The of the Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid newsletter produced by the Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Network is now available on their blog. The latest issue includes the following highlights:

- How to apply for asylum in Brazil
- Practice Advisory on Interim Memo regarding law students, graduates and other representatives appearing before United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
- The importance of psychosocial support in the refugee status determination process
- Asylum approval rate in Japan still shockingly low
- Changes to refugee system in Canada further undermine refugees
- Italy rebuked by European Court after deportations of Somali and Eritrean asylum seekers
- Statement on Kenyan Government plan to relocate refugees back to Somalia
Deportation news
- Syrian refugees in Europe: news from Belgium and Sweden
- Syrians in Jordan: Guests, not refugees
- Democratic Republic of Congo London embassy staff resign and claim asylum
- Open letter from Eritrean refugees and asylum seekers in Djibouti
- Letter from the Rwandan Refugee Community in Zambia to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon
- Refugees in Brazil denounce ‘exploitation network’

In addition to these articles, the edition also includes: Request for Sahrawi COI expert; Publications; Country of Origin and legal news; Conferences and courses; Info links; Resources; Vacancy announcements; Announcements; and Scholarships for African Commonwealth candidates for University of Oxford part-time masters in International Human Rights Law.

Visit http://frlan.tumblr.com/ to read the edition.

Laws of the world never liberated anybody, say Mbuyiseni Ndlozis in a speech during Israel Apartheid week. Governments are not going to listen to the law, nor will companies. We need to break the silence on Palestine in the interests of freedom, justice and equality. Debates about whether Israel is apartheid or not miss the point. It is a system of separateness at the expense of the people of Palestine who are not even allowed to return home. It is a system enough to makes us angry, it is a violation of fundamental values of freedom, justice and equality. The system offends our values. We have to drink from the cup of freedom and have to courage to mobilise for boycotts, disinvestments and sanctions. Only our voices will make governments and companies listen.

Côte d’Ivoire’s national commission of inquiry investigating the 2010-2011 post-election violence should extend its mandate by six months to August 2012, Human Rights Watch said. The extension would better ensure an impartial and comprehensive investigation into crimes committed by all sides, Human Rights Watch said. In meetings with Human Rights Watch, Ivorian civil society representatives, United Nations officials, and diplomats highlighted serious problems with the commission. They cited its failure to include representation from pro-Gbagbo groups and to consult sufficiently with civil society, and said the commission appears to have rushed its work.