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Hidden bombs hit Libyans
The conflict in Libya will continue to take its toll on communities long after the war has ended as long as hidden bombs remain scattered across public areas. Fifteen-year-old Misrata resident Mohammed lost most of his left hand and sustained shrapnel injuries to his abdomen in April after an unexploded ordnance found near his house detonated in his.. More -
Syrian forces 'ordered to shoot to kill'
Defectors of Syria’s security forces have described receiving orders from their superiors to fire live rounds at protesters to disperse them, according to Human Rights Watch. The New York-based rights body released a statement on Saturday detailing interviews with eight soldiers and four members of secret security agencies it said had defected.. More -
Israel escalates demolitions of Palestinian homes in West Bank
Israeli human rights group B’Tselem has issued a new report detailing the government’s dramatic escalation in the number of Palestinian home demolitions in the Jordan Valley, part of the eastern West Bank. According to the report, the Israeli government has demolished 103 homes there so far this year, after 86 were demolished in all of.. More -
Libyan kids maimed by war remnants
On May 31, 2011, UNICEF Communication Specialist Rebecca Fordham boarded the relief boat carrying two boys injured from explosive remnants of the war in Libya. She also participated in workshops to raise awareness and protect children from these horrific weapons of war in the conflict-affected eastern Libya. This is her first-hand account. I witnessed.. More -
"Massacre": Yemeni forces kill 20 protesters as sit-in smashed
Forces loyal to the embattled Yemeni president killed 20 protesters as they dispersed a sit-in in Taez, an organizer said on Monday. Security service agents backed by army and Republican Guard troops stormed the protest against President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Freedom Square in the centre of Yemen's second-largest city during the night, shooting at.. More -
The price of return
The May 15 Nakba protests took a toll on one family in particular, losing a son who made the ultimate sacrifice. Seventeen-year-old Mohammed al-Saleh grew up in Burj al-Shemali refugee camp in south Lebanon, caring little about politics and more about sport. However, when it came to Palestine, Mohamed's 16-year-old cousin, also named Mohammed, described.. More -
Syrian abuses are 'crimes against humanity'
The nature and scale of human rights abuses by Syrian security forces in the crackdown on anti-government protesters over the past two months could qualify as crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said. In a statement released on Wednesday, the New York-based rights body said interviews with victims andwitnesses indicate "systematic.. More -
Syria's crackdown: Why did Fawaz die?
Fawaz al-Haraki had only minutes to live. As the shots rang out, Abu Haidar and the other protesters ran for cover, grimly familiar with what to do when the mukhabberat (secret police) attacked. But Fawaz fell, the blood soaking his trousers where the bullet from a Syrian secret policeman had torn into his leg. It was Friday April 22 in the industrial.. More -
Assad's regime of torture
President Assad reaffirms his father's legacy by quelling dissent with brute force. As the fists and boots and sticks pummeled his body and bloodied his face, the college student screamed out what he thought his interrogators wanted to hear: The name of Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad. It worked. The secret policemen tired of beating him for the.. More -
UN: Libyan refugee crisis worsening
The UN has said that almost 40,000 people have fled fighting in Libya's Western Mountains region in the past month. Thousands of ethnic Berbers from Libya fled into Tunisia after a brief hiatus in their exodus last week because of fighting between Gaddafi troops and opposition forces for control of a border crossing point. "This past weekend,.. More -
Deraa: A city under a dark siege
As darkness fell across it, Deraa was a city under siege. Tanks and troops control all roads in and out. Inside the city, shops are shuttered and nobody dare walk the once bustling market streets, today transformed into the kill zone of rooftop snipers. Trapped and terrified inside their homes, families are running low on food and drinking water,.. More -
Inside Dar'aa
The only outside visitors the people of Daraa are allowed to receive these days are friends and family attending funerals. To access the city where Syria's uprising began, a local reporter simply had to tell the guards at the first checkpoint the truth: The husband of his wife's cousin had been killed while protesting for freedom and he was there to.. More -
Under Gaddafi's eyes
Benghazi internal security headquarters, November 3, 1990. A fax arrives at 10:30 in the morning, addressed to the director from the head office in Tripoli. "We received information about some of the suspicious people," it begins. A list of names and paragraphs of information follow. One man is singled out for listening to religious tape.. More -
'CIA has no plans to suspend drone strikes in Pakistan'
According to a report in the Washington Post, US defense officials have claimed that there is no plan to suspend or restrict the CIA’s drone campaign in Pakistan, and that the agency has not been asked to pull any of its employees out of Pakistan. US and Pakistan’s relationship was the focus of a nearly four-hour meeting Monday at the.. More -
Israel arrests 100 Palestinian women in latest round-up
Israeli troops arrested 100 Palestinian women in an overnight raid Thursday, the latest in a series of round-ups around the West Bank city of Nablus. Israeli troops stormed a village near Nablus early Thursday, arresting more than 100 women, local officials said. Hundreds of troops entered Awarta shortly after midnight and imposed a curfew after which.. More
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