With Covid-19 now spreading on every continent, distancing has become the new normal. But the rules for avoiding infection are almost impossible in prison.
As the region around Donbas in Ukraine, enters its seventh year of conflict, the situation for civilians is increasingly difficult.
Conflict-hit countries need urgent support to stem the spread of COVID-19 and prepare for a potentially devastating aftermath, the International Committee of the Red Cross’ Near and Middle East Director Fabrizio Carboni says.
Hundreds of thousands of Libyans are caught in an intensifying conflict as COVID-19 threatens to spread and debilitate the country’s fragile health system.
Geneva (ICRC) – Detaining authorities around the world who have not yet taken measures to prevent and mitigate the effects of COVID-19 inside places of detention are urged to do so immediately to protect the health of detainees, staff and wider society.
As the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic picks up pace, the International Committee of the Red Cross urges all not to overlook people in places of detention and refugee and displacement camps around the world.
WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM PATRICK YOUSSEF, ICRC’S INCOMING REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR AFRICA
In Niger, as in many other countries in the Sahel, livestock herders face a double threat to their way of life.
More than 2,300 displaced families in northern Iraq received food and hygiene kits from the Iraqi Red Crescent Society and the International Committee of the Red Cross this month.
The crisis in Syria is moving into its tenth year. For almost a decade, Syrians have endured endless destruction, loss and suffering. Syria’s towns and cities are witness to the devastation.