ICRC [to 20 June 2015]

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ICRC [to 20 June 2015]
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Top humanitarian photo prize awarded for reportage of rape trials in Democratic Republic of the Congo
News release 19 June 2015
Paris/Geneva (ICRC) – The photojournalist Diana Zeyneb Alhindawi has been chosen by unanimous vote as the winner of the humanitarian Visa d’Or award for her depiction of the trial of 39 soldiers for rape in Minova, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The award is supported by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and forms part of the annual Visa pour L’Image festival in Perpignan, France.

Yemen: ICRC opens surgical hospital amidst fighting in Aden
News release 19 June 2015
Sana’a (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has opened a surgical hospital in the Yemeni city of Aden, as the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate. Aden has seen some of the bloodiest fighting during the recent conflict and health facilities have suffered through lack of medicines, water and electricity.

Tens of thousands in dire need of basic services in Syrian town
News release 18 June 2015
ICRC and Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) teams delivering much needed medicines to the people of Mouadamiya. CC BY-NC-ND/ICRC
Geneva/Damascus – (ICRC) Around 40,000 people are in urgent need of basic services including water and electricity in the Syrian town of Moadamiyah, near Damascus. The town has been cut off from the rest of the country for several months. The ICRC and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) managed to enter the town this week and deliver aid for the first time since December 2014.

Zambia: Implementing the ban on cluster munitions in southern Africa
News release 17 June 2015
Lusaka, Zambia (ICRC) – Representatives from nine southern and central African countries are gathered in Lusaka for a two-day seminar, on 17 and 18 June; its aim is to promote adherence to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) amongst members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), and to enable them to share best practices for passing domestic legislation to implement its provisions.