International Committee of the Red Cross
International Committee of the Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a private humanitarian institution based in Geneva, Switzerland. States parties (signatories) to the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols of 1977 and 2005, have given the ICRC a mandate to protect the victims of international and internal armed conflicts. Such victims include war wounded, prisoners, refugees, civilians, and other non-combatants. The ICRC is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement along with the International Federation and... read more
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ICRC Delivers Health Pilot Project in Northern Uganda
From Scoop - New Zealand News Dated 21 May 2012 Following the completion of a Health Pilot Project that saw significant improvement in the health of prisoners at the Gulu Prison in Northern Uganda, the International Committee of the Red Cross is handing over the project to the Uganda Prison...
Ishel- Beersheba Prison Prevents 20 Family Visits
From Scoop - New Zealand News Dated 20 May 2012 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said that last Wednesday the prison management of Ishel prison prevented 20 Palestinian prisoners from receiving family visits.
Rival Nigerian Communities Learn to Save Lives Together
From Voice of America Dated 15 May 2012 JOS, NIGERIA - In what is known as Nigeria’s “Middle Belt,” sectarian clashes have killed thousands of people in the past eleven years. In an effort to prepare communities for outbreaks of violence, the International Committee of the Red...
Colombian Rebels May Free Journalist
From OpinionJournal Dated 14 May 2012 The International Committee of the Red Cross was mobilizing personnel in Colombia to help facilitate the expected release of a French journalist captured more than two weeks ago by Marxist rebels.
Possible Release of French Reporter in Colombia Generates Expectation
From Big News Network Dated 14 May 2012 Bogota, May 14 (Prensa Latina) Expectation for the alleged liberation of the French journalist Romeo Langlois grows on Monday in Colombia, after International Committee of the Red Cross confirmed ...
Colombia's Farc rebels to free French reporter
From The Observer Dated 14 May 2012 No release date yet for Romeo Langlois, who was kidnapped two weeks ago during a shootout with government forcesColombia's Farc guerrilla group has decided to free a French reporter they kidnapped two weeks ago, although they have not given a...
Colombia's Farc Rebels To Free French Journalist
From Free Internet Press Dated 14 May 2012 Colombia's Farc guerrilla group has decided to free a French reporter they kidnapped two weeks ago, although they have not given a date for his release, according to the Red Cross. Members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia kidnapped Romeo...
dead-body management for Islamic welfare group
From BangladeshNews.net Dated 14 May 2012 Monday, 14 May 2012, 1:50 pm Press Release: International Committee of the Red Cross 10 May 2012 Bangladesh: training in dead-body management for Islamic welfare organizationDhaka (ICRC) ...
Bangladesh: dead-body management for Islamic welfare group
From Scoop - New Zealand News Dated 14 May 2012 Thirty staff of Anjuman Mufidul Islam, an Islamic social-welfare organization in Bangladesh, are participating today in a training course on dead-body management organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
Pakistan: ICRC operations placed under complete review
From Scoop - New Zealand News Dated 14 May 2012 Following the brutal murder of Khalil Rasjed Dale, a health-programme manager working for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the organization is reviewing its presence and activities in Pakistan.
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