No Red Cross representatives have reached any Ukrainian prisoners of war held by Russia nor any Ukrainian children abducted to Russia, according to Head of 🇺🇦 Presidential Office Andriy Yermak.
"Families of #Israelis being held #hostage by #Hamas were reprimanded by representatives of the #RedCross in a meeting earlier this week, with the Red Cross telling one family they need to "think about the #Palestinian side," KAN reported on Thursday night."
The bodies of nine migrants found on an African boat off the northern coast of Brazil’s Amazon region were buried Thursday with a solemn ceremony in the Para state capital of Belem. Fishermen off the coast of Para found the boat adrift April 13, carrying the bodies that were already decomposing. Brazilian officials later said...
I am a geriatric psychiatrist practicing at a state hospital, for my day job. I lead #DisasterHealthServices and #DisasterMentalHealth teams for the American #RedCross at the chapter and National HQ levels. Our NHQ teams are currently assigned to multiple operations.
I am committed to doing as much good as I can as long as I can.
Orest Hrytsyuk, a sergeant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, spent 9 months in Russian captivity as a POW. He says Russian International Committee of the Red Cross representatives laughed at Ukrainian POWs and called them names, while they were forced to march and sing russian song
Relief workers warned Wednesday that Libya's catastrophic floods may bring unexploded bombs and mines from past conflicts to the surface, posing fresh threats to a nation that has already lost more than 11,000 people in the disaster....
#Kremlin-appointed Children’s Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova confirmed on July 31 that #russia has transferred 4.8 million #Ukrainians including over 700,000 children, to the Russian Federation since the beginning of the war.
ISW continues to assess that Russian authorities are conducting a large-scale campaign to deport Ukrainians to the Russian terrorists state.
For 19 months, Russia has been hiding the condition and location of 1600 captured defenders of Azovstal and Mariupol. When will the 1,600 kidnapped defenders be released?
We know from those who returned that Russian captivity involves torture by hunger, keeping prisoners in unsanitary conditions, not allowing them to go outside for months, not providing them with medication or medical care, regular beatings, torture with electrical currents, cutting off tattoos, pulling out teeth with pliers, holding illegal public trials, not allowing communication with relatives or visits from representatives of international organisations, and hiding their location.
But when we keep them in the spotlight, we make their chances of survival higher.
Help us spread the word about them.
My team and I are monitoring the situation in #Baltimore#KeyBridge. We are unlikely to be activated for this incident but we are ready to respond if asked. My condolences to all those affected and their families. #RedCross#DisasterResponder
In Italien hat eine Serie von Erdbeben die Region um Neapel erschüttert. In Ortschaften rund um das Epizentrum weigerten sich viele Menschen nach dem Beben, in ihre Häuser zurückzukehren. Berichte über größere Schäden gibt es nicht.
Thirty children were released by the Sudanese Armed Forces on Friday in an operation facilitated by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Meanwhile, ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric visited the border region between Chad and western Darfur to see the humanitarian consequences of the conflict there....
Vielleicht interessant für die #Funkamateure im #DRK und in #Nordwalde:
die #Amateurfunk-Clubstation unseres Landesverbandes #DK0RK wird anlässlich des Freiwilligen- und Ehrenamtstages #FEAT am 4. Mai qrv (=empfangsbereit) sein. Das bietet Funkamateuren die Gelegenheit, sowohl auf #Kurzwelle als auch auf #UKW diese eher selten zu hörende Station zu arbeiten und die eigene QSL-Karten-Sammlung damit anzureichern.
Das ganze hat - neben der Freude am Hobby - einen wichtigen ernsthaften Hintergrund: Funkamateure stellen beim Ausfall anderer Kommunikationsmittel eine wichtige Rückfallebene für die Nachrichtenübermittlung in Not- und Katastrophenfällen dar, man bezeichnet das als „#Notfunk“. Und daher ist es wichtig, diese Systeme immer mal wieder auszuprobieren und auf Funktionsfähigkeit zu testen. Das DRK verfügt neben der Möglichkeit, Amateurfunk zu nutzen, auch über Frequenzzuweisungen für professionellen Kurzwellenfunkbetrieb (beim DRK-LV Westfalen-Lippe z.B. für die Rufzeichen DEK24 ortsfest in Münster und DEKA2410 für eine mobile Funkstelle).
Wir würden uns freuen, wenn auch Nordwalder Funkamateure sich beteiligen und mit der Amateurfunk-Clubstation unseres Landesverbandes am Sonnabend Betrieb aufnehmen könnten. #WirSindHilfe#weltweit#RedCross#RedCrescent@drk@bevoelkerungsschutz@thw
Es waren die Frauen und Mütter von #Castiglione, die als erste dem Aufruf von Henri #Dunant folgten, den Verwundeten und Sterbenden der Schlacht von #Solferino Hilfe zu bringen. Sie sind damit zur Urzelle des Gedankens unparteilicher Hilfeleistung im Zeichen der Menschlichkeit und damit der weltumspannenden Bewegung des Roten Kreuzes und Roten Halbmonds geworden.
Zum #Muttertag gebührt daher allen Frauen und Mädchen unseres Verbandes unser besonderer Dank und unsere Anerkennung! #DRK@drk#WirSindHilfe#weltweit#RedCross#RedCrescent
Brazilian authorities bury deceased migrants who drifted in African boat to the Amazon (apnews.com)
The bodies of nine migrants found on an African boat off the northern coast of Brazil’s Amazon region were buried Thursday with a solemn ceremony in the Para state capital of Belem. Fishermen off the coast of Para found the boat adrift April 13, carrying the bodies that were already decomposing. Brazilian officials later said...
New Libya Fear: Floodwaters Dredging up Bombs and Land Mines from Past Wars (themessenger.com)
Relief workers warned Wednesday that Libya's catastrophic floods may bring unexploded bombs and mines from past conflicts to the surface, posing fresh threats to a nation that has already lost more than 11,000 people in the disaster....
Kyrgyzstan brings back 95 ISIL wives, children from Syrian internment camps (www.aljazeera.com)
The government of Kyrgyzstan has said 95 wives and children of ISIL (ISIS) fighters have been repatriated from internment camps in Syria....
Chad/Sudan: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) facilitates release of 30 children previously detained in relation to conflict; ICRC president visits eastern Chad (african.business)
Thirty children were released by the Sudanese Armed Forces on Friday in an operation facilitated by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Meanwhile, ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric visited the border region between Chad and western Darfur to see the humanitarian consequences of the conflict there....