A new plan to close down many Roma camps in the city of Rome, paves the way for the forced eviction of thousands of people and for most (but not all) of them to be resettled on the outskirts.
Local officers failed to respond quickly enough when an armed crowd attacked refugees and migrants in a township south east of Johannesburg in February.
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Mongolia announced a moratorium on executions in January. Now it is time for the country to take the necessary steps to abolish the death penalty in law.
Sudanese Women living in refugee camps face rape and other violence. Outside the camps, they face a range of abuses from harassment and threats to physical attacks.
About 75 people have been living in metal cabins and shacks next to a sewage treatment plant in Miercurea Ciuc, Central Romania, since they were evicted from their homes in 2004.
