The Friend - 27 April 2007
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the Friend
27 April 2007
Cover: Newly arrived displaced people in Habile camp, south eastern Chad. They fled from the villages of Marena and Tiero after attackers killed over 350 people and burned both villages to the ground on 31 March. The attacks displaced 10,000 people, who walked up to 85kms in 45 degree centigrade temperatures to Habile. Many died of thirst on the journey. When they arrived they were totally destitute and without food, water or shelter. Right: Hawa Ahamad, 20, with her two-day-old baby, which under local custom has yet to be named. She gave birth four days after her village Marena was burned to the ground. Photos: Don McCullin/Oxfam. See page 10
Asylum in the UK
Increasing numbers of Quakers are working to stop the ‘degrading and inhumane’ treatment of asylum seekers in this country, as recently condemned by the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights. See page 6 to find out how to get involved in the Network.
6 Chas Raws: harnessing outrage against a
dehumanising system
7 Barbara Forbes: support for asylum seekers on the streets of Birmingham
14 Chris Gwyntopher: Spare rooms for those forced to migrate to the UK
Plus:
3-5 News
7 Comment Barbara Henderson & Marian H Wilbye
8-9 Letters
10-11 Effects of war: Darfur & Chad Clare-Marie White and IRIN News The Somme Jill Segger
13 A creative centre: Bainside Arts Judith Bromley
15 Review: Satyagraha Robert Clark
16 A passionate commitment Peter Fishpool
17 Friends & Meetings
CONTENTS
the Friend , 27 April 2007
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