Gorilla’s Guides

BAGHDAD, 28 September 2008 (IRIN) - More than 300 confirmed cholera cases have been registered in central and southern Iraq since an outbreak began on 20 August, with almost 50 percent of the cases occurring in the past week, the health ministry’s cholera unit has said.
“The number of cholera cases has reached 327* […]

Posted on September 28th, 2008 under Cholera, Health, Iraq. Tags: Cholera, Cholera - spread of 2008 outbreak, Diwaniya, Diyala, Early Warning, Health, IRIN, Karbala, Najaf, الكوليرا. Comments: None

BAGHDAD, 11 September 2008 (IRIN) - Five people have died in a cholera outbreak that has hit Baghdad and the southern provinces since late August and at least 22 other cases have been confirmed, Iraqi Health Ministry said on 10 September.
“In total we have diagnosed 27 cholera cases so far, including the five […]

Posted on September 11th, 2008 under Cholera, Health, Iraq. Tags: Babil (Governorate), Baghdad, Cholera, Cholera - confirmed fatalaties 2008, IRIN, Maysan (Governorate), Water, Water Borne Disease, WHO. Comments: None

على الرغم من انخفاض عدد الأشخاص الفارين من ديارهم في العراق خلال النصف الأول من عام 2008، غير أن الحياة اليومية للنازحين من سكان الخيام ما تزال بائسة، وفقاً لتقييم أجرته منظمة الهجرة الدولية في 15 أغسطس/آب.
وجاء في تصريح المنظمة أن “النازحين القاطنين في الخيام لا يحصلون على الخدمات الأساسية أو يحصلون على […]

Posted on August 19th, 2008 under Features, Health, Human Rights, Iraq, Society And Economy. Tags: IDPs (Internal Refugees), IOM, IRIN, Photos, Red Crescent/Red Cross, Refugees, Sulaymaniyah, Typhoid, Water, Water Borne Disease. Comments: None

They “live surrounded by garbage”, the report said. “As a result, cases of typhoid have recently been reported.”

BAGHDAD, 17 August 2008 (IRIN) - While the rate of people fleeing their homes in Iraq has decreased during the first half of 2008, daily life for the thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in tent […]

Posted on August 18th, 2008 under Iraq, Society And Economy. Tags: IDPs (Internal Refugees), IOM, IRIN, Photos, Red Crescent/Red Cross, Refugees, Sulaymaniyah, Typhoid, Water, Water Borne Disease. Comments: None

تقوم الحكومة العراقية حالياً بتشجيع اللاجئين العراقيين في دول الشرق الأوسط على العودة إلى العراق من خلال تنظيمها رحلات جوية مجانية لهم. غير أن مجموعة مؤلفة من أكثر من 100 منظمة غير حكومية محلية ودولية أصدرت بياناً تحذر فيه من مغبة ذلك.
وجاء في بيان المجموعة الصادر في 8 أغسطس /آب أنه “سيكون للعودة […]

Posted on August 14th, 2008 under Human Rights, Iraq, Society And Economy. Tags: Egypt, Health, Iraq, IRIN, Poverty, Refugees. Comments: None

BAGHDAD, 12 August 2008 (IRIN) - The Iraqi government is encouraging the return of refugees from Middle Eastern countries by laying on free flights, but a group of over 100 Iraqi and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has issued a statement warning of the dangers.
“A rushed and premature return process would have disastrous consequences […]

Posted on August 14th, 2008 under Iraq, Society And Economy. Tags: Egypt, Health, Iraq, IRIN, Poverty, Refugees. Comments: None

BAGHDAD, 29 July 2008 (IRIN) - Iraqi government institutions, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and international bodies must focus more on devising programmes for juveniles to prevent them from being co-opted by militants for criminal acts, a government spokesman said on 28 July.
“We have evidence that the phenomenon of criminal gangs and terrorist groups recruiting […]

Posted on July 30th, 2008 under Children, Human Rights, Iraq. Tags: Camp Bucca, Camp Cropper, Child Exploitation, Children, Children - unlawful detention of, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, IRIN. Comments: None

The government deals with the displacement problem as a “de facto” matter and is unable to find a solution

We made numerous calls to the government to help ease this problem but we feel the government pays no serious attention to address this problem, which could take eight to 10 years to be solved if it […]

Posted on June 15th, 2008 under Features, Human Rights, Iraq, Society And Economy. Tags: al-Adil, al-Shula, Baghdad, IDPs (Internal Refugees), IRIN, Jadiriyah, Jordan, Refugees, Sadr City, UNHCR. Comments: None

روى يعض الاطفال السجناء في  سجني كروبر ببغداد وبوكا بالبصرة لوكالات الانباء قصة اعتقالهم من قبل القوات الامريكية، وما زالوا في السجون دون ان توجه لهم تهما محددة، مما اثار حفيظة المنظمات الدولية ومنظمات حقوق الانسان في العالم

BAGHDAD, 2 June 2008 (IRIN) - The traffic light turned to red and as cars stopped at […]

Posted on June 2nd, 2008 under Children, Features, Human Rights, Iraq. Tags: Children, Detention without trial, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, IRIN. Comments: None