UNHCR, Microsoft and HP to boost refugee education in Dadaab
The UN Refugee Agency in partnership with Microsoft and HP, and with the support of the Innovation and Education units, has officially launched the Community Technology Access (CTA) project in Dadaab, a comprehensive initiative...Read more...
Report to the Portuguese Government on the visit to Portugal carried out by the European...
Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture, Report to the Portuguese Government on the visit to Portugal carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or...Read more...
2012 Report on International Religious Freedom - Vietnam
United States Department of State, 2012 Report on International Religious Freedom - Vietnam, 20 May 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/519dd45918.html [accessed 23 May 2013] This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR...Read more...
The Gambia: ARTICLE 19 condemns new attacks on freedom of expression
Article 19, The Gambia: ARTICLE 19 condemns new attacks on freedom of expression, 24 April 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/519dd98e4.html [accessed 23 May 2013] This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not...Read more...
Brazil: Campaigner against property project silenced by court
Article 19, Brazil: Campaigner against property project silenced by court, 26 April 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/519ddb114.html [accessed 23 May 2013] This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not...Read more...
New UNHCR Nepal chief
Representative in Nepal, Steven Craig Sanders, presented his Letter of Credentials to Minister for Foreign Affairs Madhav Prasad Ghimire on Wednesday. Sanders, an American national, has worked with the UN refugee agency since...Read more...
2012 Report on International Religious Freedom - China
United States Department of State, 2012 Report on International Religious Freedom - China, 20 May 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/519dd4d88f.html [accessed 23 May 2013] This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR...Read more...
Statelessness & Nationality in South Africa
Jessica P. George and Rosalind Elphick with important inputs from Kaajal Ramjathan-Keogh and Jacob van Garderen UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Statelessness & Nationality in South Africa, March 2013, available at:...Read more...
Does Brad Pitt suffer from face blindness?
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Syrian refugees head to Libya
Written by Middle East Online MISRATA, Libya - Two years ago Syrians in the relative security of their own country watched the unfolding crisis in Libya descend into a devastating civil war. Since then the tables have turned,...Read more...
South Sudan: Humanitarian Deadlock in Yida
South Sudan 2013 © Yann Libessart Refugees in Yida camp. Yida camp in Unity State, where Doctors without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been working since late 2011, today covers nearly 1,200 hectares [about 3,000...Read more...
Refugees 'sending wrong signal'
Rwanda's high commissioner says fears of further persecution are misplaced: it is safe to return. High commissioner Vincent Karega. (UN-Habitat) The Rwandan high commissioner to South Africa this week sought to assure returnees...Read more...
Malaysia: Attacks on free speech ahead of elections
Article 19, Malaysia: Attacks on free speech ahead of elections, 2 May 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/519de0694.html [accessed 23 May 2013] This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor...Read more...
Home Affairs to assist Angolan refugees to return home
Pretoria – The Department of Home Affairs says it will help Angolan nationals, who found refuge in South Africa after fleeing from their country’s 27 year-long civil war, to return home. Briefing journalists in Pretoria on...Read more...
Cote d'Ivoire: Repatriation of refugees from Liberia to Cote d’Ivoire picks up this year
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: Cote d'Ivoire, Liberia ABIDJAN, Cote d'Ivoire, May 23 (UNHCR) - Two years after the end of Cote d'Ivoire's brief civil war, growing numbers of refugees have been returning to...Read more...
Venezuela: Critical situation for free speech post-election
Article 19, Venezuela: Critical situation for free speech post-election, 23 May 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/519dd6911c.html [accessed 23 May 2013] This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible...Read more...
Lebanon: A learning curve for young Syrian refugees at model school in Lebanon
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic ARSAL, Lebanon, May 23 (UNHCR) - It's test day at the Arsal Public Second Shift Middle School and the students in the 8th Grade maths class are...Read more...
Tamil refugees sheltering in UAE granted asylum in the USA and Europe
DUBAI (The National): Four Sri Lankan refugees sheltered in the UAE for seven months have been granted asylum in the United States, Sweden and Finland. They were among 45 Tamils who fled their home last October to seek asylum...Read more...
2012 Report on International Religious Freedom - Cyprus: the Area Administered by Turkish Cypriots
United States Department of State, 2012 Report on International Religious Freedom - Cyprus: the Area Administered by Turkish Cypriots, 20 May 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/519dd4d011.html [accessed 23 May...Read more...
Bangladesh: Action needed now to stop gender-based violence against journalists
Article 19, Bangladesh: Action needed now to stop gender-based violence against journalists, 10 April 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/519dcdd74.html [accessed 23 May 2013] This is not a UNHCR publication....Read more...
UK: Browsing the Internet is a legitimate exception to copyright
This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the...Read more...
Newsletter: Freedom of Expression in Eastern Africa
Article 19, Newsletter: Freedom of Expression in Eastern Africa, 17 April 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/519dd11e4.html [accessed 23 May 2013] This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for,...Read more...
2012 Report on International Religious Freedom - Turkmenistan
United States Department of State, 2012 Report on International Religious Freedom - Turkmenistan, 20 May 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/519dd47dc.html [accessed 23 May 2013] This is not a UNHCR publication....Read more...
Continuous Torture of the Beheshti Family and Other Stories
Article 19, Continuous Torture of the Beheshti Family and Other Stories, 19 April 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/519dd25f4.html [accessed 23 May 2013] This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible...Read more...
Somalia: Urgent investigation needed into suicide court attack
Article 19, Somalia: Urgent investigation needed into suicide court attack, 16 April 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/519dd0494.html [accessed 23 May 2013] This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not...Read more...
2012 Report on International Religious Freedom - Belarus
United States Department of State, 2012 Report on International Religious Freedom - Belarus, 20 May 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/519dd4e57d.html [accessed 23 May 2013] This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR...Read more...
Turkey: Quash Twitter pianist sentence in honour of free speech
Article 19, Turkey: Quash Twitter pianist sentence in honour of free speech, 16 April 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/519dcfca4.html [accessed 23 May 2013] This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not...Read more...
2012 Report on International Religious Freedom - Switzerland
United States Department of State, 2012 Report on International Religious Freedom - Switzerland, 20 May 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/519dd48618.html [accessed 23 May 2013] This is not a UNHCR publication....Read more...
Azerbaijan at the UPR: UN Member States must hold Azerbaijan to account
Article 19, Azerbaijan at the UPR: UN Member States must hold Azerbaijan to account, 29 April 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/519ddb984.html [accessed 23 May 2013] This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not...Read more...
2012 Report on International Religious Freedom - Chile
United States Department of State, 2012 Report on International Religious Freedom - Chile, 20 May 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/519dd4db18.html [accessed 23 May 2013] This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR...Read more...
