Archive for June 11th, 2025

11/06/2025

Myanmar on the ‘Path to Self-Destruction’ If Violence Does Not End

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — Nearly three months after a catastrophic earthquake struck Myanmar, the country continues to grapple with its aftermath alongside the brutal civil war which has devastated the country since the February 2021 military coup.

A woman who was affected by the earthquake in Myanmar sits alongside aid items.
© UNOCHA/Myaa Aung Thein Kyaw | A woman who was affected by the earthquake in Myanmar sits alongside aid items.

Since then, “there has been no end to the violence, even though thousands have been killed and thousands more injured,” said UN Special Envoy to Myanmar, Julie Bishop, on Tuesday , briefing the General Assembly.

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11/06/2025

Haiti Sees the Highest Number of People Displaced by Violence Ever Recorded: 1.3 Million

Human Wrongs Watch

By the International Organization for Migration

Geneva/Port-au-Prince, 11 June 2025 Nearly 1.3 million people are now internally displaced in Haiti, a 24 percent increase since December 2024, according to a recently published Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) report by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

The number of spontaneous displacement sites continues to multiply across Haiti as more people flee violence and insecurity. Photo: IOM/Antoine Lemonnier

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11/06/2025

Greed Is Driving Oceans toward Collapse

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — The ocean is under siege – and greed is to blame. UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday urged world leaders and grassroots groups to confront the powerful interests driving marine destruction, from illegal fishing and plastic pollution to the accelerating impacts of climate change.

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A school of fish swims close to Los Islotes Island in La Paz, Mexico.
© Ocean Image Bank/Amanda Cotto | A school of fish swims close to Los Islotes Island in La Paz, Mexico.

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