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Press release: Xstrata mine protests: Aid agency CAFOD welcomes release of Peruvian partners
Two CAFOD partners who had been detained by police whilst investigating human rights abuses near Anglo-Swiss mining company Xstrata‟s new Tintaya site in Peru have been released along with six others. Their arrest on unsubstantiated charges came following complaints of intimidation by local security forces.
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TAGS: 287.Extractives, 218.Peru, 328.Press release
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More than 2,000 people, including 250 children, pregnant women, older and disabled people, are facing being thrown out of their homes onto the streets of Sao Paulo following a court ruling.
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TAGS: 193.Brazil, 263.News, 328.Press release
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Press release: South Sudan - one year on
South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, marks its first anniversary on 9th July. There has been relative progress in improving South Sudan's crumbling infrastructure, with roads and telecommunications networks expanding; however the challenges facing the country still remain immense.
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TAGS: 263.News, 328.Press release, 223.South Sudan
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Rebel group the M23 entered the town of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday morning taking control of the airport. Reports from CAFOD partners on the ground indicate that tens of thousands of people are fleeing, and hundreds are taking refuge in Church buildings.
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TAGS: 197.DR Congo, 168.Emergencies, 265.Emergency news, 328.Press release
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We have pledged £50,000 to support refugees.
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TAGS: 265.Emergency news, 208.Lebanon, 263.News
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6 May voting referendum: the CAFOD lowdown
On 6 May this year, the country will be offered a new voting system – the ‘alternative vote’. Our current system is first-past-the-post. So what are the arguments for and against change, and what are the implications for development?
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Sudan: Bishop urges end to conflict
More than 60,000 people have been forced from their homes by fighting in South Kordofan, a state in north Sudan. We fear a humanitarian crisis is rapidly developing.
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Cote d'Ivoire and Liberia: refugee crisis
With intense fighting in Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), at least 100,000 refugees have poured into neighbouring Liberia. Hundreds more are crossing every day - and food and water supplies are running dangerously low.
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Your questions answered about the refugee crisis in Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia.
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Thanks to you, we've reached 365,000 people.
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TAGS: 168.Emergencies, 265.Emergency news, 276.flooding, 263.News, 217.Pakistan
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