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Myanmar (Burma): Betwixt and Between

South Sudan: Humanitarian Crisis in the World's Newest Country

Less than a year since declaring its independence in July 2011 to become the world's newest country, South Sudan continues to face a humanitarian crisis especially in the wake of recent tribal clashes.

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Africa: ICTs for Refugees and Displaced Persons

Georgia: Return of the Meskhetian Turks 3 January 2012
Philippines: State of National Calamity After Tropical Storm Sendong 23 December 2011
Caucasus: Frozen Conflicts, Forgotten Lives? 12 December 2011
Video Highlights: Identity, Refugees, Conflict and Open Technology 7 December 2011
Egypt: Trafficking of Refugee Organs in Sinai 5 December 2011

Latest stories about Refugees

6 February 2012

Palestine: A Blogging Initiative for Jerusalem, the Praying City

Written by Mohamed ElGohary · Middle East & North Africa

Palestinian bloggers have joined hands to blog for their country, in a blogging initiative led by Abir Kopty under the theme: “For you, oh praying city, we blog.” In the following post, Kopty writes in Arabic about social media utilization in the Palestinian cause, and coordinating it with offline events on the ground.

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10 January 2012

Libya: A Letter from a Woman in Benghazi

Written by Mohamed ElGohary · Middle East & North Africa

A Libyan woman from Benghazi is criticizing her countrymen for marrying non-Libyans after the revolution. She states that Libyan women are not getting rights equal to those granted to men in an open letter posted on Facebook. Mohamed ElGohary provides a translation from Arabic.

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5 January 2012

Southeast Asia: The Great Floods of 2011

Written by Mong Palatino · East Asia

Storms battered the Southeast Asian region in 2011 which caused heavy flooding in many countries, displaced thousands of residents and workers, destroyed millions worth of agricultural crops, and killed more than 2,000 people. Global Voices was able to report the impact of some of these flood disasters in the past year.

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27 December 2011

A Radical Solution For Global Poverty: Open Borders

Written by Lova · Translated by Andreea Ungureanu · Sub-Saharan Africa

Various experts say that extreme poverty isn't inevitable. The most radical solution to drastically reducing global poverty would be, for many economic experts, opening the borders between countries and allowing workers to migrate where labor is most needed.

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22 December 2011

Kuwait: Online Advocacy for the Stateless Bidoun

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Middle East & North Africa

Since hundreds of Kuwait's 100,000 strong Bidoun were attacked by police for protesting in support of others detained earlier in the year, a number of bloggers and international organizations have been stepping up their support for the stateless people in the hope of drawing attention to their plight.

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17 December 2011

Philippines: Storm Leaves Hundreds Dead and Missing

Written by Mong Palatino · East Asia

Hundreds died in many parts of Mindanao Island in southern Philippines after tropical storm Sendong hit the country last Friday. The casualties could be worse and may even reach more than 600. It’s the worst flooding to hit the north part of Mindanao in many years. Netizens immediately used the web to report about the disaster and to call for support

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Updates about Refugees

10 February 2012

North Korea

Robert Park, a Korean-American missionary and human rights activist who went to North Korea on 2009, sued North Korea for sexual torture. Park crossed into the country in protest of North Korea's human rights atrocity. However, as Marmot's Hole blogger wrote, the new has drawn some cynical reactions.

• Lee Yoo Eun

26 January 2012

Kenya

Intercontinental Cry has a list of 12 recommended films on indigenous issues, some made by indigenous people from Brazil, Australia, Panama, USA, Northern Kenya, Colombia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

• Juliana Rincón Parra

Sierra Leone

Black Looks writes about “Say Grace Before Drowning”, a film by Sierra Leonean/American Nikyatu Jusu: “The film tells the story about a woman’s struggle to overcome the insanity of war as she tries to adjust to a life in exile.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

25 January 2012

North Korea

Marmot's Hole blog wrote regarding a news report on the hardships North Korean defectors face in the United States. As of 2011, more than 400 North Korean defectors were living in the United States and there was a surge of defectors after 2004 when US passed the North Korean Human Rights Act.

• Lee Yoo Eun

13 January 2012

South Korea

A news report came out saying North Korean authorities have begun to punish citizens who did not display enough sadness at Kim Jong Il's funeral. Bloggers have already raised suspicions that the hysterical mourning may not be genuine. Net user kmarko posted sample photos of citizens who seem indifferent.

• Lee Yoo Eun

4 January 2012

13 December 2011

Myanmar (Burma)

The ‘Support Rohingya Refugees' Facebook page aims to gather support and spread awareness about the plight of the Rohingya refugees who are ‘rejected' in Myanmar and in other countries of the region

• Mong Palatino

Comments on "Refugees"

Bhutan: Shangri-La or Ethnic Cleanser?

While i'm also one of the victim of 1990s.I agree with Sonam in some extant .like she said our people...

Giro, my understanding, and as mentioned in the piece, is that: “in order not to strain inter-ethnic relations, the Georgian...
It is true that the historical region of Meskheti is ethnically diverse, so yes, the general term 'Meskhetians' may be...
Happy holidays, Onnik, The concern of ethnic Armenians in Samtskhe-Javakheti regarding the resettlement or settlement of the Meskhetian(s) [Turks] is in...