ICRC [to 20 February 2016]
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Selected News Releases and Articles
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Syria: ICRC alarmed by deteriorating situation in Aleppo region
Damascus/Geneva – The International Committee of the Red Cross is deeply alarmed by the situation in the Aleppo region, where fighting is intensifying, hospitals and health workers have been targeted, people have no water or electricity and more than
19-02-2016 | News release
Afghanistan: ICRC staff members released in Ghazni
Geneva/Kabul (ICRC) – All five staff members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) who were being held since 16 February 2016 in the province of Ghazni were released unharmed today.
19-02-2016 | News release
Tackling Torture: Who are the torturers?
On 3 December 2015, the ICRC held a public conference in the Humanitarium to try to answer the following question: How can decoding the mechanisms at work in torturers help tackle the phenomenon of torture? This was the third such event as part of the Conference Cycle on Generating Respect for the Law…[overview of conference results]
15-02-2016 | Article