Archive for March 15th, 2025

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15/03/2025

Bangladesh: Cox’s Bazar Rohingya Refugee Camp, “Ground Zero” for the Impact of Drastic Aid cuts

Human Wrongs Watch

By Vibhu Mishra

(UN News)* — UN Secretary-General António Guterres, during his visit to the Rohingya refugee camps in southern Bangladesh, vowed to do everything in his power to prevent further hardship as drastic aid cuts threaten food supplies and other critical relief efforts.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres meets Rohingya refugee students at Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh.
© UNHCR/Shari Nijman | UN Secretary-General António Guterres meets Rohingya refugee students at Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh.

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15/03/2025

Ukraine the World’s Biggest Arms Importer; United States’ Dominance of Global Arms Exports Grows as Russian Exports Continue to Fall

Human Wrongs Watch

By The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)*

(Stockholm, 10 March 2025) — Ukraine became the world’s largest importer of major arms in the period 2020–24, with its imports increasing nearly 100 times over compared with 2015–19.
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Photo: US Air Force/Staff Sgt. Alexander Cook

Photo: US Air Force/Staff Sgt. Alexander Cook
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European arms imports overall grew by 155 per cent between the same periods, as states responded to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and uncertainty over the future of US foreign policy.

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15/03/2025

Gaza Counts Costs of Catastrophic Impacts of Israeli Bombardment on Healthcare

Human Wrongs Watch

By Dawn Clancy

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 12 2025 (IPS)* –– With enough steel and concrete, the hospitals that have been smashed to bits in Gaza can be rebuilt.
 
But a construction plan paired with an army of bulldozers will not be enough to reconstruct the entirety of Gaza’s health care system, which, after many months of war, has been decimated by the Israeli military forces.
 
The Al Basma fertility clinic in Gaza City after an Israeli missile strike. December 2023. Credit: Mohammad Ajjour.

The Al Basma fertility clinic in Gaza City after an Israeli missile strike. December 2023. Credit: Mohammad Ajjour.

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