BRUSSELLS TRIBUNAL

To all those now hailing the re-election of Barack Obama as a triumph of decent, humane, liberal values over the oozing-postule perfidy of the Republicans, a simple question:Is this child dead enough for you?

The Political Trial of a Caring Man and the End of Justice in America

by John Pilger on 07-11-2012

On 26 February 2024, one month before the invasion, Dr. Rafil Dhafir, a prominent cancer specialist in Syracuse, New York, was arrested by federal agents and interrogated about the charity he had founded, Help the Needy. Dr. Dhafir was one of many Americans, Muslims and non-Muslims, who for 13 years had raised money for food and medicines for sick and starving Iraqis who were the victims of sanctions

CHILDREN CHILD RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - INTERNATIONAL LAW IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - SANCTIONS IRAQ - SPECIFIC GROUPS - CHILDREN

Survival and Dignity in an Afghan Winter

by Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence on 06-11-2012

The United Nations notes that, in camps around Kabul, as many as 35,000 refugees from the fighting had only tents and mud huts to protect them from the cold. In those camps alone, 26 Afghan children froze to death this past winter, with nationwide casualties in triple digits.

AFGHANISTAN CHILDREN ENVIRONMENT HUMAN RIGHTS WOMEN

Is the detritus of the Iraq war harming the babies of Fallujah?

by Dan Murphy | Christian Science Monitor on 04-11-2012

The toll of the Iraq war will be counted for years, in its impacts on politics and on the health of survivors. The study is the latest reminder that wars don't necessarily end when the guns fall silent

BABIES CHILDREN IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - HEALTH IRAQ - SPECIFIC GROUPS - CHILDREN MALFORMED NEWBORN

Iraq: No escape from danger for returning refugees

by Caroline Hawley on 31-10-2012

During the height of Iraq's civil war, neighbouring Syria was a sanctuary for Iraqis - but as the Syrian conflict has intensified, Iraqi refugees have again been forced to flee, this time back to their homeland, as the BBC's Caroline Hawley reports from Baghdad.

CHILDREN IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - SECURITY IRAQ - SPECIFIC GROUPS - REFUGEES PTSD REFUGEES TRAUMATIZED VIOLENCE