The Barda office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) estimates that there were 85 mine incidents between 2020 and 2023, resulting in 49 deaths and 79 injuries, Konul Hajiyeva, a humanitarian defense officer at the ICRC representative of
Day: December 4, 2023
Eleven hikers have been found dead near the crater of Indonesia’s Marapi volcano after it erupted over the weekend, the BBC reports.
Three people were rescued on Monday. The search for 12 others missing has been suspended due to a small eruption.
There were 75 hikers in the area at the time of the eruption but most were safely evacuated.
Mount Marapi, one of Indonesia’s 127 active volcanoes, spewed ash as high as 3km into the air on Sunday.
Authorities have imposed the second-highest alert level and prohibited residents from going within 3km of the crater.
The human rights of disabled people must be constantly protected and promoted, equal opportunities must be created for them in all public spheres, and awareness work in this field must be further strengthened, Azernews reports, citing Sabina Aliyeva, the Azerbaijani Human Rights Commissioner (ombudsman), telling at a round table on Protecting the Human Rights of Disabled People and Landmine Victims in Azerbaijan.