Full Coverage: Iraq
April 2007
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04/23/2007
LOS ANGELES, Apr 23 (OneWorld) - Sean Huze smokes a cigarette on the first floor patio of his two bedroom apartment in the heart of Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley. The 32-year-old Iraq war veteran still keeps his hair in a crew-cut and wears a sweatshirt that reads "Marines" across the front.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [United States] [Health] [Culture] [Arms & Military] |
04/20/2007
Iraqi authorities are increasingly imposing the death penalty, often after pre-trial televised "confessions", uninvestigated allegations of torture and unfair trials, according to a new report.
Read more+ Iraq's Long Night From: Amnesty International UK |
04/19/2007
Irakilaisia ei tule tällä hetkellä palauttaa Irakiin, korostavat ihmisoikeusjärjestö Amnesty Internationalin Suomen osasto ja Pakolaisneuvonta ry. Järjestöjen kanta poikkeaa Ulkomaalaisviraston näkemyksestä. EU:n sisäministerit keskustelevat irakilaisten pakolaisten ja turvapaikanhakijoiden asemasta perjantaina 20.4.
Read moreFrom: Amnesty International Suomen osasto Related: [Refugees] Image: Insediamento di rifugiati al confine tra Iraq e Giordania ©UNHCR/P.Kessler
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04/18/2007
Urgent action on behalf of an estimated 1m Iraqi children living as refugees is recommended in a new report.
Read moreFrom: World Vision UK |
04/17/2007
The Middle East is on the verge of a new humanitarian crisis unless the European Union, U.S. and other states take urgent, concrete measures to assist the more than three million people forcibly displaced by the conflict in Iraq, warns a briefing issued to coincide with an international conference in Geneva.
Read moreFrom: Amnesty International - International Secretariat |
04/13/2007
SAN FRANCISCO, Apr 12 (OneWorld) - On February 18, 2005 an Iraqi man was driving his vehicle from his house to work at his farm. On the way, U.S. forces shot him when they passed, damaging the vehicle and killing the man. His case is among the hundreds detailed in internal Pentagon documents released today.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Afghanistan] [United States] [Human Rights] [Codes of Conduct] [Conflict] [Arms & Military] Image: Marla Ruzicka, who founded the group CIVIC to campaign on behalf of Iraqi civilians, was herself killed in Iraq in 2005. © Global Exchange
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04/12/2007
A new International Red Cross report expresses alarm about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Iraq and calls for urgent action to protect civilians against the continuing violence.
Read moreFrom: International Committee of the Red Cross Image: Iraqi children at Baghdad rubbish dump. © IRIN
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04/12/2007
Much has been made of changes in policies allowing for U.S. military recruits of a wider range of age and differing mental and physical capacities. According to Iraqi officials and NGOs, insurgents in that country have gone even further and are recruiting mentally handicapped children.
Read moreFrom: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network |
04/05/2007
The full story of the siege of Fallujah in April 2004 - one of the most extensive human rights violations of recent times - has never been told. Now a performance using only the words of participants collected by a researcher is being staged in London in May.
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04/03/2007
Teloitukset ja pidätykset kasvattavat vihaa Fallujaa ympäröivässä levottomassa maakunnassa.
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04/01/2007
The title of the beautifully filmed Iraq in Fragments refers to the impressionistic nature of the documentary as much as to the looming state of the nation.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld UK Image: Iraq in Fragments
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