Full Coverage: Middle East

29.11.2007 SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 29 (OneWorld) - U.S. war veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan have announced they're planning to descend on Washington, DC this March to testify about war crimes they committed or personally witnessed in Iraq.

29.11.2007 With tensions running high between Israel and Syria, a peace park agreement in the Golan Heights area could be essential to regional stability and should be put on the table at the current Middle East peace talks, write Saleem Ali and Michael Cohen.

28.11.2007 "By their very presence [at the Middle East Peace Conference to be held in Annapolis, MD], the Arab states are signaling they are willing to normalize ties with Israel without receiving any concessions on borders, East Jerusalem or refugees," says Jalal Ghazi.
From: New America Media

27.11.2007 The Zionist Power Configuration defeats Big Oil, the Military Industrial Complex, the White House, and the Pentagon, says James Petras.

27.11.2007 Domestic violence in the Russian Federation; sex slavery in India; self-immolation in Central Asian republics; gender-based violence and HIV; and 'compensation' marriages are the five underreported stories used by the UN Population Fund to launch a campaign against gender-based violence.
From: UNFPA

26.11.2007 Al-Walajehin palestiinalaiskylä oli aiemmin vaurasta maanviljelysseutua, jolle Betlehemin ja Jerusalemin läheisyys takasi markkinat. Nyt kaikki on toisin.

25.11.2007 Amid media reports that thousands of refugees are going back to Iraq, the UN refugee agency says that while improved security conditions were welcome it was not yet time to promote returns.

22.11.2007 A warning of an increasing public health risk in Gaza has been given by an international development group as water and sanitation services begin to buckle under the strain of Israel's restrictions on fuel, vital maintenance goods and spare parts.

20.11.2007 Needy Iraqi refugees living in Syria have begun to receive food aid from a coalition of international agencies who will be working in the region over the next two months.

16.11.2007 Remembrance Day was marred by the unacknowledged deaths in Iraq - a genocide that threatens to outstrip the horrors of Rwanda in the numbers killed and displaced, says John Pilger.
FromNew Statesman

15.11.2007 War on Want, as part of the Enough! coalition, is organising a mass lobby of Parliament on 28 November in support of the Palestinian people.

14.11.2007 Puolet evakkoon lähteneistä on jäänyt jumiin kotimaahansa. Kaikilla ei ole varaa lähteä, vaikka halua olisi.

09.11.2007 In a landmark ruling, two Egyptian police officers have been sentenced to three-year prison terms after abusing and sodomizing a man known for speaking out against the country's repressive law enforcement agents.

08.11.2007 Libya, Nepal ja Malediivit on positiivisen kehityksen ansiosta poistettu Reportterit ilman rajoja -järjestön internetiä rajoittavien maiden listalta. Egypti nousi listalle blogikirjoittajien pidätysten takia.

07.11.2007 Reporters in Iraq risk their lives no matter what their gender, but six Iraqi women were recently honored for their courageous coverage of women's issues in defiance of a violent and male-dominated culture.
From: Women's E-News

07.11.2007 When the US decided that its backyard would in future be a greater Middle East – from Pakistan to Morocco – it imagined that it could rearrange the region to suit itself. The results have been disastrous and will be long-lasting, says Alain Gresh.

07.11.2007 Nepal, Maldives and Libya have been removed from the annual list of Internet enemies, which Reporters Without Borders publishes today. But Egypt has been added to the roll of shame for its harassment and imprisonment of many bloggers.

06.11.2007 Millions of Iraqis don't have the means to leave and are trapped in a country where consistently recurring violence makes life difficult, according to experts.

06.11.2007 This year a delegation of interfaith peace advocates joined Palestinians to celebrate their annual olive harvest and meet with locals working for peace and justice.

05.11.2007 Alla vigilia della visita del premier turco Erdogan in Italia, la Rete Italiana Disarmo chiede al Governo italiano di "sospendere le forniture militari alla Turchia" in seguito alle operazioni belliche contro i separatisti nella Turchia orientale, un conflitto che si sta estendendo al Kurdistan iracheno. La Turchia è uno tra i principali clienti dell'industria militare italiana e lo scorso settembre è stata autorizzata la fornitura di 51 elicotteri militari A129 (i Mangusta) della AgustaWestland per un valore stimato di circa 1,2 miliardi di euro, nonostante proprio a causa della sua politica inadeguata nel rispetto dei diritti umani proceda a rilento il processo di adesione all'Unione Europea e Ankara sia stata ripetutamente richiamata al rispetto dei diritti umani da diverse risoluzioni del Parlamento Europeo.