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Forced Recruitment: St. Petersburg Youth Sent to Front Without Medical Check, Omsk Residents Report Coerced Signings

A 20-year-old from St. Petersburg was allegedly beaten and coerced into signing a military contract while in pre-trial detention, then sent to occupied Luhansk without a medical examination. Meanwhile, residents of Omsk report that recruitment centers are using similar tactics to force individuals into service, with some victims being sent to the front within hours of signing.

via Новая газета Европа|

#coercion #conflict-and-human-rights #forced-recruitment

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BBC Investigation Details Systematic RSF Destruction of El-Fasher Healthcare

A BBC investigation documents 43 deliberate attacks on hospitals in El-Fasher by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) between 2024 and 2025, resulting in the death of 55 medical workers. While the RSF denies these findings as propaganda, the UN and Amnesty International confirm severe violations, including arbitrary detention and torture, as the city remains under RSF control with a population reduced to under 70,000.

via BBC|

#conflict-and-human-rights #el-fasher #humanitarian-crisis

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Myanmar’s Conscription Crisis: How Quotas Fuelled a Black Market for Human Trafficking

Myanmar’s military junta is aggressively enforcing mandatory conscription quotas, leading to widespread abductions and a black market where local officials sell young men to the army. Since 2024, an estimated 100,000 recruits have been forcibly conscripted, often through coercion rather than legal process. Wealthier individuals can pay to avoid service, leaving the poor to bear the burden. This desperation stems from the junta’s manpower shortages in the ongoing civil war, which has intensified since the 2021 coup. The practice has been described by experts as a form of modern-day slavery, with missing-person reports rising sharply since the conscription law’s enactment.

via BBC|

#civil-war #conflict-and-human-rights #conscription

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Amnesty International Accuses M23 and Rwanda of War Crimes via Mineral Trafficking

Amnesty International released a briefing accusing the Rwanda-backed M23 group of committing war crimes against artisanal miners in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The report details summary killings, torture, and forced labor at gold and coltan mines in North and South Kivu. It alleges that Rwandan authorities and officials facilitate the trafficking of these minerals across the border, profiting from the plunder. Amnesty calls for a halt to mineral purchases from Rwanda until concrete evidence proves the end of illicit trafficking.

via Amnesty International|

#conflict-and-human-rights #drc #human-rights

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The New Yorker details the plight of Ukrainian women in Russian detention

The New Yorker published an investigative report on Ukrainian women held in Rostov pretrial detention center No. 1, highlighting the stark contrast between military prisoners who are exchanged and civilians who remain captive. The article profiles two women, Valentina Zayarnaya and Natalia Vlasova, detailing their arrests, torture, and ongoing detention. While Zayarnaya was imprisoned for helping a former soldier escape occupied territory, Vlasova was detained for allegedly spying for Ukraine. Both women face long prison sentences despite claims of coerced confessions and brutal interrogation tactics, including electric shocks and physical abuse. The report underscores that civilian detainees have little hope of release, as Russia refuses to trade them for military prisoners, citing domestic court rulings rather than international humanitarian law.

via Meduza|

#civilian-detainees #conflict-and-human-rights #human-rights

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Qusra Crisis: Troops Evacuate Families After Failed Settler Removal

Israeli forces forcibly relocated two Palestinian families from their homes in the West Bank village of Qusra on Thursday, following a failed attempt to remove violent settlers who had besieged the properties since Sunday. The operation, which involved a three-day military closure, resulted in the displacement of residents and reported damage to their property, despite prior assurances from military commanders that the families would remain in their homes.

via The Guardian|

#conflict-and-human-rights #idf-operations #palestinian-displacement

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Children caught in conflict face dire year as attacks on hospitals and schools double, India removed from UNSG report on impact of armed conflict

The Secretary-General's annual report on children and armed conflict reveals a "dire year" for children caught in conflict, with a doubling of attacks on hospitals and schools. The report documents 27,180 grave violations, including recruitment, killing, maiming, rape, and abduction. The worst offenders were the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Israel, the State of Palestine, Somalia, Syria, Ukraine, Afghanistan, and Yemen. Russia's forces and affiliated armed groups in Ukraine were added to the offenders' list for attacks on hospitals and schools during the invasion. Israel and Palestine were not added, as there was a decrease in Israeli airstrikes, but concerns remain over violence in the West Bank.

via UN News|

#armed-conflict #attacks #children