Ogaden Refugees Fleeing Government Persecution: Voices From Dadaab
08/06/2013 Mareeg.com-The Ethiopian military and paramilitary forces, operating in the Ogaden region of Ethiopia, are, it is alleged, carrying out extra judicial killings and gang rapes; falsely...
View ArticleIsrael 'not getting involved' in Syria war
Israel aims to stay out of Syria's civil war, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said, despite its recent attacks on targets inside the country. "Israel is not getting involved in the civil war in...
View ArticleImmigration 'lets violent inmates into community'
Asylum seekers involved in violent attacks while in immigration detention are being released into the community, an insider says. The violent detainees - including one man who assaulted staff and was...
View ArticleSudan orders halt of South Sudan oil flow
Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has ordered the stoppage of cross-border oil flows from South Sudan, less than two months after southern crude returned to Sudanese territory, official radio...
View ArticleViolent people 'released before security checks'
Asylum seekers involved in violent attacks while in immigration detention are being released, including one man who assaulted staff and was involved in more than 250 incidents. The violent detainees...
View ArticleMany dead as asylum boat sinks off Australia
At least 13 people have died and dozens are missing after a boat carrying suspected asylum seekers sank near Australia, officials say. Australian Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare said on Sunday that...
View ArticleMyanmars living in fear of clashes
PETALING JAYA: The clashes among two factions of Myanmar nationals here is causing anxiety among workers, said non-governmental organisations that work with them. A source from an NGO, which works...
View ArticleHomelessness serious threat to refugees in Poland, Bulgaria and Slovakia -...
(Source: UN - United Nations) Homelessness serious threat to refugees in Poland, Bulgaria and Slovakia - UN report A homeless family from Chechnya at a reception centre in Linin, Poland. Photo: UNHCR...
View ArticleHomelessness serious threat to refugees in Poland, Bulgaria and Slovakia...
Print 7 June 2013 Homelessness and the threat of homelessness are two of the most serious conditions affecting refugees and asylum-seekers living in Poland, Bulgaria and Slovakia, according to a...
View ArticleNDAA: Indefinite Detention, Guantanamo Bay Battles Emerge Amid NSA Spying...
WASHINGTON -- With the nation already alarmed over revelations of massive National Security Agency data collection, Congress is set to act next week on two other contentious issues -- the power to...
View ArticleLocal miners left out by Tanzania gold rush
- In northwest Tanzania, less than a kilometre away from a sprawling open pit gold mine, hundreds of people are engaged in a complex and arduous task. While young men emerge from deep pits equipped...
View ArticleBritain to restart detainees' transfer to Afghan authorities
LONDON: Britain would restart the transfer of detainees captured in Afghanistan to the local authorities later this month. The process was suspended in November last year after it emerged the...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: 3 Years After Violence, a Mockery of Justice (HRW - Human Rights...
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) (Bishkek) - Justice for crimes committed during the ethnic violence in southern Kyrgyzstan in June 2010 remains elusive and the authorities' commitment to...
View ArticleObama a 'monster' says Gitmo hunger strikers' rights defender, faster
"In my eyes, the U.S. President is a totalitarian monster no less than the worst monarchs and dictators in world history," stated veteran human rights defender Brian S. Willson in a written statement...
View ArticleRow over Swiss asylum laws
Switzerland is voting in a referendum to change asylum laws following a rise in refugees. Critics say it sends a message that foreigners are not welcome in the country. Al Jazeera's Sonia Gallego...
View ArticlePolicy or happenstance? Jordan's dwindling Syrian refugee arrivals
By Heba Aly Follow @Hebajournalist SHARE ZA'ATARI CAMP, 9 June 2013 (IRIN) - It was 10 days after she first arrived at the Syrian-Jordanian border that Marwa’s* patience ran out. She had left...
View ArticleS Africa migrants battle rising persecution
- In a country with a history of violence like South Africa, there are few scenes of brutality that can still shock the nation. The video that emerged on YouTube last weekend of a Somali man lying...
View ArticleReport: Rohingya refugees face 'appalling' conditions in Thailand
June 7, 2013 -- Updated 0241 GMT (1041 HKT) Thousands of Rohingya refugees -- such these pictured in March this year -- have flooded into Thailand. (CNN) -- If it were not for the powerful stench and...
View ArticleKarzai Tells Britain to Hand Over Prisoners
KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan demanded Saturday that Britain hand over within two weeks up to 90 Afghan detainees being held at a British base in the south, saying the...
View ArticleKabul demands British forces transfer prisoners within weeks
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday demanded that Britain hand over within two weeks more than 80 prisoners of war being held in a British base in the south, saying the...
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