Tutti i temi: Iraq

29.10.2007 NEW YORK, Oct 29 (OneWorld) - Donald Rumsfeld, the former U.S. secretary of defense, is facing criminal charges in France for ordering the torture of prisoners in Iraq and at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay.

27.10.2007 NEW YORK, Oct 26 (OneWorld) - Preparation for nationwide protests against the Bush administration's war plans against Iran and the continued occupation of Iraq are in full swing.

25.10.2007 Viitisentuhatta ihmistä on viime päivien aikana paennut Irakin–Turkin raja-alueelta, missä väkivallan uhka tiivistyy entisestään. Kurdien aluehallinnon edustaja ennakoi, että kytevästä konfliktista syttyy humanitaarinen kriisi.

24.10.2007 Nearly 5,000 people, many of whom are already poor, have been forced to flee their homes along the Iraq-Turkey border as tension rises between Turkish-Kurdish rebels and the Turkish army. "It will be a [humanitarian] disaster," said Kalif Dirar, a senior official in the Kurdistan regional government.

24.10.2007 After eight years of military service, Camilo Mejía became the first Iraq soldier to be prosecuted for refusing to fight, citing his moral objections to the war and occupation. Mejía is now a zealous antiwar activist and was recently featured, with several colleagues, in a roundtable discussion to educate the public on the situation in Iraq.

16.10.2007 YK:n raportin (pdf, engl.) mukaan ihmisoikeusrikkomukset jatkuvat Irakissa yhä. Aseistautuneiden ryhmien väkivaltaisuudet kohdistuvat etenkin siviileihin, eikä maan hallitus ole tehnyt tarpeeksi ihmisoikeustilanteen parantamiseksi.

09.10.2007 Iraqi "security" forces being created with $20 billion of U.S. funds may be stoking civil unrest as they accompany American troops on raids, says Pratap Chatterjee.
From: CorpWatch

05.10.2007 Andrew Lam, a Vietnamese refugee who migrated to the United States decades ago, advises an Iraqi refugee about seeking asylum in a country waging war on his homeland and how to share his story with those around him.
From: New America Media