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2012-05-24 01:00 Amnesty International, svenska sektionen - 2011 var året då miljontals människor gav sig ut på gatorna. Demonstranternas mod - att stå upp mot förtryck och kräva förändringar - stod i stark kontrast till det bristande ledarskap som bland annat får FN:s säkerhetsråd att framstå som oförmöget att leva upp till sitt syfte, säger Lise Bergh, svenska Amnestys generalsekreterare när årsrapporten presenterades.

2012-04-19 14:40 Amnesty International, svenska sektionen Obrukbar odlingsmark, förstörda sjöar och vattendrag är resultatet av 50 års oljeutvinning i Nigerdeltat. Människor som är helt beroende av jordbruk och fiske för sin försörjning drivs allt djupare in i fattigdom på grund av alla oljeutsläpp.

2012-03-13 14:07 FN:s flyktingorgan UNHCR March marks a year since the current turmoil in Syria started. Official data from surrounding countries and UNHCR’s own registration figures indicate that around 30,000 people have fled to neighbouring countries while significant numbers of Syrians are thought to be displaced inside Syria.

Violence on Sudan-South Sudan border triggers more displacement

2012-03-06 13:52 FN:s flyktingorgan UNHCR Renewed clashes in the disputed border areas between Sudan and South Sudan are prompting more people to seek safety in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state and in western Ethiopia.

Landmark judgment of the Strasbourg Court on push-backs in the Mediterranean Sea

2012-02-23 15:20 FN:s flyktingorgan UNHCR STRASBOURG: The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has today issued a decision concluding that Italy violated the European Convention of Human Rights by intercepting and returning to Libya in 2009 a group of Somalis and Eritreans without examining whether this would constitute a real risk to their lives. The case is known as Hirsi Jamaa and Others v. Italy.

Thousands of Malian refugees fleeing fighting are relocated from borders of neighbouring countries

2012-02-14 15:16 FN:s flyktingorgan UNHCR In Niger, Burkina Faso and Mauritania UNHCR is working with governments to relocate refugees fleeing Mali to safer locations away from border areas.

UNHCR seeking $145 million in urgent funds for Sudanese exodus

2012-02-10 14:46 FN:s flyktingorgan UNHCR The UN refugee agency is seeking $145 million in additional funds to help refugees fleeing fighting in Sudan’s Blue Nile and South Kordofan states into Ethiopia and South Sudan. The amount is meant to cover the needs of up to 185,000 Sudanese refugees in the two countries.

Violence in northern Mali forces over 20,000 into exile

2012-02-07 13:47 FN:s flyktingorgan UNHCR UNHCR has deployed emergency teams to countries surrounding Mali to help meet the needs of some 20,000 people who have been forced to flee fighting in northern Mali. Most of the displaced are in Niger, Burkina Faso and Mauritania.

2012-02-01 10:43 Olof Palmes Internationella Center Den israeliska ockupationen, vägspärrarna, den åtta meter höga muren, det ständigt närvarande våldet samt interna palestinska splittringar gör livet svårt för palestinierna. Välkommen till ett seminarium om hur det är att komma utifrån och vara bosatt i ett av världens mest omskrivna konfliktområden.

 Mediterranean takes record as most deadly stretch of water for refugees and migrants in 2011

2012-01-31 15:44 FN:s flyktingorgan UNHCR According to UNHCR estimates, more than 1,500 people drowned or went missing while attempting to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe in 2011. This makes 2011 the deadliest year for this region since UNHCR started to record these statistics in 2006.