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مقتل تسعة وإصابة 18 حصيلة أعمال العنف حتى عصر الأحد

أفادت مصادر أمنية عراقية، الأحد، بأن تسعة أشخاص قتلوا، وأصيب 18 آخرون بجروح في إطار أعمال عنف وقعت في مناطق متفرقة من العراق اعتبارا من مساء يوم أمس السبت وحتى عصر اليوم.

Nine killed and eighteen wounded in acts of violence between yesterday evening […]

Posted on June 29th, 2008 under Iraq, Politics and Security. Tags: Accord Front, al-Husseini - Hassan, al-Khalis, Al-Suneid, al-Yarmouk, Amarah, American attempts to get permanent bases, Assassination attempts, Attacks on academics students teachers, Attacks on green zone government forces, Attacks on green zone government officials, awakenening councils as political party, Awakening Councils, Awakening fighters integration, Babil (Governorate), Baghdad, Baquba, Baqubah, Barzani, Basrah, Bombings, Daily Summary, Dalouiya, Dawa Party, Death Threats, Detainees - release of, Disputed Areas, Diyala, Grand Ayatollah Sistani, Human Rights, Islamic State of Irak, Khalis, Kirkuk, KRG, KRG demands for excess budget allocations by GZG, KRG Intransigence, KRG Separatism, Kurdish Separatism, Maysan (Governorate), Miqdadiyah, Mosul, Mosul "surge", Muqdadiya, Najaf, Ninawa (Governorate), reconciliation, Sadrist Bloc, Sadrist leaders - detention campaign by GZG/Badr, Sadrist Resistance units, Salah ad Din (Governorate), Samarra, SOFA, Tharthar, Tikrit, tribal councils, Wijdan Salim, Women and Children, Women's Rights, Yarmouk (Mosul). Comments: 2

Mother of three sets fire to herself in desperate bid escape an abusive marriage.

For three days, I thought about a way to end my life. Eventually, I decided that I must set myself on fire. It was an easier choice. And I remember when I was a kid one of our neighbours set herself […]

Posted on June 24th, 2008 under Iraq, Society And Economy, Women and Children. Tags: IWPR, Sulaymaniyah, Women - domestic assault, Women - suicides, Women and Children, Women's Rights. Comments: None

‘If you want to help Iran, don’t attack’
The Iranian human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi talks to David Batty about the regime’s abuse of its population - and how the west needs to abandon the threat of war if it wants to win over Iran’s people and bring change:

What is interesting is almost all the undemocratic […]

Posted on June 13th, 2008 under Features, Human Rights, Middle East. Tags: Human Rights, Iran, Women's Rights. Comments: 1

مقتل تسعة وإصابة خمسة حصيلة أعمال العنف منذ مساء الثلاثاء | 04 /06 /2008  الساعة 14:18:21
أفادت مصادر أمنية أن تسعة أشخاص قتلوا وأصيب خمسة آخرون بجروح في إطار أعمال عنف وقعت في مناطق متفرقة من العراق، فيما تم إطلاق سراح 117 معتقلا منذ الساعة التاسعة من مساء أمس وحتى الساعة الثانية من ظهر […]

Posted on June 4th, 2008 under Iraq, Politics and Security. Tags: Al Anbar (Governorate), al-Rubaie, Assassination attempts, Assassinations, Assassinations of GZG officials, Attacks on American Invaders, Attacks on green zone government forces, Baqubah, Basrah, Car bomb, Children, Civilian casualties, Death Squads, Detainees - release of, Detention without trial, Dhi Qar (Governorate), Disputed Areas, Diyala, Fallujah, Iran, Kirkuk, Mosul, Ninawa (Governorate), Peshmerga, PJAK, Sadr City, Sulaymaniyah, Touz Khormatou, Women in politics, Women's Rights. Comments: None

Once seen as one of Iraq’s most cosmopolitan places, the southern city of Basra - founded about 1,370 years ago - was undergoing profound social changes that were making it increasingly conservative and harsh even before the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Indexed under: Basrah, Women - ”Honour” Killings, Women - killing of, Women’s Rights

Posted on June 1st, 2008 under Analysis Briefings Commentary, Human Rights, Iraq, Women and Children. Tags: Basrah, Women - "Honour" Killings, Women - killing of, Women's Rights. Comments: None

‘No man can accept being left by a woman in Iraq. But I would prefer to be killed than sleep in the same bed as a man who was able to do what he did to his own daughter.’

 
‘The poor woman was killed and now her name and history is buried with her. No one […]

Posted on June 1st, 2008 under Features, Human Rights, Iraq, Women and Children. Tags: Basrah, Human Rights, Women - "Honour" Killings, Women - attacks on, Women - killing of, Women's Rights. Comments: 1

اكد الممثل الخاص للامين العام للامم المتحدة في العراق ستيفان دي مستورا ان تقريرا اصدرته الأمم المتحدة مؤخرا كشف عن وقوع اكثر من 100 حالة قتل اوقطع اطراف للنساء في مدينة البصرة. واوضح في تصريح نشر اليوم الجمعة ان تلك الحالات وقعت بعد توجيه اتهامات باطلة لهن بعدم ارتداء ملابس محتشمة على حد قول المسؤول […]

Posted on May 30th, 2008 under Human Rights, Iraq, Women and Children. Tags: Basrah, Women - "Honour" Killings, Women - killing of, Women's Rights. Comments: None

Joint Statement to Stop ‘Gender Cleansing’ in Iraq under the name of ‘honor killing’ and other gender-based violence against women, and to Demand the Immediate Withdrawal of Occupation Forces.
March 2008 was the fifth anniversary of the start of war on Iraq by the US military. During the five-year period, the death toll of Iraqis exceeded […]

Posted on May 26th, 2008 under Human Rights, Iraq, Women and Children. Tags: Women - killing of, Women's Rights. Comments: None

Increased honour crimes and female suicides in the Kurdistan region (Updated with English Summary)
This month has seen a surge in violence against women in so-called “honour killings” and female suicides according to medical reports from the KRG. In the first 10 days of the current month, May 2008, the city of Sulaymaniyah saw […]

Posted on May 25th, 2008 under Human Rights, Iraq, Women and Children. Tags: Follow Up, Women - "Honour" Killings, Women - killing of, Women - suicides, Women's Rights. Comments: 1