Faits saillants

• Près de 80% des personnes déplacées dans la zone de Masango (Uvira) sont retournées chez elles
• Faciliter la participation de 600 élèves déplacés et retournés au test national de fin d’études primaires
• La liberté de mouvement des civils fortement restreinte sur les axes Uvira – Baraka et Fizi – Kilembwe

This is part of a special ‘People on the Move’ series, highlighting the human rights violations faced by migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers in every part of the world. These profiles are being published around the launch of Amnesty International's Annual Report 2013.

L’ONG Guichet local économique du Sud-Kivu (GL) apporte, depuis le week-end dernier, des vivres et non vivres à plus de 150 femmes victimes des violences sexuelles, à Shabunda-centre (Sud-Kivu).

La coordonnatrice de cette organisation citoyenne, Rachel Fidelie, a déclaré le lundi 20 mai que ces femmes reçoivent des sacs de poissons salés, des ballots de vêtements usagers, des chèvres et des porcs.

Selon elle, cette assistance s’inscrit dans le cadre de l’accompagnement de ces personnes pour leur réinsertion sociale.

(Kabul) – The Afghan government should take urgent steps to halt an alarming increase in women and girls imprisoned for “moral crimes,” Human Rights Watch said today. Commitments by senior government officials to end such abuses have had little practical impact.

DAMASCUS/AMMAN/GENEVA, 21 May 2013 – UNICEF is extremely concerned about the safety of civilians in the embattled city of Qusayr in Syria and fears that thousands of children and women could be trapped there by fighting.

Heavy clashes have been reported in Qusayr, a city near the Lebanese border, with a population of some 30,000. Between 12,000 and 20,000 people, many of them children, are thought to still be inside the city.

L’ONG Guichet local économique du Sud-Kivu (GL) apporte, depuis le week-end dernier, des vivres et non vivres à plus de 150 femmes victimes des violences sexuelles, à Shabunda-centre (Sud-Kivu). La coordonnatrice de cette organisation citoyenne, Rachel Fidelie, a déclaré le lundi 20 mai que ces femmes reçoivent des sacs de poissons salés, des ballots de vêtements usagers, des chèvres et des porcs. Selon elle, cette assistance s’inscrit dans le cadre de l’accompagnement de ces personnes pour leur réinsertion sociale.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS ISSUE

• HRF Financial Reserve increased to USD 99.78 million with additional USD 32.28 million for budget support (p.2)

• HRF supports private sector development, particularly small and medium businesses (p.3)

• Neighborhood Reconstruction Project relocates more than 10,000 people from « Parc Jean Marie Vincent » and « Pétion Ville club » camps (p.5)

• 16/6 Project has economic and social impact on communities (p.5)

Security incidents and shellings are hampering UNRWA’s ability to respond to the needs of Palestinian refugees inside Syria.

Political and Security South-central:

On 6 May, Al Shabab fighters ambushed the Raskambooni police base in Dobley town.
The armed clashes lasted more than half an hour and one Raskambooni soldier died during the attack and three others were seriously injured. Two days later, the militants launched another hit and run attack against the Somali government forces manning a checkpoint at Shaqalaha neighborhood on the exit road to Afmadow west of Kismayo.

No casualties were reported. Tension remains high in Dobley and its surrounding areas.