Editor's Note: One in five of those registered with UNHCR since January 2007 – more than 19,000 individuals – are registered as "victims of torture and/or violence" in Iraq. Seventy-seven percent of the Iraqi refugees who were interviewed reported being affected by air bombardments and shelling or ...
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The results of a trauma survey carried out among Iraqi refugees in Syria have been issued today. A total of 754 people were interviewed, who provided information about themselves and their families (a total of 3,553 people). The survey – undertaken as part of a wider survey of Iraqis ...
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"He suffered torture, unbelievable torture -- they gouged out one of his eyes, and he can't walk properly," she says. "He is very, very depressed. Every time I see him I don't know if it's the last, because he's suicidal. But he's also religious and feels that suicide will ...
Freedom lost After the invasion of Iraq, the US government claimed that women there had 'new rights and new hopes'. In fact their lives have become immeasurably worse, with rapes, burnings and murders now a daily occurrence. By Mark Lattimer Thursday December 13, 2007 The Guardian They ...
طالبت اللجنة البرلمانية للنساء والأطفال في العراق بالإفراج العاجل عن السجينات في السجون العراقية والأمريكية. وقالت نادرة حبيب، نائبة رئيس اللجنة البرلمانية، في لقاء مع شبكة الأنباء الإنسانية (إيرين) يوم 9 ديسمبر/كانون الأول: "نناشد الحكومة العراقية والقوات الأمريكية بالإفراج العاجل عن كل السجينات اللواتي لم تتم إدانتهن". وأضافت ...
فقد صلاح هاشمي، 14 عاماً، والديه وأخواته والعديد من أصدقائه منذ بداية الغزو الذي تقوده الولايات المتحدة على العراق منذ عام 2003. ولم يبق لديه من يرعاه، كما أن فقدانه للتعليم والحب والدعم سبب له، حسب الأطباء، مشاكل نفسية كبيرة. ويقول صلاح: "ذاكرتي ضعيفة ...
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BAGHDAD, 25 October 2007 (IRIN) - Salah Hashimy, 14, has lost his parents, sisters and many friends since the US-led invasion in 2003; finally there was no one to look after him. He lacks education, love and support, a combination that, according to doctors, caused his mental health problems. ...
فقد جواد رضوان، 34 عاماً، زوجته وولديه في هجمات متفرقة، وهو اليوم عاطل عن العمل ويصارع لرعاية ابنته التي أصيبت بإعاقة قتل اثنين من أبناء جواد رضوان، 34 عاماً، في هجوم أدى أيضاً إلى إصابة ابنته بإعاقة مستديمة. وقبل هذه الحادثة كان رضوان قد فقد زوجته وهو اليوم ...
BAGHDAD, 10 September 2007 (IRIN) - Widower Jawad Ridwan’s two sons were killed in an attack which also maimed his daughter. Ridwan is unemployed, lives in poverty, and says he needs help to provide for his remaining two children. Photo: Jawad Ridwan, 34, lost his wife and two ...
The lack of security near our camp has prevented NGOs from reaching our tents and the water, which is provided once a week, hardly lasts for three days, especially with the new families arriving on a daily basis. I cannot let my children die of dehydration. Photo ...
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