Category: Blogs
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Ethnic Cleansing in Ethiopia
[File: Nariman el-Mofty/AP Photo] Not much is known in the western world about the small East African country of Eritrea. One thing the world has been introduced to through the media is the social, political, and economic crisis in Eritrea and the instability and violence that has followed. The country has a population of 6,081,196…
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Who Exactly is a Refugee?
Russia’s intrusion of Ukraine has left 2M people forced to flee. That number can be added to the 65M that are already in existence. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees predicts that another 4M Ukrainians will be uprooted assuming this ugly war continues. The EU nations have promised to acknowledge and support those forced…
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Chinese Artist Badiucao: Drawing Truth to Power
This fall at the 2021 Oslo Freedom Convention in Miami, Executive Director for RUSU, Vonya Womack was able to meet and listen to the 2009 self-exiled artist known only as Badiucao. He accepted the Havel Prize Laurette award in front of some of the world’s most notable human rights activists. The 35-year-old Chinese dissident and…
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Have We Become Apathetic?
Webster’s dictionary defines the word Apathetic (adjective) as to show no feeling or emotion:spiritless. Have we become apathetic to human life? How, can anyone show little or no concernwhen it comes to people fleeing persecution, war, and tyrannical regimes? Is it easier not to thinkabout it? Do we not know about it? Would we prefer…
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Walking the Balkans
Imagine you are a dorm supervisor, like a residence assistant, you know the ones that take care of all the unruly students. I happen to know they do so much more. Resident assistants not only make new students feel welcome, but they are role models and supposed to guide those around them to make good…
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The Story of Mikail and the Greek Pushbacks
In a recent Aegean Boat Report (see article attached) there were 44 people including children that were part of a militia like pushback the end of November 2021 off the Greek coast. The documentation by these refugees and what they endured is all too familiar. It should boggle one’s mind that we live in a…