UN: Tens of millions face ‘risk of death’ in Ukraine

Geneva: (Archyde.com)

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, said Thursday that tens of millions of people in Ukraine are at “imminent risk of death” as military operations escalate.

Opening an urgent debate at the UN Human Rights Council to consider setting up a commission to investigate alleged human rights violations, Bachelet called for an immediate cessation of hostilities that have severely damaged basic services.

“Several groups who fear persecution if Russian forces advance have contacted my team in Ukraine, including members of the Crimean Tatar community in mainland Ukraine, as well as prominent human rights defenders and journalists,” she told the council in Geneva.