BANGKOK (AlertNet) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is cutting humanitarian aid to the Philippines by 50 million pesos ($1.16 million) in 2011, due to reduced funding brought ...

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(Recasts with rebel threat to behead hostage) MANILA, March 18 (Reuters) - The leader of an Islamist rebel group which kidnapped three Red Cross officers in the southern Philippines threatened on ...

MANILA, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Philippine security forces will not stop search operations for three workers of the International Committee of the Red Cross, ignoring a demand by gunmen holding the group ...

Dear Mr. Bruwer & Mrs. Spoljaric, The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines expresses serious concern about the ICRC’s decision to situate an Asia-Pacific regional conference on ...

DAVAO CITY—The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) released on Tuesday a coffee table book on the still missing persons in the 2017 five-month terrorist siege of Marawi City to magnify the ...

In May 2017, a battle between Islamic State-linked militants and the Filipino government broke out in Marawi City, Philippines. The siege lasted for five months and displaced 360,000 people. A year ...

This document outlines the global operational priorities identified by the ICRC in 2006. It is based on the yearly internal review and planning process conducted primarily by the 80 field delegations ...

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