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UNHRC demands from India details on Kashmir killings, torture
May 20, 2019 By Hassan
Geneva, May 20 (KGN): Three special rapporteurs of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) have written to India asking for details on steps taken to punish or provide justice to victims and their next of kin in 76 cases of torture and arbitrary killing in Jammu and Kashmir since 1990. The letter to the Indian government, dated March 18, is written by the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Agnes Callamard, Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Dainius Puras and the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Nils Melzer. It was made public on the UNHRC website on May 18 after a scheduled interval of 60 days, along with India’s reply that refused to provide any cl
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Uganda: 2021 Julia Taft Fund for Refugees
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Deadline: 29-Jan-21
The U.S. Embassy in Kampala, under the auspices of the Office of the Regional Refugee Coordinator, is pleased to announce the availability of a funding opportunity through the 2021 Julia Taft Fund for Refugees.
The Julia Taft Fund for Refugees is an initiative by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) to respond to critical unmet needs of refugees. Created in 2000, the Julia Taft Fund for Refugees supports projects that fill gaps in refugee services not already being addressed by other organizations and that can be filled locally. Successful projects are those that are not being addressed by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), other international organizations, or non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that are already receiving U.S. government funding.
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UN calls for $156m to aid Ethiopian refugees in Sudan
United Nations seeking access to war-torn Tigray region of Ethiopia, from where hundreds of thousands have been displaced
Ethiopian refugees who fled fighting in Tigray receive maternity care in the Hamdaiet area of Sudan s eastern Kassala state on 22 November 2020 (AFP) By Published date: 22 December 2020 17:50 UTC | Last update: 3 months ago
The United Nations on Tuesday appealed for $156m to help the tens of thousands of refugees who have fled fighting in Ethiopia s Tigray region since November, again requesting full humanitarian access to the conflict-hit northern area.
Ethiopia’s army has been fighting rebel forces in Tigray since 4 November, leading to the displacement of nearly 950,000 people, many of whom have sought refuge in neighbouring Sudan.
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