The US has launched more than a dozen strikes on alleged drug boats since early September. Photo: AP PHOTO

US military strikes against boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean allegedly carrying illegal drugs from South America are "unacceptable" and must stop, the UN human rights chief says.

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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk called for an investigation into the strikes, in what appeared to mark the first such condemnation of its kind from a United Nations organisation.

Ravina Shamdasani, a spokeswoman for Turk's office, relayed his message on Friday at

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