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Haiti: A new wing for minors at the civilian prison in Les Cayes
01-04-2016
Port-au-Prince (ICRC) - In cooperation with the national prison service, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has recently finished building a wing for juvenile detainees at the civilian prison in Les Cayes, in the administrative department of Sud.
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Mine awareness day Iraq: The land of mines past and present
31-03-2016
On the eve of International Mine Awareness Day (4 April 2016), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is highlighting the threat to civilians from anti-personnel mines and unexploded ordnance in Iraq -one of a number of countries where new mines are being laid. <br>
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Syria: aid after months cut off
23-03-2016
Al Houleh has been under siege since 2012 and the scene of heavy fighting for months. People are in a desperate situation in this and other besieged areas trying to survive on very little.
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Honduras: Facilitating health care in detention
15-03-2016
Honduras"s National Penitentiary Institute (INP) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today inaugurated a medical clinic in Gracias prison in the region of Lempira. The prison"s 500 inmates will now enjoy decent basic medical and dental care.
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Colombia: Insidious violence on the rise in 2015
10-03-2016
Although the fighting is abating between government forces and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People"s Army (FARC-EP), the ICRC is continuing to register the same levels of violence in the country as in previous years.
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ICRC calls for concerted effort to end Syria's devastating war
29-02-2016
On the eve of a possible cessation of hostilities in Syria the International Committee of the Red Cross is appealing to all those with influence to work to end the conflict.
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Footballer Paul Pogba and UEFA support Afghan landmine victims
23-02-2016
For the ninth consecutive year, UEFA has set aside â?¬100,000 for the ICRC. Each year, the donation is handed over by a player voted onto UEFA.com users' Team of the Year.
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Colombia: The ICRC clarifies its role in the transport of FARC-EP negotiators
20-02-2016
On Thursday, 18 February 2016, at the request of the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People"s Army (FARC-EP), and with the involvement of the mediator nations, Cuba and Norway, the ICRC transported a group of FARC-EP representatives from Cuba to a rural area...
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Syria: ICRC & Syrian Arab Red Crescent in Moaddamiyeh with aid
04-02-2016
Last night (3 February), as darkness fell, the ICRC and Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) crossed the checkpoints and the buffer zone to enter the besieged town of Moaadamiyeh to give aid to tens of thousands of people in desperate need.
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India Makeathon: Low cost prototypes for those with disabilities
03-02-2016
Of the world's seven billion people, one billion are living with disabilities. In rural areas, and in developing countries, the challenges to living a normal life can seem insurmountable.<br>The simplest things: getting to the shops, going to school, finding a job and going to work, can be out of reach.<br><br>
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