UN condemns deportation of Ethiopian refugees by Sudan

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UN concerned about the rising tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea, recent shooting incidents, as well as the building up of military forces in the border area.(Brief statement from the UN)

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GENEVA – The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Thursday condemned the recent deportation by Sudan of at least 15 Ethiopian refugees.

The deportation took place on September 27, but UNHCR only learned of it this week. The refugees were handed over by Sudanese officials to Ethiopian authorities at the border crossing of Metema, about 500 kms south-east of Khartoum.

This refoulement is a breach of Sudan's obligations as a contracting party to the 1951 Refugee Convention, its 1967 Protocol and the 1969 OAU Refugee Convention. One of the key principles of all these conventions is the prohibition against refoulement, or forcibly returning individuals to their country of origin where they could face persecution.(More...)

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Eithiopian Publisher Free but Still Faces Charges

Serkalem Fasil, a 2007 IWMF Courage in Journalism Award winner, has packed a lot into her 27 years. She grew up an avaricious reader and learned the ropes of reporting in secondary school. She had no role models or mentors, but she was active in an amateur journalists association. There are no journalism schools in Addis Ababa where she grew up, so she took useful courses at the British Council and at university.(More...)
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Emerging voice of mainstream Islam

Spirit of optimism seems to have inspired 138 Muslim scholars—including grand muftis from most of the world's Islamic nations—who this week wrote to Christian leaders, appealing for dialogue.(More...)

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Liya Kebede - CNN Revealed
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