Category: World

Audrey Azoulay, the UNESCO Director-General, denounced the killing of Sai Win Aung, also known as A Sai K, who died on 25 December in Lay Kay Kaw, a town located near the border with Thailand.  The reporter was covering the plight of refugees in Kayin state for the Federal News Journal when he was fatally shot in an artillery attack… Read More

Most of the strikers were women and many of the arrests were conducted in “a violent way”, the experts added. The arrests appeared to contravene the right to freedom of association, assembly and expression.  “We also strongly condemn the manner in which the first arrests took place, after dark, on a day where multiple other events diverted public attention”, the experts said.   For them, this could be seen as “an underhanded way to clamp down… Read More

In a tweet, IOM said that no-one was hurt at the health facility, part of the vast Cox’s Bazar camp complex, after the blaze began suddenly on Sunday evening.   Parts of the hospital were badly damaged, but health services are expected to “resume soon”, the agency said.   Response  Field teams have been working around the clock to save the hospital… Read More

In a tweet, IOM said that no-one was hurt at the health facility, part of the vast Cox’s Bazar camp complex, after the blaze began suddenly on Sunday evening.   Parts of the hospital were badly damaged, but health services are expected to “resume soon”, the agency said.   Response  Field teams have been working around the clock to save the hospital… Read More

In the past 24 hours, heavy snowfall and rain have impacted a number of areas, disrupting flights to and from Kabul Airport, according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Heavy snowfall and rain have affected many parts of Afghanistan in the past 24 hours. The harsh winter is compounding the severe conditions that many people are… Read More

In the past 24 hours, heavy snowfall and rain have impacted a number of areas, disrupting flights to and from Kabul Airport, according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Heavy snowfall and rain have affected many parts of Afghanistan in the past 24 hours. The harsh winter is compounding the severe conditions that many people are… Read More

The agency commended the Government of Pakistan for its country-wide campaign, the agency’s spokesperson, Babar Baloch, told journalists in Geneva. “Following a short pilot, the campaign, supported by UNHCR, began on 15 April 2021 and ended on 31 December 2021”, he said. Pakistan concludes ‘drive’ to issue smartcards to registered Afghan refugees. According to early provisional results, the data of 1.25… Read More