Robin Meldrum

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CAR: Survivors Describe Rape and Kidnapping by Local Armed Group Outside Bossangoa

March 08, 2018

A group of women were taken hostage and raped by a local armed group in western Central African Republic, according to ten survivors who arrived at Bossangoa Hospital for emergency medical care on March 3, said the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today.
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MSF: At Least 6,700 Rohingya Killed During Attacks in Myanmar

December 14, 2017

At least 9,000 members of the ethnic Rohingya minority died—most of them from violence— in Rakhine state, Myanmar, between August 25 and September 24, according to surveys conducted in refugee settlement camps in Bangladesh and released today by the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
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Colombia: People Continue to Suffer from Violence Despite Peace Deal

August 17, 2017

Violence remains a major problem for many people in Colombia despite the peace deal the government and FARC-EP signed last year, according to a report released today by the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
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Doctors Without Borders Statement on Conference on Prosperity and Security in Central America

June 15, 2017

This week in Miami, the United States and Mexico are co-hosting a high-level Conference on Prosperity and Security in Central America to address some of the issues driving mass migration from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, also known as the Northern Triangle of Central America.
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Neglected Humanitarian Crisis in Central America's Northern Triangle

May 11, 2017

Central Americans forced to flee devastating violence in their home countries are re-victimized along the migration route to the United States (U.S.) and Mexico, according to a report released today by the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
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Press Teleconference: Forced to Flee from Central America’s Northern Triangle

May 09, 2017

The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) presents the findings of its report detailing two years of medical data, patient surveys and patient testimonies gathered by teams working along Mexico’s migration routes to the United States (US).

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South Sudan: People Take Shelter from Violence in MSF's Leer Compound

March 16, 2016

JUBA—The people of Leer, South Sudan, continue to live in fear, with at least four incidents of rape, looting, and violence recorded this month alone.

In the most recent incident on March 14, 27 civilians—mostly women and children—fled to the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) compound seeking shelter as their houses were looted by a group of men carrying guns.
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Papua New Guinea: “Return to Abuser” Report Examines Shocking Levels of Family and Sexual Violence

March 01, 2016

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA/BERLIN—A new report from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) examines the shocking levels of family and sexual violence in Papua New Guinea, which are among the highest in the world outside of conflict zones.
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Sexual Violence in Colombia a Forgotten Medical Emergency

November 25, 2014

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA/NEW YORK—Sexual violence should be treated as a medical emergency and survivors should be guaranteed accessible and comprehensive medical treatment, said the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
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DRC: High Levels of Sexual Violence in Goma Camps

January 16, 2013

People displaced by armed conflict around Goma are now suffering high levels of sexual violence in and around the camps where they have taken shelter.

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