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On World Water Day, 20 March 2008, UNICEF is focusing on the importance of sanitation and hygiene in reaching global goals for safe water. Here is one in a series of related reports.

UNICEF-run water tankering operations have been a lifeline for 200,000 Iraqis struggling without safe drinking water since 2003.

Only 17 […]

Posted on March 20th, 2008 under Children, Features, Health, Iraq, Society And Economy. Tags: Baghdad, Children, Iraq, Poverty, UNICEF, Water, Water Borne Disease, Water Contamination, Water Crisis (Iraq), Water Poisoning, WHO. Comments: 1

In the final instalment of Ghaith Abdul-Ahad’s series of films to mark the fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq war, he travels to an orphanage in Sadr city, where children speak of their hatred of America. A generation of Iraqi children have been radicalised and anti-westernised by the war

Watch Video: Iraq’s lost […]

Posted on March 20th, 2008 under Children, Iraq, Video Reports, Women and Children. Tags: Baghdad, Child Exploitation, Child Poverty, Children, Follow Up, Iraq, Orphans, Sadr City, Series, Surge Failure. Comments: None

اعلن وزير الخارجية الفرنسي برنار كوشنير اليوم الاربعاء ان فرنسا تستعد لاستقبال نحو خمسمئة لاجىء مسيحي من العراق. مشيرا الى ان الكلدان المسيحيين في العراق هم “اكثر عرضة للتهديد من الاخرين”. وقال كوشنير في لقاء اذاعي “سنستقبل كما آمل نحو خمسمئة في الاسابيع المقبلة وسنرى بعد ذلك امكانية استقبال غيرهم ولن نرفض استقبال مسلمين لكن […]

Posted on March 20th, 2008 under Human Rights, Iraq, Politics and Security, Religion. Tags: Christians, Ethnic Cleansing, France, Refugees. Comments: None

The first-ever detailed report on the plight of Iraqi journalists who have been forced into exile was released by Reporters Without Borders today, the eve of the fifth anniversary of the start of the US-led invasion of Iraq. Most of these journalists fled to Jordan or Syria after receiving threats or surviving murder attempts. Hundreds […]

Posted on March 20th, 2008 under Human Rights, Iraq. Tags: Death Squads, France, Haditha, Human Rights, Jordan, Journalists Attacked, RSF, Sweden, Syria, War Crimes. Comments: None

كشف تقرير أعده مرصد حقوقي عراقي أن النصف الأول من شهر آذار/ مارس الجاري شهد (1266) حادثا أمنيا, قتل فيها نحو (290) شخصا وأصيب (666) آخرون, بينما خطف (13) شخصا وعثر على (223) جثة مجهولة, واعتقل (93) مشتبها به، في عموم العراق.
وقال التقرير، الذي تلقت الوكالة المستقلة للأنباء ( أصوات العراق) نسخة منه، […]

Posted on March 20th, 2008 under Features, Iraq, Politics and Security. Tags: Aswat Al Iraq Features, Baghdad, Basrah, Basrah Airport, Bombings, Corpse Findings, Death Penalty, Death Squads, Detention without trial, Diwaniyah, Diyala, Features, Human Rights, Iraq, Karbala, Kidnappings, Wasit. Comments: None

في عام 2003، أُجبِرت هبة (ليس اسمها الحقيقي)، التي كان عمرها حينئذ لا يتجاوز 11 عاماً، على الزواج من قريبها. وفي اليوم التالي تم نقلها من بغداد إلى الحدود مع سوريا وبيعت لتجار الجنس. وفي دمشق، أجبرت على الرقص في النوادي الليلية والمنازل الخاصة، وبعد أربع سنوات من ذلك، ألقت السلطات السورية القبض عليها بتهمة […]

Posted on March 20th, 2008 under Features, Human Rights, Iraq, Middle East, Society And Economy, Women and Children. Tags: Human Trafficking, IOM, Poverty, Prostitution, Syria, Women - trafficking in, Women's Rights. Comments: None

Five years after the outbreak of the war in Iraq, the humanitarian situation in most of the country remains among the most critical in the world. Because of the conflict, millions of Iraqis have insufficient access to clean water, sanitation and health care. The current crisis is exacerbated by the lasting effects of previous armed […]

Posted on March 20th, 2008 under Health, Human Rights, Iraq, Politics and Security, Society And Economy, War Crimes, Women and Children. Tags: Iraq, Poverty, Red Crescent/Red Cross, Refugees, Rescue Work. Comments: None