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In a press release read by her spokesperson Liz Throssell, UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet condemns the escalating violence in Sri Lanka amid a severe economic crisis and calls on the authorities to prevent further unrest. SOUNDBITE
Thingsai, Oct 15 (EFE/EPA).- Tian Chin is a Myanmar refugee in India who, like many others, is forced to secretly cross the border to save rice crops in his homeland, risking being caught by the army that has unleashed a reign of terror after ousting a civilian government.“If we do not harvest our rice, we have nothing for the future. We will have to scavenge for wild vegetables or beg," Chin's wife Dawt Hnem, 40, told EFE.Her husband and many of the menfolk, who have taken refuge in Thingsai village of the northeastern Indian state of Mizoram, had gone to Fungkah village in Myanmar. (Camera: SANGZUALA HMAR). SHOT LIST: AN EFE INTERVIEW WITH DAWT HNEM, A 40-YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM CHIN STATE, MYANMAR, IN THINGSAI, INDIA.SOUND BITES: DAWT HNEM, A 40-YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM CHIN STATE, MYANMAR.- After the army dropped bombs on Sep. 9, we were very scared. We left our village in a hurry, we did not have time to grab our valuables, we hid in the forest and arrived at Thingsai village on Sep. 13.If we don't harvest our rice, we have nothing for the future. We will have to look for wild vegetables or beg elsewhere.Before my husband left, he told me that he would collect the rice and hide it in makeshift warehouses in the forest since there is no one in our village to stand guard. If you store our grains in our house, the army could come back. They will burn them or destroy them.
Cali, Jun 8 (EFE).- The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights began Tuesday its review of the situation in Colombia after a month and a half of protests marked by serious complaints against the public force, vandalism and delicate acts of violence between armed civilians and police. (Camera: ERNESTO GUZMAN JR). B-ROLL OF THE ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTEST IN CALI, COLOMBIA.
Cartagena, May 21 (EFE).- Hundreds of demonstrators peacefully carried out on Friday various cultural performances and a sit-in to protest against femicide, gender-based violence and violation of human rights of which the police are accused, in front of one of the main police stations in the Colombian city of Cartagena. (Camera: RICARDO MALDONADO ROZO). SHOT LIST: DEMONSTRATORS PROTEST IN FRONT OF CARTAGENA POLICE STATION IN CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA.
Seoul, Mar 15 (EFE/EPA).- Members of the South Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) on Monday took part in a protest in Seoul to support human rights and democracy in Myanmar. The protesters gathered in solidarity with Myanmar citizens residing in South Korea. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN). SHOT LIST: MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH KOREAN CONFEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS (KCTU) TAKE PART IN A PROTEST AGAINST MYANMAR'S MILITARY COUP, DOWNTOWN IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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