Compassion
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Refugees Show Simple Acts of Kindness Despite Trauma, Loss
“They Whipped Us,” One Young Refugee Said. Then He Showed Me His Own Generosity. Bill Frelick USA Today HRW Small…
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‘Nobody can disturb us here’: Refugees start afresh in Manchester thanks to charity’s support
At the end of a quiet cul-de-sac 10 minutes drive from Manchestercity centre is a house with a white front…
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Nobel peace prize: Narges Mohammadi wins on behalf of thousands of Iranian women struggling for human rights
Mohammadi is serving multiple prison sentences in Evin prison in Tehran on charges which include spreading propaganda against the state.…
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Friday essay: homesick for ourselves – the hidden grief of ageing
But in a quieter, more private way, the expression seems perfectly pitched to describe the largely hidden grief of ageing.…
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The empire means widening our circles of compassion
To extend their care for the people around them to include caring about violence and abuse against people even on…
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I learned to dream on a Nicaraguan chicken bus
The highlight of my experience turned out to be nothing that most tourists would be interested in: a two-hour ride…
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North Korea: Residents tell BBC of neighbours starving to death
People in North Korea have told the BBC food is so scarce their neighbours have starved to death. Jean Mackenzie…
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He walks among them: Remembering Father Bob
I got to know him in 2015 when working on The Fighter, a book exploring the life of ex-boxer and youth…
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Tunisia migrants: At least 29 die off coast
The sub-Saharan migrants were trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Italy. Cecilia Macaulay BBC It is the latest in…
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Packed-out lecture hears Behrouz Boochani talk of freedom
Refugee Advice and Casework service with the University of New South Wales Centre for Ideas and the Kaldor Centre for…
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Giving Tuesday: How day for ‘radical generosity’ went global
The growing global phenomenon takes place each year on the first Tuesday after US Thanksgiving. BBC GivingTuesday, the non-profit that…
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Iran’s revolution of forbidden song, dance, and kiss
As Iranian diaspora and human rights activities launch rallies in over 150 cities throughout the world against the Islamic Republic,…
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Uncle Jack Charles, actor and revered Victorian Aboriginal elder, dies aged 79
Actor, musician and revered Victorian Aboriginal elder Uncle Jack Charles is being mourned as a cheeky, tenacious “father of black…
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Call to end ‘immoral’ refugee detention
Parliamentarians are being urged to support a proposal to end mandatory immigration detention in Australia and replace the program with…
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Refugee Diaries: What it’s like to leave everything you know behind
The first installment in a series of digital diaries following those displaced by the war in Ukraine Politico Not since…
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Behrouz Boochani says nine-year delay to refugee resettlement ‘a tragedy’ as Jacqui Lambie breaks silence
Mr Boochani labelled Australia’s delay in accepting New Zealand’s resettlement offer a “tragedy”, as crossbench Senator Jacqui Lambie claimed Prime…
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