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Making better use of data on attacks against health care

… Professionals in the 2013 Gezi Protests in Turkey 2016 Preeti Patel et al, King’s College … at the World Humanitarian Summit, Istanbul, Turkey ICRC 2013 ICRC Violent Incidents … Afghanistan, and India. Eastern Europe: Turkey, Georgia, and Former Yugoslavia. South …

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Messaging apps: an untapped humanitarian resource

… Viber voice messages sent to a relative in Turkey, after crossing the sea in a dinghy from Turkey to the island of Lesbos, Greece. … after crossing the sea in a dinghy from Turkey to the island of Lesbos, Greece …

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Migration: Speech by ICRC president to Council of Europe

… or Chad in Africa, and Lebanon, Jordan, and Turkey closer to Europe. As conflicts continue …

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Living between two realities in Afghanistan

… and niece died when the boat taking them from Turkey to Lesvos capsized. Her nephew's body … their two children. Two boats crossing from Turkey to Greece capsized on the day that … dead." Fahima's brother left immediately for Turkey, determined to learn what had happened …

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Jerusalem and the West Bank: Checkmating violence

… participated in the world championships in Turkey in 2012 and Norway in 2014. “Norway …

Afghanistan: For parents of missing migrant, silence is hardest part

… later, Shafiq and his relatives left for Turkey. On 4 January 2016, Haji Mohammad spoke … son told him that they were supposed to leave Turkey by boat for Greece in a few hours, but … reached Greece but were sent back to Turkey. His contact sometimes gave him hope, …

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Speech by ICRC President: Uphold the norms that safeguard humanity

… the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, Turkey. Excellences, Ladies and gentlemen, I …

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Speech by ICRC president: A commitment to address forced displacement

… at the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, Turkey. Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, We …

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Speech by ICRC president: Conflict and migration from a humanitarian perspective

… regional powers such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey, Egypt and Israel – religious, ethnic, … conflict in the Horn of Africa and Sudan; and Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan, which have taken …

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Atrocities in conflict mean we need the Geneva conventions more than ever

… been greater. When world leaders meet in Turkey for the world humanitarian summit next …

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