Children are dying because doctors cannot access essential medicines, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said in a stark warning on Monday, calling for the immediate lifting of United States sanctions against the Caribbean nation that were causing “widespread harm”.

Children are dying because doctors cannot access essential medicines, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said in a stark warning on Monday, calling for the immediate lifting of…

The US has been applying intense pressure on the island nation recently.

Volker Turk, the UN's high commissioner for human rights, warns that 'children are dying' as result of US oil blockade.