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UN communications chief under fire for tweeting refugee's details
Melissa Fleming’s data breach led to girl’s name, location and phone number being retweeted to 2.3 million UNHCR followersThe UN’s newly appointed under secretary-general for global communications has been accused of an “astonishing” breach of confidentiality, after she tweeted an image of a child refugee that displayed personal details, including... -
'The silence is suffocating': family abuse 'epidemic' uncovered in Samoa
The beautiful Polynesian island is home to a fiercely traditional society rife with domestic violence Blood on the walls. Bruises like smashed plums. As long as Sefina* can remember, family violence has been part of her life. She watched her mother routinely attacked by her stepfather. “Sorry,” her mother would...