted by: Fred 2017-05-26 |
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