UNHCR have gone on the offensive, attacking civil rights groups trying to defend refugees displaced in the May attacks in South Africa who criticised UNHCR for not doing their job effectively. The fact is that UNHCR temper human rights according to the country they are operating in. Thus there are real human rights for some people in some parts of the world and a lower grade of human rights or expectations of what people in other parts of the world are expected to endure - global apartheid with sails billowing.

Cape Town, South Africa: This week, Marti, camp manager at Blue Waters site C, was warned off speaking to the press 3 times in 24 hrs by 2 unknown men (who on the last occasion threatened her family). Marti is a phenomenally brave and dedicated woman who has done her utmost for the refugees since her first month as a volunteer, through her recruitment as assistant camp manager at Soetwater, to her attempts to make the transition to Blue Waters as untraumatic as possible. The travesty of the Home Affairs Rapid Status Assessment led her to finally speak out as she felt she could no longer, in good conscience, operate within the system without drawing attention to the govt’s grave abuse of human rights in the camps.

rest of story at eMzantsi Ubuntu coalition web site:
 http://emuc.ilocals.info/