Honduras: Facilitating health care in detention
Tegucigalpa (ICRC) – Honduras's National Penitentiary Institute (INP) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today inaugurated a medical clinic in Gracias prison in the region of …
Tegucigalpa (ICRC) – Honduras's National Penitentiary Institute (INP) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today inaugurated a medical clinic in Gracias prison in the region of …
In contexts as diverse as Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea, the International Committee of the Red Cross undertakes a variety of work to provide assistance and protection to those affected by armed …
The ICRC's head of delegation in Syria, Marianne Gasser, who has witnessed the conflict from the start, argues that only a political solution can stop the …
Homs, Syria, 25 February 2016 Jerome Sessini/Magnum Photos for ICRC Homs, Syria, 25 February 2016 Jerome Sessini/Magnum Photos for ICRC Homs, Syria, 25 February 2016 Jerome Sessini/Magnum Photos for …
Five years of fighting. Hundreds of thousands have been killed. Millions have been displaced. Life has become almost impossible for so many. Syria, there are no words. …
Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston, which tore across Fiji on 20 and 21 February, was the strongest cyclone ever recorded in the southern hemisphere. With sustained winds of 298 km/h when it made …
11-03-2016 Karachi (ICRC) - Today, a public-service campaign was launched in Karachi to get motorists to give way to ambulances and generally increase respect for ambulance services. Joining forces …
"The expectations raised by peace negotiations between the Colombian government and FARC must be accompanied by concrete action," states Christoph Harnisch, head of the ICRC delegation in the …
Bogotá (ICRC) – Although the fighting is abating between government forces and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army (FARC-EP), the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) is …
During the past year, the ICRC carried out a range of programmes and projects in Thailand, Cambodia, Viet Nam and Laos to benefit victims of violence and vulnerable people, including detainees and …
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