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    Displaced fishermen seek UN assistance

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    Date
    June 26, 2015
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    MT20150626_A1
    Excerpt
    A group asked the United Nations to stop Beijing from harassing them as they cast their nets around Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, which the Chinese Coast Guard annexed in 2012, their lawyer said on Thursday. which has controlled the shoal since a brief 2012 stand-off with the Philippines, is violating their rights to food and livelihood by driving them away, lawyer Harry Roque told Agence France-Presse. Signed by 30 fishermen, the petition was sent via email to the UN Hign Commissioner for Human Rights and other UN organizations in Geneva on Wednesday, he said.
    Citation
    Displaced fishermen seek UN assistance. (2015, June 26). The Manila Times, pp. A1, A8.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/2932
    Corporate Names
    United Nation (UN) Chinese Coast Guard United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
    Personal Names
    Roque, Harry
    Geographic Names
    Beijing Panatag Shoal Scarborough Shoal China Philippines Geneva Zambales South China Sea West Philippine Sea
    Subject
    fishers livelihoods Exclusive economic zone Governments international cooperation
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