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Action Alert: Petition to UNHCR
Excerpt from: Action Alert: Petition to UNHCR
PETITION ADDRESSED TO THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES, MR. ANTÓNIO GUTERRES.Beirut, Jun 18, 2012We, the undersigned are writing to inform your office of the hunger strike taking place at the doors of UNHCR, Beirut, since eight days.Twenty-one refugees from the Sudanese community have started a hunger strike in front of the UNHCR premises in Beirut since the morning of Monday, June 11, 2012.Their main demands are that UNHCR: Holds itself fully responsible toward people who are registered with the Agency as refugees and asylum seekers, in Lebanon and...Published By: Anti Racism Movement - Monday, 18 June, 2012