Publication date of documents
03.05.2013 - Institute for War and Peace Reporting 
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Article on threats to homosexuals who are forced to hide their sexual orientation due to security concerns [ID 246522]
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Media report: Bosnia: Living in Anonymity |
03.05.2013 - Amnesty International
Czech Republic
Ostrava: Regional court rejects local authorities' plans to evict over 300 Roma from Přednádraží neighbourhood [ID 246521]
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Appeal or news release: Ostrava Regional court quashes local authorities’ plan to evict Roma families [EUR 71/006/2013] |
03.05.2013 - Amnesty International
Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, China, Cuba, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Iran, Israel, Mexico, Nigeria, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Timor-Leste, Venezuela, Yemen
Brief overview on repression of journalism (physical attacks; prosecution and detention; harassment; monitoring of journalists' communication; banned internet access; excessive libel laws; removal of visas and work permits; failure to investigate attacks; closure of media outlets; smear attacks) [ID 246519]
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Appeal or news release: Ten ways to repress a journalist [ACT 30/026/2013] |
03.05.2013 - Integrated Regional Information Network
Côte d'Ivoire
Article on uneven war crime accountability by a judiciary lacking independence from the president [ID 246501]
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Media report: Analysis: A long road ahead for justice in Côte d’Ivoire |
03.05.2013 - Integrated Regional Information Network
Myanmar
More than 1.2 million minority people stateless; activists call for amendment of citizenship law; large number of Rohingya children born after 2005 have no birth certificate [ID 246499]
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Media report: Activists call for review of Myanmar’s citizenship law |
03.05.2013 - UN Mission in South Sudan
South Sudan, Sudan
Daily collection of reports published in (South-)Sudanese and international media (3 May 2013) [ID 246420]
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Periodical report: Media Monitoring Report; United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS); 3 May 2013 |
03.05.2013 - Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation
Afghanistan
Brief compilation on security-related events in Kabul (2011 to April 2013) [ID 246395]
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Special or analytical report: ecoi.net featured topic on Afghanistan: General Security Situation in Afghanistan and Events in Kabul |
03.05.2013 - BBC News
Afghanistan
Lawyers for 3 Afghan interpreters who worked for British forces launch legal action to try to win them right to settle in UK [ID 246369]
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Media report: Afghan interpreters in legal bid for UK settlement |
03.05.2013 - Inter Press Service - News Agency
Occupied Palestinian Territory
Palestinian Authority accuses Hamas of Talibanising the West Bank and Gaza Strip by means of a new law regulating the educational system [ID 246365]
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Media report: Hamas ‘Talibanising’ Gaza |
03.05.2013 - Inter Press Service - News Agency
Myanmar
Background article on the conflict history between Rohingya Muslims and Rakhine Buddhists with information on current situation of Rohingya refugees and IDPs [ID 246364]
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Media report: Rohingyas At Home and Nowhere |
03.05.2013 - Inter Press Service - News Agency
Sudan
Rebel coalition of Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) and Sudan People’s Liberation Front-North (SPLM-N) declare war on government [ID 246363]
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Media report: Sudanese Rebels Prepare for War |
03.05.2013 - Institute for War and Peace Reporting
Cuba
At least 60 members of one of largest dissident groups on hunger strike demanding release of one colleague and end of violence [ID 246357]
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Media report: Sixty on Hunger Strike in Eastern Cuba |
03.05.2013 - Schweizerische Flüchtlingshilfe
Angola
Query response on psychiatric care (medical care, corruption and inequality; information on specific medication and treatment) [ID 246325]
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Query response: Angola: Psychiatrische Versorgung |
03.05.2013 - ReliefWeb , Author: Agence France-Presse
Côte d'Ivoire
Military tribunal sentences 2 high ranking army officers to 10 and 7 years in prison and acquits 5 others for their alleged participation in killing at least 5 civilians in Vavoua in December 2011 [ID 246302]
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Media report: Côte d'Ivoire : 2 condamnés dans le premier procès de membres de la nouvelle armée |
03.05.2013 - Reuters, Author: AlertNet
Egypt
Cairo: Around 2,000 protesters from several Salafi Islamist groups march outside the state security headquarters to protest against a return to pre-revolution methods; security forces fire tear gas to disperse protesters [ID 246299]
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Media report: Tear gas fired as Egyptian Islamists target security HQ |
02.05.2013 - ReliefWeb , Author: Save the Children
Somalia
130,000 children under the age of 5 died in 2011 famine and its aftermath; humanitarian situation for children remains serious despite improvements in food security [ID 247248]
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Appeal or news release: Save the Children Warns of Dire Situation for Children in Somalia as UN Findings Show that 130,000 Children Died in 2011 Famine |
02.05.2013 - ReliefWeb , Author: Famine Early Warning Systems Network; Food and Agriculture Organization; Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit
Somalia
Joint report of the Famine Early Warning Systems Network, the Food and Agriculture Organization and the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit on mortality among the population of southern and central Somalia affected by food insecurity and famine between 2010 and 2012 [ID 247175]
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Special or analytical report: Mortality among populations of southern and central Somalia affected by severe food insecurity and famine during 2010-2012 |
02.05.2013 - Médecins Sans Frontières
Ethiopia
Scarce maternal medical care in Aroressa region; MSF has established 2 mothers' waiting houses in divisions of Chire and Mejo [ID 247122]
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Appeal or news release: Ethiopia: Lifesaving mother and child care in the Sidama mountains |
02.05.2013 - International Federation for Human Rights
Belarus
A number of activists and journalists have been arrested and detained in the context of a mass event held on 26 April 2013 in commemoration of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster [ID 246977]
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Appeal or news release: FIDH and Viasna demand to drop charges against those convicted after Chernobyl Way March |
02.05.2013 - ReliefWeb , Author: Agence France-Presse
Israel, Occupied Palestinian Territory
According to prisoners' rights group and Israeli authorities, Israeli military appeals court orders release of 2 Palestinian prisoners held without trial since November; they had staged a hunger strike [ID 246860]
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Media report: Israel frees Palestinian former hunger-strikers |
02.05.2013 - BBC News
Iraq
According to UN, April 2013 was Iraq's deadliest month since June 2008, with a total of 712 people killed and 1,633 wounded in bomb attacks and other violence [ID 246820]
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Media report: April Iraq's deadliest month in five years - UN |
02.05.2013 - BBC News
Bangladesh
British community leader indicted for his alleged role in 1971 liberation war from Pakistan, accusations he denies [ID 246806]
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Media report: UK community leader Mueen-Uddin indicted in Bangladesh |
02.05.2013 - ReliefWeb , Author: Democratic Voice of Burma
Myanmar
Rakhine state: 7 Rohingyas arrested at displacement camp after they refused to register as "Bengalis" on regional census [ID 246792]
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Media report: Seven Rohingyas arrested for refusing to register as ‘Bengali’ |
02.05.2013 - BBC News
Chad
N'Djamena: At least 4 people killed and army generals and MPs arrested as government foils "destabilisation plot" [ID 246791]
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Media report: Chad: N'Djamena deaths as 'coup' foiled |
02.05.2013 - ReliefWeb , Author: Irrawaddy
Myanmar
Okkan Township: Muslims attacked with swords, stones and machetes by Buddhist mob in War Yon Daw village; the Buddhists also set houses on fire [ID 246789]
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Media report: Communities Devastated as Anti-Muslim Violence Tears Apart Communities Near Rangoon — Special Report |
