Dossier
Shabia Mantoo
Coverage of Shabia Mantoo in the Nexus archive.
- UN urges evacuation of 6,000 sailors stranded in Hormuz strait
The United Nations urged the safe evacuation and repatriation of approximately 6,000 sailors facing a 'dire humanitarian and human rights crisis' in the Strait of Hormuz, linked to the Middle East war. UN human rights chief Volker Turk, through his spokeswoman Shabia Mantoo, called for urgent action to address their plight.