Sentences with phrase «civilian deaths among»

In January 2016 an estimated number of 2000 Turkish academics from more than 90 Turkish Universities signed a petition criticizing the Turkish military for the operations that resulted in civilian deaths among the Kurdish population in the southeast of the country.

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A roundup of gun control and violence studies by writer German Lopez at Vox shows Americans represent less than 5 % of the world population but possess nearly 50 % of the world's civilian - owned guns, police are about three times more likely to be killed in states with high gun ownership, countries with more guns see more gun deaths, and states with tighter gun control laws see fewer gun - related deaths, among other sobering statistics.

If the estimates are confirmed, it would be among the highest civilian death tolls since the war started in 2003, and one of the highest civilian body counts caused by the U.S. military since the Vietnam War.

I've toured a museum of war remnants in Saigon where, among the photographs of death, destruction, and dismemberment caused by bombs and napalm dropped by U.S. forces on civilians, is a display of the horrors of Agent Orange.