NewsRack: 'Refugees' news in 'Human Rights and Indigenous Rights-Regional' topic for user flenvcenter

Thurl Bailey named as state’s refugee liaison	20.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 20, 2013 11:02AM MDT Former Utah Jazz forward Thurl Bailey will serve as Governor Gary R. Herbert’s ambassador to the state’s refugee community. Appointed Monday, Bailey will act as a liaison between the Governor and the more than 50,000 refugees who call Utah home. “Thurl has demonstrated exceptional character and passion, both on and off the court,” Governor Herbert said. “His advocacy on behalf of Utah’s refugees will be extremely beneficial as we continue to help them integrate into our communities, and enhance ... ...
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Report: Torture evidence found in Syrian prisons	18.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Barbara Surk The Associated Press Published May 17, 2013 03:49PM MDT Beirut • Rights activists visiting abandoned government prisons in the first Syrian city to come under rebel control have found torture devices and other evidence that detainees were abused there, Human Rights Watch said in a report Friday. Raqqa, in eastern Syria, was overrun in late February by rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad. The rebels facilitated the New York-based group’s access to facilities that had belonged to a government security agency and military intelligence in la... ...
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Internet restored to Syria after 8-hour outage	15.5.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
BEIRUT—Syrian rebels attacked the main prison in the northern city of Aleppo Wednesday with a pair of car bombs in an attempt to free hundreds of regime opponents believed to be held in the facility, activists said.
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Trial delayed for Utah Burmese refugee charged with kidnapping, murder	13.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Marissa Lang The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 13, 2013 11:43AM MDT The long-awaited trial for a Burmese refugee accused of kidnapping and killing a young girl at the South Salt Lake apartment complex where they both lived was delayed on Monday. Esar Met, 26, is charged in 3rd District Court with first-degree felony counts of aggravated murder and child kidnapping in connection with the 2008 slaying of 7-year-old Hser Ner Moo. His trial was scheduled to begin on July 15. But after a hearing Monday, that hearing date was vacated. A new trial date could be set at ... ...
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Turkey says it won’t be drawn into Syrian civil war	13.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Suzan Fraser The Associated Press Published May 12, 2013 06:29PM MDT Ankara, Turkey • Turkey’s prime minister vowed Sunday his country won’t be drawn into Syria’s civil war, despite twin car bombings the government believes were carried out by a group of Turks with close ties to pro-government groups in Syria. The bombings left 46 people dead and marked the biggest incident of violence across the border since the start of Syria’s bloody civil war, raising fears of Turkey being pulled deeper into a conflict that threatens to destabilize the region. Syria has reje... ...
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Tens of thousands of Myanmar refugees in cylone's path	12.5.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
A tropical cyclone in the Andaman Sea is headed close to an area in Myanmar where tens of thousands of victims of ethnic and religious violence are living in makeshift camps, adding urgency to fears of what the United Nations has termed a looming "humanitarian catastrophe."
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42 dead in Turkey car bombings near Syria	11.5.2013	azcentral.com \| news
42 dead in Turkey car bombings near Syria
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Refugee urges SLCC graduates to notice opportunities	10.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Kristen Moulton The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 9, 2013 07:32PM MDT It all began with an excessive supply of soap in the first U.S. motel room Ugandan refugee Derreck Kayongo stayed in. There was soap for his hands, soap for his face, soap for his body, keynote speaker Kayongo told thousands of Salt Lake Community College graduates, their families and friends at commencement Thursday evening. When Kayongo confessed to “stealing” the soaps the maids brought each day, the American concierge “burst out laughing.” “ ‘See these Americans over here, they all steal soa... ...
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Expanding New Roots Program provides healthy alternatives in Salt Lake City	9.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Nicholas J. Pappas Special To The Tribune Published May 9, 2013 11:44AM MDT At the New Roots refugee farm, Annociate, a refugee from Burundi, communicates through sign language with Par, a Burmese refugee working the ground with her daughter. Using their hands, they describe the crops they are cultivating at the West Valley City farm. While the women don’t share a common language, they share a common need. Uprooted from their countries, they are finding purpose, pride and persistence through gardening. “These are women who would be very isolated at home — they don’t hav... ...
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Women of the World celebrates mothers at Sugar House Park	3.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Nicholas Pappas Special To The Tribune Published May 2, 2013 03:31PM MDT On May 12 at Sugar House Park, a group of women will get together for the third year, sharing recipes, telling stories, and celebrating the joys of motherhood. Many come from countries where there isn’t a date equivalent to Mother’s Day, while others have had to leave their children behind in war torn communities. The event is the annual Mother’s Day celebration of Women of the World, an organization founded by Samira Harnish, who arrived in the United States from Iraq as a teen mother in an a... ...
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Center’s new space for Salt Lake City’s immigrant community welcomed with open arms	26.4.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Kimball Bennion The Salt Lake Tribune Published Apr 25, 2013 01:01PM MDT As the manager of the University of Utah’s Hartland Partnership Center in the Glendale neighborhood of Salt Lake City, Abdulkhaliq Mohamed is a perfect spokesman. He’s affable, witty and passionate about the center’s mission to help the city’s diverse community of immigrants and refugees build the skills they need to be successful in a new country. But he’s also one of the Hartland’s most inspiring success stories. The center celebrated its move into a new 10,000-square-foot building on April 16... ...
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Boston bombing suspects were refugees from brutal Chechnyan war	20.4.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
BOSTON — With their baseball hats and sauntering gaits, they appeared to friends and neighbors like ordinary American boys.
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Tensions emerge in al-Qaida alliance in Syria	11.4.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Ryan Lucas The Associated Press Published Apr 10, 2013 09:42PM MDT Beirut • Tensions emerged Wednesday in a newly announced alliance between al-Qaida’s franchise in Iraq and the most powerful Syrian rebel faction, which said it was not consulted before the Iraqi group announced their merger and only heard about it through the media. Al-Qaida in Iraq said Tuesday that it had joined forces with Jabhat al-Nusra or the Nusra Front — the most effective force among the mosaic of rebel brigades fighting to topple President Bashar Assad in Syria’s civil war. It said th... ...
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U.N. agency suspends food aid after Gaza protest	6.4.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
The U.N. Relief and Works Agency has indefinitely suspended food distribution in the Gaza Strip after protesters angry over the curtailing of a cash-assistance program for the poor stormed the agency's main compound in Gaza City on Thursday, an official said Friday.
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Myanmar communal unrest threatens reforms	4.4.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
WASHINGTON—Few imagined Myanmar would embrace democracy when the U.S. began its historic engagement with the military regime.
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Gender segregation now mandatory in Gaza schools	3.4.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Ibrahim Barzak and Dalia Nammari The Associated Press Published Apr 2, 2013 05:34PM MDT Gaza City, Gaza Strip • Starting with the new school year in September, Gaza boys and girls in middle and high school will be breaking the law if they study side by side. Gaza’s Islamic militant Hamas rulers argue that the new legislation, mandating gender separation in schools from age nine, enshrines common practice. But women’s activists warned Tuesday that it’s another step in the Hamas agenda of imposing its fundamentalist world view on Gaza’s 1.7 million people. The Gaza rules appear harsh... ...
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In the shadow: A timeline of immigration throughout the years	31.3.2013	Steamboat Pilot
Immigration throughout the years
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In Jordan, Obama warns of "enclave of extremism" in Syria	23.3.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
AMMAN, jordan — President Barack Obama warned Friday that an "enclave for extremism" could fill a leadership void in war-torn Syria, a chilling scenario for an already tumultuous
July trial seems imminent for Burmese refugee accused of Utah girl’s murder	23.3.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Marissa Lang The Salt Lake Tribune Published Mar 22, 2013 03:16PM MDT After nearly five years of delays, prosecutors are ready to take the case against a Burmese refugee accused of kidnapping and killing a young girl at the South Salt Lake apartment complex where they both lived to trial. If all goes as planned, they will get that chance come July. Esar Met, 26, is charged in 3rd District Court with first-degree felony counts of aggravated murder and child kidnapping in connection with the 2008 slaying of 7-year-old Hser Ner Moo. The case has suffered numerous se... ...
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Obama arrives in Jordan, last stop in Mideast	22.3.2013	azcentral.com \| news
Obama arrives in Jordan, last stop in Mideast

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