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26.May
jemen torture camps human trafficking
May 26, 2014

Yemen’s Torture Camps. Human Rights Watch reports about the abuse of migrants by human traffickers in a climate of impunity.

editor: Murat Suner

The report, released yesterday, documents harms suffered by migrants, most from the Horn of Africa, who try to travel through Yemen on their way to Saudi Arabia for work. Human Rights Watch found that various Yemeni security agencies in the border town of Haradh, where dozens of camps exist, and at checkpoints, allow the human trafficking industry to flourish with little government interference.

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23.May
Syrian refugees in Lebanon UNHCR
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22.May
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May 22, 2014
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editor: Murat Suner
The study "Advancing Global Food Security in the Face of a Changing Climate", released today on a high-level in Washington D.C., is the first to examine the effects of the [...]
21.May
thailand
May 21, 2014
Martial law threat ot human rights in Thailand
editor: Vanessa Ellingham
Martial law has been imposed in Thailand, handing the military supreme power and threatening the human rights of Thai citizens. Amnesty International is [...]
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