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Kenya Red Cross accused of hosting anti-LGBTQ+ ‘Platform of Hate’
09 May 2025 12:05 GMT
‘An agenda set by and financed by white male supremacists’
Mamba Online illustration combined a rainbow flag and the Kenyan flag.
South Africa-based Mamba Online reports:
A pan-African conference that has drawn criticism from LGBTQ+ and reproductive rights …
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Iraq on World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day: Honoring over 40 Years of Cooperation
09 May 2025 00:21 GMT
In 2024 alone, our partnership has paved the way to reach thousands of people in need across Iraq:
• Health care access: 10 mobile clinics supported by the ICRC and IRCS operated across seven governorates, providing over 12,700 free consultations, …
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World Red Cross Day 2025: Theme, History, Key Facts And Principles Of Red Cross
08 May 2025 05:52 GMT
… Red Cross and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Since then, World Red Cross … May 8.
World Red Cross Day 2025: Significance
World Red Cross Day is highly … significant in the field of human rights. Its …
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Red Cross appeals for action now to end Gaza 'horror'
08 May 2025 04:53 GMT
… , the director-general of the Red Cross has said, adding that the … the International Committee of the Red Cross Pierre Kraehenbuehl told reporters in … by the UN's Human Rights Council demanded action on Wednesday …
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ICRC President: Respect for international humanitarian law key to breaking vicious cycle of conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
10 May 2025 09:28 GMT
At the end of a three-day visit to Rwanda and the DRC she said: “Now is the moment to break the vicious cycle of conflict that has condemned generations of civilians to endless suffering, loss, and displacement. Humanitarian steps taken now to protect …
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War tore my family apart: One message brought us back together.
10 May 2025 09:28 GMT
It wasn't until a few weeks ago, when my great-aunt shared a fragile, worn sheet of paper with faded blue ink, that I learned about my family’s desperation to stay in touch during World War II. The document was a brief Red Cross message, dated February …
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The Red Cross Field Hospital one year on: A lifeline and a stark reminder in Gaza
06 May 2025 13:49 GMT
Since its opening, the Red Cross Field Hospital has treated over 80,240 patients. Behind each statistic is the story of a human life: a child recovering from shrapnel wounds and unthinkable burns, a mother surviving childbirth against the odds, a father …
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Message on World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
06 May 2025 09:15 GMT
This year’s World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day comes at a time of profound change and increasing complexity in the humanitarian landscape. Around the world, Red Cross and Red Crescent teams are working in environments where access is limited, needs are …
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Joint Statement from ICRC President and IFRC President to mark World Red Cross Red Crescent Day
05 May 2025 15:27 GMT
This World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, we mourn our colleagues who were appallingly killed while trying to save lives. Their deaths demand far more than empty words of outrage—they demand action.
The international community cannot continue to look …
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What ails majority of Kenyan families and how we can fix it
10 May 2025 03:23 GMT
… Kenyan families probably face similar human rights related challenges in varying degrees … people have petitioned the Kenya Red Cross and Boma Hotel not to …