Russia urged to free opposition leader Kara-Murza amid failing health
Mr. Kara-Murza, 41, an outspoken critic of the Kremlin and the war in Ukraine, was arbitrarily arrested in Moscow on 11 April 2022. He was sentenced to 25 years in…
Mali: livestock farming – a traditional way of life under threat
Inflation and food security As available arable land shrinks in certain regions, foodstuffs such as millet and sorghum become scarcer and their prices soar. In order to eat, farmers need…
ILO to release new analysis of global labour markets and social trends
GENEVA (ILO News) – The International Labour Organization (ILO) will publish a new edition of its World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2023 (WESO Trends), which looks at the impact…
‘Urgent steps’ needed to end surge in violence across West Bank
“This deterioration is taking place alongside ongoing unilateral steps that undermine a two-State solution, the absence of a peace process and the continuing economic challenges facing Palestinians and the Palestinian…
Panama: Forensic support for host communities in Darien
Darien, Panama. In the first six months of 2023, more than 200,000 people crossed the Darien Gap, a jungle that lies between Colombia and Panama; more than 60 migrants died…
Economic slowdown likely to force workers to accept lower quality jobs
GENEVA (ILO News) – The current global economic slowdown is likely to force more workers to accept lower quality, poorly paid jobs which lack job security and social protection, so…
The ICRC Delegation in Moscow: in brief
That same year, one of the first voluntary societies to care for wounded soldiers was formed in the Russian Empire. The Russian Red Cross Society, now more than 155 years…
Türk calls on Israeli Government to ‘heed the calls of the people’ over judicial reform
Volker Türk said he had been “following developments closely” in Israel, where parliamentarians supporting the hard-line nationalist Government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu passed a bill on Monday which in…
They were taking nearly everything I earned, I lived in fear
Death threats Then one day we were followed back to the flat. Marijus and his men forced their way in and threatened me. They started rifling through all my things…
Azerbaijan: Creative ways help to promote landmine risk awareness among wide audience
Landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) have been putting the lives of people living in conflict-affected areas in Azerbaijan at risk. According to figures provided by the Mine Action…