Lebanon: Coping with the disappearance of loved ones
During the 15-year-long Lebanese war that ended in 1990, thousands of people went missing throughout the country. Today their fate is still unknown. For more than 40 years, the families of these …
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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 …
Australia: The ICRC in Asia and the Pacific
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 …
Syria: Five years of war. For how much longer?
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: A day in the life
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 …
Syria: 5 years. No words
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. …
Fiji Red Cross and ICRC restore contact between families after cyclone
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 …
Pakistan: Campaign to make Karachi safer for ambulance services
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 …
Colombia: Humanitarian challenges for 2016
"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 …
Colombia: Insidious violence on the rise in 2015
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 …
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