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Acabo de saber do traballo que Médicos sen Fronteiras (MSF) leva anos facendo cos Rohingya que fuxiron de Birmania (oficialmente denominada Myanmar) a Bangladesh, e malviven en campos de refuxiados ou en asentamentos máis precarios aínda. Outra crise olvidada. ¿Cantas haberá que ignoramos?

MSF describe a situación nun breve informe (un PDF de 752 KB), elaborado no mes de maio, que leva por título “Stateless Rohingyas in Bangladesh: No one should have to live like this”.

Copio e pego un extracto da nota introductoria:

There seems to be no place for the stateless Rohingya people fleeing discrimination and persecution in their own country, Myanmar. They run away from a country that does not recognize them as citizens, where they are subject to forced labour, land confiscation, and restrictions on movement, marriage and children. But when they cross the border into Bangladesh they still find themselves with nowhere to go. They have no protection as refugees and have to survive in a land where they are not welcome.

In 1991/1992 approximately 260,000 Rohingya refugees from Northern Rakhine State (NRS) in Myanmar reached Bangladesh and settled in several camps in the Cox’s Bazar area. In 1994 many of them were forcibly repatriated, despite the fact that the situation in Myanmar had not significantly improved. Since that time, Rohingyas arriving in Bangladesh have not been officially recognised as refugees. There are now only two official UNHCR camps: Nayapara (16,010 residents) and Kutupalong (10,144 residents).

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been working with the Rohingya people in the Cox’s Bazar area for many years.1 In the Spring of 2006 we re-opened a project in Teknaf, following an assessment in the Tal makeshift camp that found appalling overcrowded living conditions, lack of access to food and potable water and very limited access to health care. [...]

Transmito dúas noticias que chegaron esta semana falando sobre a aplicación da pena de morte no Estado de Texas.

A primeira di que xa son máis de 400 os executados en Texas desde o reinicio desta práctica. A aplicación da pena de morte nos Estados Unidos suspendeuse durante varios anos gracias a sentencias do Tribunal Supremo, pero esa moratoria rematou no 1976. A suma para o conxunto dos Estados Unidos xa supera os 1 090 executados.

A segunda, un pouco máis esperanzadora, di que o gobernador de Texas conmutou unha pena de morte por primeira vez nos oito anos que leva no cargo. Foi no caso de Kenneth Foster, quen, segundo parece, so axudara a fuxir a un asasino, e recibiu a mesma pena que el.

Explícano sucintamente nesta nota do DPIC: “Texas Governor Grants Rare Death Penalty Commutation”. E algo máis extensamente nestoutra de Associated Press recollida pola NCADP: “Perry spares inmate set to die”.

Enlaces relacionados:

• Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC)
• National Coalition against the Death Penalty (NCADP)
• World Coalition against the Death Penalty