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IRIN News, the global news magazine about humanitarian operations, published an interesting article during the World Humanitarian Day, talking about the aggression and killing of aid workers all around the world.

Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre Country: Indonesia Nearly all the 31,450 people currently displaced by conflict and violence in Indonesia were forced to flee their homes more than 15 years ago. The majority live in…

Satellite imagery and geographic information systems (GIS) can be a vital tool in human rights work, helping provide evidence of on-going human rights violations being committed.

The Strategic Guidance is designed to provide high level guidance for both civil and military actors in the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief arena.

RELIEFWEB.INT - Source: Amnesty International Country: Burundi Even where children were present during demonstrations, police still failed to exercise restraint, and used tear gas and live ammunition. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY On 26 April 2015,…

Source: Human Rights Watch Country: South Sudan HRW has released a new report based on more than 170 interviews in June and July with survivors and witnesses, most of whom were displaced by fighting or attacks on their villages…

Source: Assessment Capacities Project Country: Afghanistan, Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea,…

Source: UN Children's Fund Country: Ukraine At the maternity hospital in Stakhanov, mothers who have just given birth wash themselves from water buckets, and sickness among children and mothers is increasing. By Sven G.…

Source: Inter Press Service Country: Guinea, Haiti, Liberia, Nepal, Sierra Leone, Syrian Arab Republic, World, Yemen The under-payment or non-payment of aid has affected mostly civilians in war-torn areas such as Syria and…

RELIEFWEB.INT -  Air strikes in support of forces loyal to exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi went on, despite a six-day humanitarian truce, which technically took effect just before midnight on 10 July. Aden, Yemen | 12:40 GMT…