diff --git a/content/session/withouthomeincorona.md b/content/session/withouthomeincorona.md index 29af4e9..122b713 100644 --- a/content/session/withouthomeincorona.md +++ b/content/session/withouthomeincorona.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: "Those who can't go home: prisoners, refugees and homeless" This session, unlike others presented here, does not contain tips for moving into action, but it offers an archive of relevant news that can help to start common debates and reflections on what demands we should collectively place for a more just future. -# Conditions in Prisons +# Conditions in prisons Since Saturday 7 March, in more than twenty Italian jails prisoners have been protesting and rioting. In just a few days, dozens of people got injured, ten prisoners died (according to the authorities, of an overdose after stealing drugs and methadone in the infirmaries, although this information has been disputed) and about seventy have escaped. Demonstrations continue in several institutions, and in some cases detainees are still occupying various sections of the prison complex. @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ While similar restrictions are put in effect in other countries, many advocacy g - [To contain coronavirus, release people in prison. Do not let Covid-19 become Katrina in Connecticut.](https://ctmirror.org/category/ct-viewpoints/joseph-gaylin-noora-reffat-and-arvind-venkataraman/) -# Emergencies in Refugee Camps +# Emergencies in refugee camps Geneva, 10 March 2020 – The world’s response to the COVID-19 crisis must encompass and focus on all, including those forced to flee their homes. The elderly among the world’s forcibly displaced population are particularly vulnerable, warned today UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, launching its initial COVID-19 appeal. UNHCR is urgently seeking an initial US$33 million to boost the preparedness, prevention and response activities to address the immediate public health needs of refugees prompted by COVID-19. More than 70 million people globally have been forced by persecution, conflict, violence and human rights violations to flee their homes. Of those, more than 20 million are refugees, of whom 84 per cent are being hosted by low or middle-income nations which have weaker health and water and sanitation systems.