Bulgaria: ‘Inhuman conditions’ spark protest at refugee camp

Headline Title: Bulgaria: ‘Inhuman conditions’ spark protest at refugee camp 19 November 2013 Urgent action is needed from the Bulgarian authorities to improve conditions at an emergency accommodation centre for asylum seekers near the Turkish border, Amnesty International said after scores of its residents – including people who fled armed conflict in Afghanistan and Syria – staged a protest today. As many as 100 people threatened to launch a hunger strike in protest at the deplorable living conditions at Harmanli camp, south-eastern Bulgaria, where around 1,000 asylum-seekers are…

Read complete article

~	India’s LGBTQIA+ community notches legal wins but still faces societal hurdles to acceptance, equal rights

~	Al Ahly and Esperance highlight the dominance of North Africa in club football. Lessons for other African teams

~	Sri Lanka: Fifteen years after the end of war, victims still await justice at Mullivaikkal

~	South African communities vs Shell: high court victories show that cultural beliefs and practices count in climate cases

~	Why the New Yorker blocked UK website readers from its Lucy Letby story – an expert explains

~	How a British military march became the distinctive sound of American graduations

~	UN rights office urges Sri Lanka to reveal fate of the disappeared

~	World Should Rally to Halt Unfolding Atrocities in Darfur

~	It’s a mistake to dismiss Bridgerton as fluffy period drama

~	How newborn chicks are helping to settle a centuries-old debate about cognition and our senses