* Libya: According to the AP a Red Crescent official claimed that pro-Gadhafi soldiers are preventing the escape of tens of thousands of refugees attempting to leave Libya.
* Denmark: The country’s immigration minister was fired after she wrongly refused granting citizenship to three dozen stateless Palestinians.
* Yemen: At least several dozen protesters are reported to be injured after security forces fired on anti-government demonstrators.
* Ivory Coast: A protest against the massacre of seven women ended with soldiers shooting and killing four people.
Image – Spencer Platt/Getty Images Europe via The Guardian (“Libya's border with Tunisia has seen thousands of migrant workers crossing over – but the number has fallen dramatically.”)
Online Sources- ABC Online, MSNBC, BBC News, The Guardian
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
World Watch: Red Rover
Labels:
Denmark,
immigration,
Ivory Coast,
Libya,
protest,
refugees,
violence,
violence against women,
Yemen
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