Rapports

New York City -- As U.S. communities help thousands of newly arriving refugees from Burma make a fresh start in life this year, they're also learning about an underreported dimension of the decades-old Burma crisis: the plight of Burma's…

Collected to Date: Christian Children's Fund (CCF) has collected for tsunami relief, recovery and reconstruction in India, Indonesia and Sri Lanka a total of $19,080,054.68. This includes: $11,221,699 million in public contributions $7,858,355.68 million in grant awards $19,080,054.68 Total Tsunami Funding Spent to…

Sixty-two of InterAction's members that solicited funds received $ 1.775 billion in cash and gifts-in-kind from an extraordinarily generous American private sector to respond to the needs of those who survived the tsunami that struck in the Indian Ocean…

Warning that the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are continuing to "recruit and use child soldiers" in Sri Lanka and highlighting allegations of "grave violations" against children by all parties in the conflict, the United Nations Special Representative…

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Delegates from more than 30 countries called today for urgent action to prevent and respond to sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict areas. The representatives of governments, the European Commission, civil society and the United Nations drafted…

A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission on the International Day in Support of Torture Victims and Survivors, June 26, 2006 On the occasion of the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the Asian…

The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) says in its "World Refugee Survey 2006" that the Chinese government, while permitting employment and property ownership to 300,000 Vietnamese refugees, persecuted, detained and deported 5,000 North Koreans, and as many as 100…

29 May 2006 Dili-Special Representative of the Secretary-General Sukehiro Hasegawa has asked the Government of Timor-Leste for a full investigation and accountability of those responsible for the acts of violence committed against unarmed police officers while under the protection of…

Violent attacks have displaced more than 10,000 ethnic Karen villagers since November. It is the biggest movement in ten years made by soldiers of the Burmese military junta; officially known as the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC). Civilians…

(New York, May 26, 2006) -- The new Human Rights Court for Aceh must try human rights abuses committed during three decades of conflict, not just abuses since the August 2005 peace agreement, Human Rights Watch said today. Next week…