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No awoof bus for people wey japa again!
“Awoof dey run bele,” na saying for Obodo Naija. BBC report say people say people wey japa to Wales wey be one of the tiri kontiri wey make Great Britain no get awoof for bus again. Dem tok say an de gofment of Wales cancel am. Welcome Ticket wey de gofment start in March 2022…
Cordillera Peoples Alliance: Update on The Arbitrary Terrorist Designation of The 4 CPA Leaders
THE UNJUST WEIGHT OF THE TERRORIST LABEL ON ACTIVISM This month, as we commemorate the signing of the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 signed on March 3, 1995 and the International Day of Action Against Large Dams annually held on March 14, we acknowledge the burden carried by indigenous peoples human rights defenders as we…
Migrants die in accident!
The corpses of eight migrants have been found after a boat accident off Mexico’s southern Pacific coast. AP reports the eight were suspected to be from Asian countries. Prosecutors in the southern state of Oaxaca said a survivor was found. The corpses were found near a beach in Playa Vicente. The town is 250 miles…
“Yield Giving” donates substantial amount for immigration
The ex-wife of Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos, MacKenzie Scott’s organization, Yield Giving, has given $2 million to the Normal-based The Immigration Project. The grant is part of Yield Giving’s Open Call initiative, which aims to award US non-profits that help underserved communities $640 million in grant money. The Immigration Project was just one of the…
Villager nailed to cross on Good Friday!
To reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition, a Filipino villager was nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time. CTV News reports that Ruben Enaje was nailed to the cross in San Pedro Cutud. He said he would pray for peace in Ukraine, Gaza and the disputed South China Sea….
UNHCR renews support for S.Sudanese refugees!
The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and 123 partners are seeking $1.4 billion in support this year to meet the needs of 2.3 million South Sudanese refugees living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Sudan and Uganda. A similar number living in local communities in the five asylum countries will benefit from services…
Young refugees seek to call Australia home!
This week, a group of young refugees were in Canberra, the Australian capital, asking the MPs to end the bureaucracy surrounding their status. Independent Australia reports that the delegation of eight Tamil, Iranian and Rohingya refugees addressed MPs of various parties at a series of briefings in Parliament House on Tuesday. They called for a…