Migrant rights defenders in Greece treated like criminals, says UN expert
Athens, Greece Reuters Human rights defenders in Greece, particularly those documenting the treatment of migrants and refugees, face smear campaigns and are treated like criminals, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Mary Lawlor said on Wednesday. Lawlor was presenting her preliminary findings at the end of a 10-day visit to Greece where she met […]
ESSAY: CHURCHES ARE THE BEST SOLUTION TO GLOBAL CONFLICTS WE DON’T THINK OF
US-based World Relief’s CEO and president, TIM BREENE and SCOTT ARBEITER, in an article first published by Religion News Service, on the key role local churches play in recovery after conflict around the world…
100,00 in South Sudan town of Yei urgently need humanitarian assistance, says UNHCR
Some 100,000 people trapped in the South Sudanese town of Yei urgently need humanitarian assistance, the UN refugee agency has warned. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said the security situation in the town, close to South Sudan’s borders with Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has deteriorated rapidly since […]