En Face (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
Image: http://img235.imagevenue.com/loc72/th_83756_ed_CELEBUTOPIA_ISA_01_122_72lo.jpg ... Related posts: Julia Jones – Art of Elysium Genesis Event at HD Buttercup (October 10) x 1 HQ Emily Scott – Ralph Magazine (June 2009) Angelina Jolie – World refugee Day at the National Geographic Society
theonlinecitizen (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
GDP alone does not measure the happiness, prosperity and progress. Alastair Su Related Posts The Singapore Story – A failure of pragmatism World Refugee Day – Wan’s Story The Widjaja family tells their side of the story
The Rag Blog (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Demonstrator at T. Don Hutto detention facility on World Refugee Day, June 20, 2009. Photo by Melissa Del Bosque / The Texas Observer.Beyond Hutto:Activists reflect on the continuing struggle against immigrant detention centers.By DC Tedrow / The Rag Blog / September 10, 2009In response to mounting criticism of harsh policies, the Obama administration announced in August that the United States
ISRAEL TRUTH TIMES (Free subscription) | 07/29/2009
African Refugees and Illegal Immigrants 'Terrorizing' Arad Av 7, 5769, 28 July 09 08:07 by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz (Israelnationalnews.com) Residents of the northern Negev city of Arad told Knesset Member Uri Ariel (National Union) on Sunday that the dramatically increasing population of legal and illegal refugees in the city was "making their lives miserable." Illegal immigration to Israel has...
Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal (Free subscription) | 07/27/2009
Directed by Supamok SilarakWritten and co-produced by Th’blay PawPremiered on June 20, 2009, World Refugee Day as closing film in the Fly Beyond the Barbwire Fence II festivalRating: 5/5Friends Without Borders, the Chiang Mai-based NGO that deals in human rights, broke into filmmaking in 2007, producing The Songs of Eh Doh Shi, a docudrama look at the lives of migrant workers and minorities in...
The Blog (Free subscription) | 07/22/2009
The stepson of Huffington Post blogger Queen Noor is stripping Palestinians of their citizenship. You can read her latest honoring World Refugee Day here . The Jerusalem Post reports that the Jordanian government of King Abdullah is stripping Palestinians of their citizenship in order "to avoid a situation in which they would be 'resettled' permanently in the kingdom." The Jordanians claim...
Cele|bitchy (Free subscription) | 07/13/2009
A few weeks ago, Angelina Jolie went to Washington DC for World Refugee Day (June 20th). She did several interviews and participated in a public forum, as well as serving as hostess for an awards ceremony honoring activists and advocates that work with refugees and developing communities. Most of her schedule was public [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
WORLD Refugee Day was commemorated on Saturday, "to remember the millions of forcibly displaced and stateless people ... who are struggling with their day-to-day lives."
The Wonderful Adventures of SNIFF (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
Today, UNHCR sponsored the publication of a book on modern refugee law and how traditional islamic law and values has influnced it significantly. Terribly interesting, I had no idea and really enjoyed learning about it! World refugee day was last week, highlighted by this photo display .
Celebslam (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
Angelina Jolie at the commemoration of "World Refugee Day" at the National Geographic Society in Washington (6/18) In 1999, Angelina Jolie won a Golden Satellite Award for her work in the made-for-television movie Gia. In 2000, she won an... ...read full story
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
As the World Refugee Day is commemorated on 20 June, IRIN interviewed three refugees living in Kenya to share their testimonies highlighting their struggles, hopes and achievements.
International Solidarity Movement (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
Indy Media 20 June 2009 On Saturday, June 20, activists gathered at Trader Joe’s in Oakland and San Francisco to demand that the company stop carrying Israeli goods. Protesters removed Israeli products from the shelves in order to show customers which products they should not buy. They also met with the store managers and asked them to [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR has commemorated World Refugee Day across the country with awareness raising campaign on the activities of refugees and displaced persons.
Indymedia ireland (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
For World Refugee Day, June 20, Youth for Human Rights of Tampa Bay is sponsoring an entire refugee camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo with bed nets.
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