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March 20, 2012 I am very sad to inform you that Mr Bardia Amir-Mostofian, a resident of Ashraf Camp, who was among the third group to be transferred to Camp Liberty, soon after entering the camp had a cardiac arrest due to intense fatigue and lost his life. He was a political refugee in Germany and had gone to Ashraf 20 years ago. Today, 20 March, ...
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Times of Malta Friday, March 9, 2012 By Grace Attard The recent case of a man charged with trafficking women for sexual exploitation has given visibility to such human rights crimes that for the past 10 years have been given little or no attention by the authorities. "Alleged cases of trafficking of human beings have always eluded justice." - Grace...
March 7 2012 the Campaign for Ashraf At the request of Special Representative of Secretary Clinton and Special Representative of Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and their promise for attempt to fulfill minimum assurances of Ashraf residents, another 400 are moving to Camp Liberty. Ashraf residents call on the Security Council to act to lift the restr...
By Kiilu Nyasha Friday Mar 2nd, 2012 San Francisco Longtime San Francisco-based journalist/activist Kiilu Nyasha writes that "Chattel slavery was ended following prolonged guerrilla warfare between the slaves and the slave-owners and their political allies. Referred to as the 'Underground Railroad,' it was led by the revolutionary General Harriet T...
The Telegraph Friday 09 March 2012 By Paul Chapman, Wellington Maybe what they are doing could be used as a model for other displaced refugee situations... The low-lying Pacific nation of Kiribati is negotiating to buy land in Fiji so it can relocate islanders under threat from rising sea levels. In what could be the world's first climate-induced m...
The Sun Sentinel February 17, 2012|CHRISTIANA LILLY clilly@tribune.com When the group arrived at the Dora concentration camp, Simon Lewenberg was sure he was going to die. A pile of the dead lay on the ground, and a few days later the soldiers told Lewenberg and other Jewish prisoners to undress for a shower. They all knew the showers really meant ...
Aljazeera Last Modified: 09 Feb 2012 It has been six months since floods ravaged the Pakistani provinces of Sindh and Balochistan, bringing widespread destruction to the remote region. At least 18 million people were affected or displaced, and the UN says many returned home to find their homes destroyed. But a report released by the country's Peopl...
Iâm going on a long trip up the motorway so Iâve come to Tescoâs filling station to get some fuel. My tankâs nearly empty, but all the pumps are queued-up except these two here. There are no warning signs on them, so these are the fellows for me. Iâve done all the usual nonsense with my card and opted to, âPay at the Pump.â Iâve no...
Summary of the Crisis in Darfur, Sudan The on-going genocide in Darfur, Sudan has already claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of Darfuris and has displaced more than 2 million more. The genocide began in early 2003 when members of two rebel groupsâthe Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA)ârevolted agains...
Updated: Feb. 10, 2012 The New York Times Sudan has been at war with itself for almost its entire post-colonial history, starting in 1956. After decades of fighting for independence from the north, southern Sudan seceded on July 9, 2011 and became the Republic of South Sudan, six months after nearly 99 percent of the regionâs voters approved the ...
Camp Ashraf - Hello Karen Please allow me to inform you that: With utmost flexibility requested by Mrs. Rajavi, 400 residents of Ashraf are waiting for the U.S., UN, EU and GoI to agree to and sign the âExecutive Document for Arrangements of Transferâ to Camp Liberty. NCRI statement February 8, 2012- On February 2nd, while welcoming the UN suggestion for dia...
Shahriar Kia February 7, 2012 On Tuesday, February 7, in an international conference at the European parliament in Brussels with the presence of prominent U.S. and European figures, it was disclosed that at the behest of the Iranian regime, the Iraqi government is attempting to turn Camp Liberty into a prison. · In this conference Mrs. Rajavi emph...