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Asylum Seeking Not Criminal – UNHCR
Africa news – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Oct 2012
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees has said the seeking of asylum is not a criminal act and those who seek it should not be detained. In a statement issued in New York on Sunday [23 Sep 2012], it also called on all states to seek out alternatives to detention when dealing with migrants and refugees.
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Africa News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Feb 2012
‘Our research found that children in Mali start working as young as six years old. Many child laborers are denied an education or drop out of school. Some children come to the mines without their parents and suffer economic or sexual exploitation,’ Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the Minister of Mines, Amadou Cisse.
→ read full articleAFRICA AT LARGE: AU TAKES TOUGH STANCE ON DICTATORS
Africa News Update,
30 Oct 2008
The Citizen (Tanzania) Chairman of the African Union (AU), Jakaya Kikwete, has said the African Union will not tolerate leaders who sought power through undemocratic means. He said African countries must learn to respect democracy in electing their leaders. The AU Chairman, who is also president of Tanzania, spoke on Monday in South Africa during […]
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