UN Human Rights Office calls for an independent inquiry into the apparent killing by the security forces of at least 8 people during protests in Nyala, Darfur, Sudan. The office is also concerned about the persecution of bloggers, as well as violence against gay and lesbian activists in Liberia. http://bit.ly/QzBUtX

 

IDPs return to their village and are hugged by the villagers on Flickr by UNHCR (CC license-BY). Welcoming home returning IDPs in Sudan: Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) returned to their original village, Sehjanna, after living seven years in an IDP camp in Aramba. They are welcomed by relatives and friends who stayed back. The voluntary repatriation program is organized by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Sudanese Humanitarian Aid Commission.

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Niger-Mali refugee crisis: ‚We came with nothing … there is nothing to eat. Nothing‘ – video

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http://www.hrw.org/africa/sudan

https://twitter.com/ovietnamfinance

http://www.hrw.org/asia/vietnam

http://www.facebook.com/IranLGBT

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http://allafrica.com/liberia

 

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Damascus Center for Human Right Studies (DCHRS)  #Syria #Humanrights #Amnesty FSA killings probe findings ‘must go to UN inquiry’ http://bit.ly/MIKGQr http://www.facebook.com/DCHRS

IPS Inter Press Service News Agency — Check out this fantastic map and historical timeline of LGBT legal rights around the world, by our colleagues at IPS Cuba http://bit.ly/QKCl21