Human Rights
Assistance to Syrian refugees: after Lebanon, PACE rapporteur continues visit to Turkey
Jean-Marie Bockel (France, EPP/CD), who is preparing a report for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on international assistance for Syrian refugees in Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon and Iraq, begins a fact-finding visit to Turkey (21 to 22 August 2013), following on from a visit to Lebanon (19-20 August).
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South Sudan Common Humanitarian Fund: $33 million for people in need
The South Sudan Common Humanitarian Fund (CHF) has allocated US$33 million for life-saving assistance until the end of the year to people displaced by violence, returnees, refugees and vulnerable host communities. The money will enable people to receive: clean water and sanitation, education, livelihoods support, healthcare, household items, nutrition, mine clearance and protection. The money will also pay for key logistics and emergency telecommunications in deep field locations.
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Thailand: Release and Protect Rohingya ‘Boat People’
Undocumented Rohingya Muslim immigrants gather at the Immigration Detention Center during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in Kanchanaburi province, Thailand on July 10, 2013.
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Warimu Gachenga, elderly slum resident: "Even buying soap is a problem"
Wairimu Gachenga.
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UN agencies mount swift response as Syrian refugees pour into Iraq’s Kurdistan region
Syrians who fled across the Peshkhabour border into Kurdistan in northern Iraq walk towards a makeshift reception centre.
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Egypt: Security Forces Used Excessive Lethal Force
Egyptian security forces’ rapid and massive use of lethal force to disperse sit-ins on August 14, 2013 led to the most serious incident of mass unlawful killings in modern Egyptian history.
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UK: Detention Appears Aimed at Intimidating Journalists
The shocking detention of David Miranda, partner of Glenn Greenwald, a journalist at the Guardian, at London’s Heathrow airport on August 18, 2013, appears aimed at punishing or intimidating journalists, Human Rights Watch said.
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Ban condemns ambush on police officers in the Sinai
Demonstrators clash with police in central Cairo, Egypt.
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UN spotlights plight of more than 1 million displaced Iraqis, calls for durable solutions
Al-Rustumiya, an informal settlement for displaced people on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
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