Rwanda, Burundi Refugee Deportation Causes Uproar

Published: 1 Jul 2005

  When the meeting between Burundian and Rwandan government officials on Saturday June 11 ended, a decision had been reached. The two sides had decided to rename asylum seekers from both countries as “illegal immigrants” and treat them accordingly. What followed was a quick operation to deport thousands of Rwandan asylum seekers from Burundi. About…

Is Charles Taylor’s Time Up?

Published: 1 Jul 2005

Refugee Rights News Volume 2, Issue 2 July 2005 It has been more than two years since the Special Court for Sierra Leone indicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Since then, Taylor has managed to evade justice, sliding from Liberia as rebels closed on the capital to comfortable…