Refugee Crisis

South Sudan: MSF Says UN Fails To Protect Internally Displaced Persons

MSF Internal Review of the February 2016 Attack on the Malakal Protection of Civilians Site and the Post-Event Situation

In their internal review published on June 21, 2016, MSF (Doctors without Borders) looked into the February 2016 attack on the Malakal Protection of Civilians Site (PoC) in South Sudan, including a review of the post-event situation: Violence erupted between internally displaced [continue reading].

Alistair Reign News Blog Launches YouTube Channel

Launching Alistair Reign News on YouTube has given us the means to bring more video content to expand on the stories and reports published on our News blog. Alistair Reign News online has a focus on human right’s violations, politics of global importance, humanitarians [continue reading].

MSF Report: Central African Republic Internally Displaced Crisis

MSF is providing healthcare and running mobile clinics in five camps around Bangui.

A nervous calm prevails as the Central African Republic awaits the final round of presidential elections due to take place in early February. Renewed outbreaks of inter-communal violence since September is keeping the population on edge, with many fearing a flare-up of tension [continue reading].

🍁 CDN: Ban Ki-moon Meeting With Trudeau In Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. President Barack Obama and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon walk together to participate in a family photo with fellow world leaders at the start of the G20 summit. (Photo: JONATHAN ERNST / REUTERS)

The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced that the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, His Excellency, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, will be in Ottawa and Montréal on a working visit, from February 11 to 13, 2016. Canada is an active and committed member of the United Nations [continue reading].

Documentary: We walk together – Syrian family’s journey to Europe

Thousands of refugees were sleeping rough at Budapest’s Keleti station, waiting for trains to take them to western Europe. Then, they just got up and walked. Guardian journalist and filmmaker John Domokos went with them, every step of the way. This is the story of one Syrian [continue reading].

Documentary: Melissa Fleming – A Voice For Refugees

UNHCR’s Melissa Fleming (left) with Syrian refugee Nahed Mir Ali, who trekked across Hungary on foot before taking a train to Vienna. (Photo: UNHCR).

“Every day, I listen to harrowing stories of people fleeing for their lives, across dangerous borders and unfriendly seas. But there’s one story that keeps me awake at night, and it’s about Doaa,” Melissa Fleming Voice for refugees. As head of [continue reading].

Syria: UN Report – Assad Edited Out Evidence Of War Crimes

Syria: Starvation is another weapon of war, and children are the most vulnerable victims. As Syrian civilians starved to death, U.N. officials let the government in Damascus alter its master plan for saving lives. Its title is prosaic and its content dry, but the stark statistics in the U.N.’s annual summary of relief programs tell the story of Syria’s humanitarian nightmare.

United Nations Humanitarian Response Plan: Its title is prosaic and its content dry, but the stark statistics in the U.N.’s annual summary of relief programs tell the story of Syria’s humanitarian nightmare. Syria is a country on life support 13.6 million people are in [continue reading].

Human Rights Watch: Report ‘Politics of Fear’ Threatens Rights

Asylum seekers and migrants descend from a fishing vessel used to transport them from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesbos, October 11, 2015. © 2015 Zalmaï for Human Rights Watch).

World Report 2016 summarizes key human rights issues in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide. The politics of fear led governments around the globe to roll back human rights during 2015. The video playing is from Alistair Reign News channel‘s on YouTube. [continue reading].

Ode: In the Memory of Aylan Kurdi and Others

I saw a picture of Syrian child. It was powerful! His name was Omar He was drawing bombs, blood, helicopters And dead children He could not speak So traumatized He could not smile They asked him to smile to the Camera He tried But couldn’t They took his picture And the [continue reading].

Documentary Transcript: Melissa Fleming – One Survivor’s Story

Artist sketch appears in the Melissa F lemming Article (Photo: TEDxThessaloniki)

Aboard an overloaded ship carrying more than 500 refugees, a young woman becomes an unlikely hero. This single, powerful story, told by Melissa Fleming of the UN’s refugee agency, gives a human face to the sheer numbers of human beings trying to escape to better lives [continue reading].

🍁 CDN: Harper Is Complicit In The Refugee Crisis

A woman falls into the water with her child

Having fought (in) the wars that created these crises – Canada has systematically closed every possible avenue of access for refugees. This article is published in snippets. Bombing Islamic State for a year will cost Canada half a billion dollars. Canada previously spent [continue reading].

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