Full Coverage: Middle East
June 2008
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06/24/2008
In this upcoming documentary, an Iraqi journalist shares his story of being wrongfully jailed in Abu Ghraib Prison for allegedly planning to kill former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Read moreFrom: Link TV Related: [Iraq] [United States] [Civil Rights] [Media] [Codes of Conduct] [Justice and Crime] [Terrorism] |
06/19/2008
Hundreds of children, including 240 orphans, will be affected by the Israeli military's recent decision to shut down schools and orphanages belonging to the Islamic Charitable Society.
Read moreFrom: Advocacy Project Related: [Israel] [Palestine] [Children] [Education] [Shelter & Housing] [Civil Rights] [Activism] [Codes of Conduct] [Law] [Terrorism] |
06/18/2008
Jerusalem's Domari Gypsies, chronically ignored and discriminated against in the midst of a wider conflict, find pride in their culture at a Community Center designed especially for Gypsy women.
Read moreFrom: Peace X Peace Related: [Israel] [Education] [Social Exclusion] [Capacity Building] [Social Exclusion] [Activism] [Civil Society] |
06/17/2008
Sait Sanli, a 64-year old former butcher and cattle-raiser, is practically a professional peacekeeper, single-handedly ending hundreds of blood feuds in his native southeastern Turkey.
Read moreFrom: Eurasianet (Open Society Institute) Related: [Turkey] [Communication] [Culture] [Activism] [Civil Society] [Codes of Conduct] [Ethics & Value Systems] [Justice and Crime] [Law] [Conflict Resolution] [Peace] |
06/13/2008
The Caterpillar corporation came under fire during its shareholder meeting yesterday for continuing to sell machinery to Israel that is used to demolish Palestinian homes.
Read moreFrom: Jewish Voice for Peace Related: [United States] [Palestine] [Israel] [Corporations] [Human Rights] [Activism] [Geopolitics] [Arms & Military] |
06/12/2008
JEBALIYA REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza, Jun 11 (IPS) - In the brightly painted new intensive care unit wing of al-Awda, northern Gaza's only emergency medical facility in the massive Jebaliya refugee camp, doctors, nurses, aides, and administrators are ready to provide emergency surgery services for the area's 300,000 people.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related: [Israel] [Palestine] [Health] [Disease/treatment] [Human Rights] [Social Exclusion] [Geopolitics] [Governance] Image: Kids in the Gaza strip. © Thatcher Cook / Mercy Corps
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06/11/2008
The Egyptian Parliament passed a new children's rights bill last week that makes female genital mutilation a crime punishable by fine or jail time and raises the legal age of marriage to 18.
Read moreFrom: Coptic Orphans Related: [Africa] [Egypt] [Children] [Youth] [Health] [Gender] [Sexuality] [Ethics & Value Systems] Image: Young Egyptian girls. © Centre for Development and Population Activities
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06/10/2008
The Iraqi women's movement has a long history of male and female support, but the current violence has undermined the struggle for equal rights, says Iraqi activist Haifa Zangana.
Read moreFrom: MADRE Related: [Iraq] [Civil Rights] [Gender] [Social Exclusion] [Activism] [Civil Society] [Conflict] Image: Iraqi women at a protest for civil rights. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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06/09/2008
The Iraqi government recently pledged $195 million to accommodate returning refugees, but it must wait for security conditions to improve significantly for a sustained period of time before encouraging mass repatriation, said an international refugee agency last week.
Read moreFrom: Refugees International Related: [Iraq] [Aid] [Refugees] [Conflict] [Security] Image: An Iraqi refugee. © International Rescue Committee
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06/06/2008
Former teacher Bushra Jamil returned to Iraq in 2003 to start the country's first progressive radio station for women, which has flourished over the years despite the constant threat of violence and government opposition.
Read moreFrom: Peace X Peace Related: [Iraq] [Gender] [Communication] [ICT] [Media] [Activism] Image: Iraqi women at a protest for civil rights. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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06/05/2008
"Today more than half of all Americans live under local or state proclamations of opposition to the U.S. military presence in Iraq," write policy analysts Ben Manski and Karen Dolan.
Read moreFrom: YES! Magazine Related: [United States] [Iraq] [Cities] [Activism] [Civil Society] [Governance] [Conflict] [Peace] Image: Activists call for an end to U.S. military activities in Iraq; Washington DC; 27 Jan 2007. © Jeffrey Allen
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06/02/2008
Iraq War veteran Jon Michael Turner testifies about the assaults he and other American soldiers committed at one of several Winter Soldier hearings held this spring.
Read moreFrom: American News Project Related: [United States] [Iraq] [Activism] [Conflict] [Arms & Military] |
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