An absolutely extraordinary thread where you can read the real time efforts of a community of bloggers to save 2 women from being trafficked in New York City. Internet activism at its best.
http://ask.metafilter.com/154334/Help-me-help-my-friend-in-DC
Uganda has been forcibly repatriating Rwandans over the past year (see www.refugeelawproject.org), Uganda,Rwanda,and UNHCR have annunced they are to sign the Cessation clause by the end of the year. But Uganda has been receiving refugees who are fleeing persecution in Rwanda over the past months. Worse still, Rwandan operatives are active in Uganda bringing great insecurity to refugees and those claiming asylum from Rwanda. Persons who have well-documented examples of experiences of insecurity of refugees in Rwanda are encouraged to send these to me at Barbara@fahamu.org, marked CONFIDENTIAL. These will be used to assist a group of judges to build a cdase against the signing of the cessation clause, Anyother use of the information received will be redacted so as to protect the anonimity of the individual named. Thank you. Barbara Harrell-Bond
The african continent has been characterized by political chaos, the absence of democracy.As a result, many countries find themselves in endless wars leading in tragedies such as genocide and mass killings. The leaders are to be hold accountable for all the chaos on the continent. In this blog shall be focussed on just some points among many others.
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The kind of leadership, the reason behind the bad leadership,…
the refugees are protected by the United Natons. They are written in the international conventions and laws.]
The laws are known as the international rufugees laws. Most of the countries in the world agree to refugee rights. All refugees have these rigths:
– regfugees cannot be forced to return to a country if they are afraid of persecution or discriminattion there. they cannot be forced to go if they will be in danger.
– refugees
Morgan Tsvangirai joined Robert Mugabe’s government a year ago
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Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has joined President Robert Mugabe in dismissing calls to enshrine gay rights in the new constitution.
“I totally agree with the president,” he said, state media report.
Homosexual acts are currently illegal in Zimbabwe. Mr Mugabe once said gays were “worse than pigs and dogs”, sparking international condemnation.
Gay rights has become a controversial issue in several African countries in recent months.
Mr Tsvangirai joined his long-time rival Mr Mugabe in a power-sharing government a year ago but relations between the two men remain tense.
‘Very worrying’
President Mugabe told a belated celebration of International Women’s Day that he had recently learned of moves to introduce gay rights in the new constitution currently being discussed.
“That issue is not debatable, it’s not up for discussion,” he said, according to the state-owned Herald newspaper.
“It is just madness, insanity. The ancestors will turn in their graves should we allow this to happen.”
And Mr Tsvangirai said he agreed.
“Women make up 52% of the population… There are more women than men, so why should men be proposing to men?”
Chesterfield Samba, director of the Gays And Lesbians of Zimbabwe (Galz), told the BBC News website he was seeking clarification of the comments.
But he said, if confirmed, they would be “very worrying”.
He also confirmed that Galz would be making a submission to the constitutional review commission.
Although homosexual acts are illegal in Zimbabwe, Galz has an office in Harare and Mr Samba said the police generally left them alone.
Supporters of Mr Tsvangirai hope the new constitution will pave the way for free elections, possibly as soon as 2011.
In Uganda, an MP has introduced a draft bill which makes homosexual acts punishable by life in prison and death in some circumstances.
In Malawi, a gay couple has spent three months in jail after holding a party to celebrate their engagement.
And in Kenya, police intervened after rumours that a couple were planning a gay wedding.
BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8588548.stm
President Zuma is welcomed by Uganda officials at Statehouse in Entebbe. Extreme right is President Museveni. Photo by Stephen Wandera
By Emmanuel Gyezaho (email the author)
Daily Monitor, http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/886494/-/wjtoan/-/index.html
Posted Thursday, March 25 2010 at 16:15
In Summary
The ANC leader found moment to commend Uganda for backing South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement in the late 1980’s.
Kampala
Visiting South African leader Jacob Zuma has challenged African leaders to work towards unifying the continent as key ingredient for development. Addressing a special sitting of Parliament, Mr Zuma said Africans can only be liberated from economic slavery if they stand together as one, telling MPs that economic integration is a key remedy to the dire situation that the continent finds itself today.
Although the African continent is rich with natural resources, the S.A leader said Africa remains the poorest continent in the world.
Mr Zuma moved to tap into the pan-african sentiments of his audience as he moved a passionate appeal to African statesmen to develop capacity for their people to trade with each other across borders.
“Our economic development is constrained by borders colonialists imposed on the African landscape,†said Mr Zuma. “That is why we are in support for economic integration. We must overcome these borderlines and draw our own lines.â€
He said Africans should concentrate on drawing lines that represent “roads, railway lines and fibre optic cable lines.â€
The ANC leader found moment to commend Uganda for backing South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement in the late 1980’s.
“The people of South Africa have not forgotten what Uganda did for them during their time of need,†he said. “Our words of gratitude should be heard by all in this beautiful country. We will always remember the sacrifice.â€
Uganda was a place of refuge for hundreds of South African dissidents and exiles and hosted a military training camp for the rebel wing of the ANC in Kawaweta, Mubende District. The camp, named after renowned South African anti-apartheid politician Oliver Reginald Tambo, was upgraded into a school of leadership for senior police, prisons and military personnel with South African taxpayer’s funds. President Zuma will officially open the school tomorrow afternoon.
About 155,000 Burundian refugees, seeking Tanzanian citizenship, have had their requests granted, according to a communiqué from the United Nations High Commissioner for refugees (UNHCR), published on Thursday in Bujumbura, the Burundi capital.
Some of the refugees fled from Burundi in the 1970s because of the ethnic clashes there.
According to the UNHCR, however, some 500,000 other Burundian refugees in Tanzania had elected to return home since 2002.
Read more at: http://www.afriquejet.com/news/africa-news/burundi:-155,000-burundian-refugees-granted-tanzanian-citizenship-2010031245723.html