Asylum

A Women's Rights Advocate in the Midst of Bloodshed -- Her Path to Asylum

Nina Boyajian | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women's Rights, Democratic Republic of Congo, Asylum, Torture, Congo Violence, Congo Women, Politics News
Nina Boyajian

In the DRC, women are still considered second-class citizens, and are themselves punished (by their families and communities) for the rape and other sexual abuse to which they are subjected.

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Iraqis Top UN List Of Asylum Seekers Again

UPI | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: United Nations, War Wire, Displaced Iraqis, Foreign Affairs, Iraq, Asylum, Politics News

GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- The U.N. refugee agency said that despite a decline in the number of asylum-seekers from Iraq, the country conti...

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Immigration: Have the Inmates Taken Over the Asylum?

William Fisher | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Immigration Reform, Asylum, Civil Rights, Michael Mukasey, Politics News
William Fisher

No, this isn't about the economic meltdown - but it's almost as complicated. Try to follow it along. In what some government critics are citing as an...

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Finally, A Good News Story, Sort Of

William Fisher | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Immigration, Female Genital Mutilation, Civil Rights, Asylum, Michael Mukasey, Politics News
William Fisher

A woman who was denied asylum in the U.S. despite her fears that she would suffer additional female genital mutilation if she was deported to her nati...

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Let Zimbabwe's Election Runoff Begin!

Michealene Cristini Risley | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Zimbabwe Elections, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe, Global Unity, Exile, Global Pressure, United Nations, Red Cross, Treasury, United States, African Leaders, Rigged Elections, Asylum, Politics News
Michealene Cristini Risley

If Mugabe is truly going to fall, there needs to be quick and prolonged action.

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Five Years On, We've 'Betrayed' Iraqis

Lionel Beehner | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Packer, Occupation, War, Baghdad, Iraq, State Department, Refugees, Asylum, Five Years Iraq, Interpreters, Iraq War Five Year Anniversary, Iraq Five Years of War, Iraq War, Iraqis, Betrayed, Iraq War Five Years Later, Iraq Five Years Later, Iraq War Anniversary, Fifth Anniversary of War in Iraq, Politics News
Lionel Beehner

Five years after the fall of Saddam, Iraqis cannot escape the inferno of violence in their own country, largely because of Washington's unwillingness to help them.

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Former Guantánamo Detainee Seeks Asylum in Sweden

Andy Worthington | Posted 11.22.2007 | Politics

Read More: Guantanamo, Adel Hakim Sweden, Asylum, Adel Abdul Hakim, Politics News
Andy Worthington

On Tuesday, Adel Abdul Hakim, a former Guantánamo detainee from China, took another step towards reconstructing his shattered life by applying for asylum in Sweden.

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