Archive for March 21st, 2024

21/03/2024

Democracy’s Contested Territory

Human Wrongs Watch

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Mar 19 2024 (IPS)* – This year more than half the world’s population has the chance to go to the polls. That might make it look like the most democratic year ever, but the reality is more troubling.

Too many of those elections won’t give people a real say and won’t offer any opportunity for change.

Credit: Luis Acosta/AFP via Getty Images

2024’s bumper election year comes as a record number of countries are sliding towards authoritarianism, and global advances in democratisation achieved over more than three decades have been all but wiped out.

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21/03/2024

The International Organization for Migration Appeals for $119 Million to Support Nearly a Million Rohingya Refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Human Wrongs Watch

Geneva/Cox’s Bazar, 14 March 20214 (IOM)* -– The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is appealing for USD 119 million to support nearly a million Rohingya refugees in the world’s largest refugee settlement in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, and the vulnerable community generously hosting them. 

Nearly a million Rohingya refugees have sought temporary refuge in Cox’s Bazar. Women and children account for over 75 per cent of the refugee population. Photo: IOM Bangladesh