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March 28, 2013Posted by:Comments:0Syria
Moaz al-Khatib, the president of the Syrian National Coalition (SNC), Syria’s main opposition group, resigned Sunday stating that international powers have failed to help the rebels and that he could only improve the situation outside
- March 26, 2013Posted by:Comments:0
This piece, written by Danny Hirschel-Burns, from Swarthmore College STAND, originally appeared on his blog The Widening Lens.
- March 22, 2013Posted by:Comments:0
Democratic Republic of the Congo
On Saturday, The New Times in Rwanda reported an influx of over 200 Congolese refugees into North and Western Rwanda, a group that includes combatants. Jean-Marie Runiga, former president of M23, was among the refugees, and was detained separately for his safety. Over 25,000 Congolese refugees entered Rwanda due to conflict in eastern DRC last year.
- March 19, 2013Posted by:Comments:0
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- March 18, 2013Posted by:Comments:0
The following Storify recaps our Valentine's Day campaign against sexual and gender-based violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in pictures and tweets.
To learn more about our campaign, visit our Valentine's Day page.
- March 13, 2013Posted by:Comments:0
Last semester, high school and college students from across the country submitted entries to STAND’s Fall 2012 Human Rights Essay Contest. The prompt for the contest was as follows:
March 11, 2013Posted by:Comments:0By Sophia Geanacopoulos, USC STAND
In preparation for Valentine’s Day 2013, members of the STAND chapter at the University of Southern California spent their afternoon making valentines with a slightly different message than that of the classic Hallmark card. Members created valentines for President Obama, urging him to support peace talks in Kampala and to stand in solidarity with Congolese women who have been victims of gender-based violence.
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