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AUSTRALIA: Melbourne Refugees Begin Mass Hunger Strike
World  (tags: Refugees&Relief, politics, world, AUSTRALIA, ACTIVISM, activists, refugees, government, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', freedoms, humanrights, news, society )

Cal
- 40 days ago - greenleft.org.au
24 Sri Lankan, two Iranian and two Rohingyas -- began a hunger strike at the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA) detention centre.
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Fleeing Syria, Palestinians Find Haven and Hardships in Egypt
World  (tags: Palestinians, Syria, refugees, camps, war, Egypt, Visas, UN Works and Relief Agency (UNWRA), UNHCR, Right To Return )

Angelika
- 62 days ago - egyptindependent.com
Palestinian-Syrian families, all males under 18 and females of all ages can enter the country without a visa, but generally receive only a two-week to one-month visa, rather than the three months granted to other Syrians
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Darfur10 ACTION
World  (tags: Darfur, violence, refugees, humanrights, world )

Nancy
- 68 days ago - darfur10.org
Sign the global petition and demand that the international community and the U.N. bring an end to this crisis.
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Mexico, the End of the 'American Dream' for Child Migrants
World  (tags: world, children, refugees, immigrants, abuse, Mexico, law, politics )

Cal
- 231 days ago - ipsnews.net
For many undocumented child migrants from Central America, Mexico is the end of the road in their endeavour to reach the United States, driven by economic reasons, gang violence and domestic violence.
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New Revelations On The Exploitation And Abuse Of African Refugees Fleeing To Israel
World  (tags: middle East, Israel, refugees, ransom, Bedouin, kidnap, Eeritrea, Sudan, crime )

Beatrice
- 419 days ago - failedmessiah.typepad.com
A Bedouin resident of southern Israel was arrested by Israeli police and charged last week with serving as an accomplice to a criminal organization that kidnapped Eritrean and Sudanese nationals in the Sinai Peninsula and extorted their families for ranso
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EGYPT: African Refugees Are Having Their Organs Cut Out of Their Bodies While They Are Still Alive By Organ Harvesters
World  (tags: 'HUMANRIGHTS!', conflict, corruption, crime, death, ethics, freedoms, HumanRights, humanrights, middle-east, africa, refugees, Ethiopia, Sudan, society, terrorism, violence )

G
- 557 days ago - barenakedislam.wordpress.com
Human Rights Groups have produced evidence that bodies of African refugees have been found in the desert with organs missing. Apparently, African refugees from Ethiopia and Sudan are having their organs stolen in the Sinai Desert by the same people who ar
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'The Palestine Papers': MASSIVE NEW LEAK LIFTS LID on NEGOTIATIONS, DEATH OF PEACE PROCESS
World  (tags: PALESTINIAN PAPERS, Middle East conflict, Massive new leak, al-Jazeera, Guardian, 1, 600 confidential Palestinian records, 1999-2010, DEATH OF PEACE PROCESS, Israel, negotiations, US, Israel, PLO, concessions, Jerusalem, refugees, Ugly game, sham )

LucyKalei
- 848 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Papers reveal who holds power- Leaked docs show Palestinians pleading with dismissive US officials in face unyielding Israeli negotiators! Israel spurned 'biggest Jerusalem in history' Ugly game -SHAM- now, finally, over. Palestine papers: live updates!
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Fair Trade Basics: Your Money Speaks
World  (tags: Fair Trade, Refugees, Help, Organic, Consumer, Fair wages, simple, easy, global southconsumers, business, farming, labor, marketing, SustainableDevelopment, wal-mart, economy, clothing, greenproducts, shopping, Sustainabililty, sustainable, humans, hemp )

Em
- 1008 days ago - hubpages.com
You have power as a consumer. Buying Fair Trade means the people who made your products receive fair wages. Did you know Fair Trade can help refugees, too? You can make a difference in the lives of workers in the Global South by simply...
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Haiti: Girls and Women, From 2 to 72 Years Old, Are Being Raped.
World  (tags: Women, Women´s Rights, Women´s Rights Violations, children, girls, crime, rape, torture, Solange, refugees, pain, politics )

Marta
- 1142 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
After the eartquake´s devastation, emerges a second natural disaster: girls and women, from 2 to 72 years old, are being raped.
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Utah Millionaire Mounts Own Haiti Aid Operation
World  (tags: Haiti relief, haiti, refugees, aid, humans, society, Refugees&Relief, society, world, ethics )

Cal
- 1215 days ago - news.yahoo.com
When Utah millionaire Jeremy Johnson saw news reports of Haiti's suffering, it wasn't enough to just pick up the phone and donate money. He mounted his own relief mission.
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Colombians Come to Venezuela in Droves
World  (tags: Venezuela, Colombia, capitalism, fascism, war, civil war, refugees, migration, immigration, oppression, exploitation, poverty, revolution, socialism, democracy, HumanRights, humanrights, leftwing, left, leftist, progressive, egalitarian, equality )

Simon
- 1284 days ago - venezuelanalysis.com
Some people imagine that "Venezuela is a dictatorship that people are fleeing". The reality is very different: a democracy, where the people have elected socialist governments in recent years, ensuring less poverty, more human rights, & more people coming
4 comments
Somali Camps 'Unfit for Humans'
World  (tags: Somalia, Refugees, civil war, Anarchy )

Ben
- 1356 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The aid agency Oxfam has decried the conditions in which hundreds of thousands of refugees from the conflict in Somalia are being forced to live. It says the overcrowded and badly managed camps in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya are "barely fit for humans"
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Save Darfur | Don't Forget Darfur Photo Petition
World  (tags: darfur, action, human rights, crime, Refugees, petition )

Jelica
- 1356 days ago - savedarfur.org
Our Darfur/Darfur exhibit will bring the people of Darfur face to face with world leaders. Now is your chance to go face to face with them as well. Will you add your picture to our "Don't Forget Darfur" photo petition? Your photos will create a mosaic tha
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Burma: 10,000 More Kokang Refugees Flee Into China
World  (tags: Burma, Civil war, refugees, China )

Ben
- 1361 days ago - irrawaddy.org
Another wave of 10,000 Kokang civilians fled into China on Thursday and Friday due to continued clashes between the Burmese army and ethnic militias in the Kokang region of northeastern Burma, said sources on the Sino-Burmese border...
4 comments
Sign Petition: Help Promote the Roadmap to End Global Hunger!
World  (tags: world, hunger, poverty, refugees, relief, food, human, rights, aid, africa, asia, europe, middle-east, UN, obama, government, politics )

Tom
- 1439 days ago - change.org
Friends of the World Food Program (WFP) and its coalition partners developed the Roadmap to End Global Hunger that will guide Congress and the new administration in establishing a comprehensive strategy to address global hunger.
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