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ALL EYES ON BUDUBURAM CAMP!

In light of recent events at Buduburam refugee camp in Ghana, we ask you to please consider signing this petition which calls for increased involvement of the UNHCR and a guarantee that refugees' rights are being safeguarded:
www.ipetitions.com/petition/LiberianRefugees

BUDUBURAM LATEST NEWS

March 24th, 2008 12:00pm:
The UNHCR has asked the Ghanaian Government to stop the unlawful deportation of Liberian Refugees.

March 24th, 2008 10:00am:
After this morning visit to Buduburam of the Liberian Ambassador to Ghana, the remaining protesting women have agreed to vacate the field in the hope of bringing about the release of the detained women and putting a stop to the "terrorizing" of their community.

March 23rd, 2008 9:45pm:
Police have again surrounded Buduburam camp and there is considerable fear among the inhabitants. Tomorrow delegates from Liberia are expected to come on camp and speak to the refugees.

March 23rd, 2008 12:20pm:
Confirmation received that the plane carrying the deported refugees, landed in Liberia at 10:45am.

March 23rd 2008 8:00am:
The plane carrying 16 deported refugees is said to have been unable to land in Liberia due to bad weather. We are waiting for confirmation of the fact that the plane is now returning to Ghana.

March 23rd, 2008 5:45am:
35 people have apparently blacklisted as ringleaders. 16 of them are said to have already been deported, with 19 more still to be arrested and deported. It is believed that these are the individuals who participated in the recent meeting with Ghana's Interior Minister.

March 22nd, 2008 10:00pm:
16 Liberian men and women are allegedly deported as "ringleaders" of the protest, including the youth and sports director of the Liberian Welfare Council, Natt Roberts. The other detained men have been brought back to Buduburam; many others are still on the run and in hiding. The women protesters have remained on the field despite police warnings that they should leave.

March 22nd, 2008 9:30pm:
The 4 former child soldiers apprehended earlier this evening have apparently been released because they were in possession of UNHCR ID cards. However they are saying that the police "give you a few slaps before they ask who you are". Many Buduburam residents are spending this night in hiding.

March 22nd, 2008 7:00pm:
We are extremely concerned by reports that 4 former child soldiers (from the association featured in our documentary "Telling You the Facts") have been arrested.

March 22nd, 2008 3:40pm:
The Sierra Leonean community at Buduburam reports indiscriminate arrests of their people by heavily armed police. Meanwhile the Ghanaian government claims that the arrested men are instigating refugee women to continue their protest rally.

March 22nd, 2008 2:30pm:
An unconfirmed number of refugees from Buduburam camp are awaiting deportation at an airfield in Ghana.

March 22nd, 2008 9:40am:
Email communication from one Liberian at Buduburam:
"I'm sorry there is more trouble here this morning again. I was told that last night the government returned a few old women and children, but this morning they are moving from home to home and arresting men as well. Therefore every men are running into the bushes. All those arrested this morning have been taken to an unknown destination and more arrest still going on. I'm in the school alone and everything is locked on me."

March 22nd, 2008 8:00am:
Ghanaian police arrive at Buduburam camp with 5 empty buses and begin going from house to house arresting men.

March 21st, 2008 9:30pm:
Some 90 detainees are returned to Buduburam camp: they are young children, pregnant women and elderly women.

March 17th, 2008 5:30am:
Ghanaian police arrest several hundred women and children who had been staging a peaceful protest since Feb 19th, calling for more generous repatriation packages. The exact location of the detained women is unknown.

To stay informed about this situation, please visit our website:
www.whitetara.org?lang=en

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Buduburam è un campo profughi situato 44 km a ovest di Accra, in Ghana. Aperto dall'UNHCR nel 1990, il campo è casa per più di 35000 profughi provenienti dalla Liberia. I liberiani ospitati sono fuggiti dal loro paese durante la guerra civile liberiana (1989-1996) e durante la seconda guerra civile Liberia (1999-2003). Il campo è gestito da liberiani, ONG internazionali e gruppi di organizzazioni di volontariato. Nell' aprile 2007 l'UNHCR ha cessato di supportare tutti i servizi da lui gestiti nel campo, aumentando le difficoltà dei liberiani ospiti.
La situazione è esplosa lo scorso 17 Marzo quando la polizia ghanese ha arrestato più di 600 donne e bambini che stavano protestando da un mese per ottenere condizioni migliori e nuovamente l'appoggio dell'UNHCR.
Sabato 20 Marzo poi l'esercito ghanese è tornato a rastrellare gli uomini dalle case, nonostante non avessero preso parte alle proteste. Buduburam è nel panico e molte delle persone sono dovute fuggire per nascondersi.
I mezzi d'informazione internazionali stanno totalmente ignorando questi eventi.
Solo le associazioni di volontariato stanno cercando di rendere visibile quanto sta accadendo a Buduburam con i pochi strumenti che hanno a disposizione: internet e petizioni.

potete trovare maggiori informazioni e i link per firmare le petizioni su

www.whitetara.org

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