Full Coverage: Conflict

29.07.2005 Around 170,000 small arms are being used by former military personnel and criminal gangs to commit grave human rights abuses as the country prepares for elections, Amnesty International said in a new report issued today.

28.07.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Jul 28 (OneWorld) - At least 24,865 Iraqi civilians have died since the U.S.-led coalition began its war in their country but the real figure is unknown because coalition forces, flouting the Geneva Conventions, refuse to aid an accurate count, said a leading medical journal.

28.07.2005 JERUSALEM, Jul 28 (IPS) - A growing number of Palestinians are beginning to believe that Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip will not mean the end of occupation.

28.07.2005 The recent crisis that forced the resignation of Bolivia's second president in less than two years stems from a much deeper problem that is plaguing the entire Latin American region: namely, what is best for the people and who decides?

28.07.2005 The International Criminal Court should prosecute the perpetrators and collaborators of the current war against Iraq and the related international crimes arising from occupation, the unofficial World Tribunal on Iraq has demanded.

27.07.2005 The U.N. took what has been called "a decisive step in the right direction" Monday, passing a resolution requiring governments and armed groups to end the use of child soldiers and report on grave violations against children.

27.07.2005 Following several days of deadly riots sparked by a decision to cut government subsidies on petrol and diesel, the Yemeni government announced Tuesday it would lower fuel prices. An American living in Yemen shares her observations of the country, the recent riots, and the dangers of a discontented majority.

26.07.2005 Amnesty International ha denunciato che migliaia di bambini in tutto il Nepal stanno subendo violenze e gravi abusi in un brutale conflitto interno che vede contrapposti, da nove anni, i ribelli maoisti e le forze di sicurezza. Nel suo rapporto "Nepal: bambini coinvolti nel conflitto", l’organizzazione per i diritti umani sottolinea che "i bambini nepalesi sono uccisi, detenuti illegalmente, torturati, stuprati, rapiti e reclutati per attività militari e accusa ambedue le parti in conflitto di violare i diritti fondamentali dei bambini". Entrambe le parti in conflitto sono responsabili dell’uccisione di bambini: le forze di sicurezza hanno ucciso bambini sospettati di coinvolgimento con i maoisti, mentre questi ultimi hanno rapito e ucciso figli di personale delle forze di sicurezza e causato la morte di molti bambini bombardando deliberatamente infrastrutture civili e abbandonando ordigni esplosivi improvvisati in aree civili.

26.07.2005 Ce que proposent les journées Alternatives 2005 : Créer des espaces pour débattre des luttes et des solidarités qui nous animent, en démontrant comment chacune de ces batailles, aussi locale soit-elle, s’inscrit dans une résistance globale pour le bien commun. Parce qu’en renforçant notre mouvement social ici, en préparant nos batailles et en consolidant nos solidarités au Québec et au Canada, c’est à un mouvement global que nous contribuons.

26.07.2005 Amnistie internationale a révélé ce mardi 26 juillet que des milliers d’enfants au Népal étaient confrontés à des exactions et violences graves dans le conflit en cours au Népal, où rebelles maoïstes et forces de sécurité se livrent à une lutte interne brutale depuis neuf ans.

Dans un rapport sur le Népal rendu public ce mardi 26 juillet, intitulé en anglais Nepal : Children caught in the conflict, l’organisation explique que des enfants népalais sont tués, détenus illégalement, torturés, violés, enlevés et recrutés de force pour des tâches militaires ; l’organisation accuse les deux parties au conflit de violer les droits les plus élémentaires des enfants.

26.07.2005 Armed opposition groups in Iraq have shown blatant disregard for civilians and are guilty of crimes against humanity, Amnesty International said in a report released Monday. Adding that human rights violations have no justification--despite resistance to the U.S. presence in Iraq--Amnesty is calling on leaders to speak out against the groups.

26.07.2005 Afghanistan has seen a dramatic surge in violence in recent months with nearly daily reports of clashes and bloodshed. But opinion is divided on whether this is the last gasp of the Taleban or the start of a new aggressive phase of warfare.

25.07.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Jul 25 (OneWorld) - Congress has done little to protect lives in Darfur in the year since it declared, unanimously, that mass killings there amounted to genocide, a leading U.S.-based advocacy group has charged amid an upsurge in violence in the western Sudanese region.

25.07.2005 With nearly daily reports of clashes and bloodshed, no one disputes the fact that there has been a dramatic surge in violence in Afghanistan in recent months. But opinion is divided on whether this is the last gasp of the Taleban, or the start of a new aggressive phase of warfare.

22.07.2005 NABLUS, West Bank, Jul 22 (IPS) - "Before the 2000 Al-Aqsa Intifadah I was very optimistic. I was ambitious and strong, but now I do not feel strong any more. We are all frustrated in our small prison," says Sawsan Aishe, a 24-year-old graduate from An Najah National University in Nablus in the West Bank.

22.07.2005 Ce que proposent les journées Alternatives 2005 : Créer des espaces pour débattre des luttes et des solidarités qui nous animent, en démontrant comment chacune de ces batailles, aussi locale soit-elle, s’inscrit dans une résistance globale pour le bien commun. Parce qu’en renforçant notre mouvement social ici, en préparant nos batailles et en consolidant nos solidarités au Québec et au Canada, c’est à un mouvement global que nous contribuons.

22.07.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Jul 22 (OneWorld) - Nearly half of Americans say the war in Iraq has hurt what the White House calls its ''war on terror''--the highest percentage since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003--according to a major new poll released Thursday in the immediate aftermath of the latest bomb attacks in London.

22.07.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Jul 22 (OneWorld) - Activists seeking to impeach President George W. Bush have planned 300-plus events nationwide Saturday to mark the third anniversary of a top-level meeting of British officials that they say proves the White House manipulated intelligence and lied to Congress to justify its war against Iraq.

21.07.2005 Throughout their occupation of Haiti, UN forces have maintained that the primary objective is to bring peace to Haiti so that elections can be held in the fall. The problem is that a lot of lousy things are done in the name of "peace."

19.07.2005 Droits et Démocratie a le plaisir d'annoncer que M. Yan Christian Warinussy, de la Papouasie occidentale, en Indonésie est le récipiendaire du Prix John-Humphrey pour la liberté 2005. Monsieur Warinussy dirige l'Institut pour la recherche, l'analyse et le développement de l'aide juridique (LP3BH), un organisme voué à la défense des droits des Papous touchés par la répression exercée par l'armée indonésienne qui cherche à resserrer son contrôle sur cette région qui occupe la partie ouest de l'île de Nouvelle Guinée (territoire partagé avec l'État de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée).