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November 24, 2020

Civilians bearing brunt of surge in violence in Nagorno-Karabakh

Many families with babies and young children are spending days and nights sheltering in unheated basements in an effort to escape the violence.
June 27, 2020

Amnesty calls on Trip Advisor to pull out of Israeli West Bank settlements

Amnesty International has sent a 300,000-strong petition to TripAdvisor's CEO Stephen Kaufer, calling on the online travel company to discontinue its operations in Israel's illegal settlements on Palestinian land in the West Bank.
December 10, 2019

Six-fold increase in estimated number of children displaced by storms in Caribbean

The primary cause of the increase was a series of catastrophic tropical cyclones or hurricanes which hit the region between 2016 and 2018 – including four Category 5 and two Category 4 storms.
November 6, 2019

Urgent call for repatriation of children stranded in Syria

Nearly 28,000 children from more than 60 different countries remain trapped in Syria, mostly in displacement camps.
November 4, 2019

UNHCR troubled by latest US refugee resettlement cut

The US has decided to reduce substantially the number of refugees it will admit for resettlement in the United States over the coming year.
July 19, 2019

Holistic approach needed to tackle Ebola outbreak, says Christian Aid

Christian Aid has welcomed the World Health Organisation’s decision to declare the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a public health emergency of international concern.
January 19, 2019

Ethiopia adopts new law granting more rights to refugees

Ethiopia’s historic new refugee law gives it one of the most progressive refugee policies in Africa.
September 16, 2018

Uganda launches new education plan for Africa’s biggest refugee crisis

The plan is to provide quality education for hundreds of thousands of refugee and host community children in Uganda.
September 5, 2018

Aid agencies say attack on Idlib would result in a humanitarian catastrophe

Following claims that Syrian government forces are preparing an attack on Idlib, aid agencies say it would cause vast suffering for the millions of civilians trapped in the region.
July 20, 2018

Jewish Voice for Peace condemns Israel's Nation-State bill

Jewish Voice for Peace has issued a statement on the passage of Israel’s Nation-State bill in the Knesset.