World Refugee Day: Real-time video feed of daily life in a refugee camp

20 Jun

Posted by Jim as Human Rights, Human Rights Events, Human Rights Video, Take Action

Today is World Refugee Day and for the first time in history you can witness refugee camp life in real time, live on the UNHCR refugeedaylive.org website between 2pm and 2am GMT (9am and 9pm EST).
Watch and gain insights into daily refugee camp life:

A refugee mother cooking a meal for her children using refugee rations,
Meet [...]

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World Refugee Day: Lives in danger as governments deny refugees protection in Europe

20 Jun

Posted by Otto as Human Rights, Human Rights Events

Governments in Europe are putting lives at risk by denying refugees protection, Amnesty International warned today. On World Refugee Day, the doors to Europe are closing as the rights of those seeking sanctuary are ignored.
“Refugees are risking their lives to find safety only to be turned away when they reach Europe,” said Nicola Duckworth, Europe [...]

Tags: EU, Greece, Italy, Spain, Turkey

China: Tiananmen Remembered

04 Jun

Posted by Jim as Human Rights, Human Rights Video

The 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre is being marked with a vigil in Hong Kong, the only region in China allowed to commemorate the date. Around 150,000 people gathered in Victoria Park for the annual event, which was addressed by one of the 1989 student leaders, Xiong Yan.
Chinese Human Rights Defenders has documented the [...]

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