Full Coverage: Conflict

30.08.2005 RSF exprime son indignation après la mort à Bagdad d'un preneur de son de l'agence Reuters, Waleed Khaled, tué par des tirs de soldats américains lors d'un incident au cours duquel le cameraman qui travaillait avec lui, Haider Kadhem, a été blessé puis arrêté.

30.08.2005 Photographs taken by Beslan children who were witnesses of or hostages in the bloody siege of School No. 1, are being exhibited in the town’s cultural center. The nearly 100 photographs vividly capture a wide range of the children’s emotions, from their pain and grief, to their hopes for the future.

29.08.2005 A census conducted amongst Afghan refugees in Pakistan finds that they prefer to stay back in Pakistan than go back to their home country even after 2005 - the date the Pakistan government wants them to return.

26.08.2005 Avec plus de 500 cas de blessures par agression violente traitées dans ses deux hôpitaux dans la ville de Galkayo en Somalie centrale cette année seulement, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) veut sonner l’alarme sur les bains de sang incessants à travers le pays et le peu d’attention accordée au peuple de la Somalie par les organisations humanitaires et la communauté internationale

26.08.2005 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has vowed to keep expanding Israeli settlements on Palestinian land barely days after Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and four smaller West Bank settlements.

23.08.2005 With materials provided by SudanAid, displaced women in Dereig camp, West Darfur weave and sell prayer and bed mats, allowing them to buy food and supplies for their children who attend the camp’s UNICEF school.

22.08.2005 Le contrôle qu'exerce le gouvernement russe sur la télévision nationale et son recours à une réglementation répressive, au harcèlement et à des attaques contre les journalistes qui couvrent le conflit en Tchétchénie privent le public russe d'informations sur les atrocités qui y sont commises, selon les constatations du Comité pour la protection des journalistes (CPJ), au terme d'une enquête qui aura duré un an.

19.08.2005 Has the US public lost so much confidence in the Bush administration's handling of the Iraq war that its current strategy - to the extent one actually exists - is unsustainable, asks Jim Lobe.

18.08.2005 For more than nine years a conflict has raged in Nepal between government security forces and fighters of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). The conflict has had a devastating effect on all sections of Nepali society—but especially on the lives of children. The most fundamental rights of children are being violated routinely, and nowhere is this more apparent than in schools across the country.

18.08.2005 Violence in Darfur is continuing, with reports of looting and attacks on internally displaced persons' camps, says the UN Mission in Sudan.

16.08.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug 16 (OneWorld) - Political killings in Sri Lanka continue to escalate past the one-a-day mark and last Friday's slaying of the foreign minister highlights the risk of a return to all-out civil war, a leading rights watchdog said Tuesday.

15.08.2005 Although the assassination of Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar has sorely tested relations between the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the government, the three-year truce will probably hold.

14.08.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug 13 (OneWorld) - International charity Oxfam is seeking to turn up the heat on governments it says are blocking efforts to prevent genocide and protect civilians from atrocities such as those seen during the 1994 bloodbath in Rwanda.

12.08.2005 Alors que la Côte d'Ivoire s'apprête à tenir des élections présidentielles en octobre, Reporters sans frontières (RSF), le Comité pour la protection des journalistes (CPJ) et Human Rights Watch rapportent que des milices progouvernementales recourent à la menace de violences pour intimider les journalistes et les médias.

12.08.2005 Killings by the state and by Maoist rebels are increasing in Nepal, human rights activists warned as they called for action by the United Nation High Commissioner for Human Rights.

12.08.2005 A Nepalese human rights group, Insec, says that eversince King Gyanendra took over direct rule of Nepal on 1 February, at least 1,115 people have been killed. The report says 738 have died at the hands of the state and 377, including both civilians and security personnel, have been killed by Maoist rebels.

11.08.2005 Colombia’s demobilization process is strengthening the power of paramilitary groups without furthering a genuine peace, Human Rights Watch said in a new report.

11.08.2005 A report by the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice says that caste discrimination is the root cause of the civil war in Nepal and the conflict will remain unresolved unless a sustained commitment is made to eradicate caste-based abuses.

10.08.2005 Join security expert Michael Renner Thursday for a discussion that explores how disarming postwar societies can lead to a more peaceful world.

10.08.2005 The latest conflict between farmers and mining companies in Peru has resulted in one death, 20 injuries, and 37 detentions. The violence could be averted if communities, corporations, and the government all engage in good-faith dialogue and respect the rights of all parties involved, says Oxfam.