Thursday 25 February 2010

Stories in the News

Apologies in advance for the long list, I hope some of the following are useful:

Child Migrants to Australia Apology

BBC News (24/02/10): Gordon Brown apologises to child migrants sent abroad 

The Guardian (20/02/10): Children shipped to Australia to get formal apology


Children and Detention

The Guardian (23/02/10): (Audio): Yarl's Wood: 'They called us black monkey'


The Guardian (23/02/10): Fears for health of Yarl's Wood women in third week of hunger strike

The Guardian (22/02/10): Why I am on hunger strike at Yarl's Wood



The Guardian (23/02/10): Yarl's Wood: a disgrace


The Guardian (18/02/10): Don't deny this detention damage


The Guardian (18/02/10): Letters - Yarl's Wood: there is no need to detain families with children


The Daily Telegraph (17/02/10): Children should not be held in immigration centres, says watchdog


The Guardian (17/02/10): Yarl's Wood children face 'extreme distress', report reveals

BBC News (17/02/10): 'Never nice for children' - life in a detention centre


Bangladesh

The Times of India (25/02/10): Ethnic violence continues in Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill tracts


The Indian News (25/02/10): Ethnic violence continues in Chittagong Hill Tracts


Earth Times (24/02/10): Bangladesh imposes fresh curfew after south-east riots - Summary


Voice of America (23/02/10): Bangladesh Deploys Troops to Stop Ethnic Clashes


Chittagong Hill Tracts News Reporter (23/02/10): News Updates (23 February 2010)

 BBC News (18/02/10): Bangladesh accused of 'crackdown' on Rohingya refugees


General Stories

BBC News (25/02/10): In pictures: Fleeing DR Congo


The Daily Telegraph (24/02/10): 'We can't take any more people'

BBC News (24/02/10): Foreign inmates await deportation from Dorchester jail

The Daily Telegraph (24/02/10): Somalian woman with no right to live in the UK must be given a council house, according to EU judges

BBC News (24/02/10): Afghanistan country profile


The Guardian (24/02/10):  Home Office to opt out of asylum claims EU directive


Human Rights Watch (23/02/10): Iraq: Protect Christians from Violence

BBC News (23/02/10): Will peace return to Darfur?


BBC News (23/02/10): Who are Sudan's Darfur rebels? 

Refugees International (23/02/10): South Sudan: Pointing Fingers, Placing Blame

Human Rights Watch (23/02/10): Iran: End Persecution of Baha’is


The Daily Telegraph (23/02/10): MI5 and MI6 not to be investigated over torture claims




Human Rights Watch (23/02/10): Thailand: Migrant Workers Face Killings, Extortion, Labor Rights Abuses

See Also: the Human Rights Watch page report entitled From the Tiger to the Crocodile  - the report is available to download in PDF format - click here to downlaod.

The Daily Telgraph (23/02/10): Opponents of immigration could be racist, warned advisers a decade ago


BBC News (23/02/10): Sudan signs ceasefire deal with Darfur rebel group

IRR News (23/02/10): Germany: freedom to speak on racism under threat

Child and Young People Daily Bulletin (23/02/10): Child asylum seekers granted 72-hour notice of removal

Amnesty International (23/02/10): Indigenous Peoples struggle to survive in Colombia.   Full report available in PDF format by clicking on the following link:  AMR 23/001/2010(PDF)

The Daily Telegraph (22/02/10): Binyam Mohamed and a question of balance 

BBC News (22/02/10): Israel's immigrant children fight deportation




BBC News (21/02/10): Key Darfur rebels sign ceasefire deal


The Daily Telegraph (20/02/10): Thousands of illegal immigrants win right to stay in Britain under 'squatters' rights'


The Daily Telegraph (20/02/10): Torture: inquiry needed into 'security services involvement', says human rights watchdog


The Daily Telegraph (19/02/10): The Blackburn Resistance: three men 'intoxicated by evil of terrorism', court hears

The Guardian (19/02/10): Ethnic Kurd wins high court release ruling after failed deportation


BBC News (19/02/10): Stormont to host immigration debate 

Refugees International (19/02/10): DR Congo: Precarious conditions for refugees returning home





Amnesty International (17/02/10): Democratic Republic of Congo must end persecution of human rights defenders/ The full page report by Amnesty International is also available in PDF format by clicking on the following link:  AFR 62/001/2010(PDF)

Human Rights Watch (17/02/10): UN: Keep Peacekeepers in Chad


Amnesty International (17/02/10): Iran ’shows contempt’ for human rights by rejecting UN recommendations


BBC News (17/02/10): US aid rules in Somalia are impossible, says UN envoy


The Guardian (17/02/10): How to be British


The Daily Telegraph (17/02/10): Councils dismiss claims migrants are returning home



The Guardian (17/02/10): Letters - Migration Watch

Human Rights Watch (16/02/10):  UN: Council Review Highlights Iran's Poor Record

Human Rights Watch (16/02/10): Morocco: Sahrawi Activists' Passports Returned

Human Rights Watch (16/02/10): Egypt: Pledge Serious Human Rights Reform


The Guardian (16/02/10): The enduring legacy of Pauline Hanson


BBC News (16/02/10): 'Asylum has become a dirty word'

 Amnesty International (16/02/10): Myanmar urged to end repression of ethnic minorities before elections. 
 The full 58 page Amnesty International report is also available to download in either HTML or PDF versions. Click on the relevant link as follows: ASA 16/001/2010(HTML) or ASA 16/001/2010(PDF).
Image: Amnesty International - `
Many activists faced repression during 2007's Buddhist monk-led 'Saffron Revolution'
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 The Guardian (15/02/10): Australian anti-migrant campaigner Pauline Hanson to emigrate

The Daily Telegraph (13/02/10): Number who say they are 'white British' in decline

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