PAN, April 7, 2008 — Around 20 bodies had been dug out from the debris, saying most of the victims were women, children and old people. – Abdul Moeed Hashmi

Source: RAWA News, in Afghanistan.

See also : January 24, 2008 – U.S.-led air raid killed 11 in Afghanistan which sparked protests said.
Some 200 villagers marched toward Ghazni town to protest against the latest strike, witnesses.
— Reuters, relayed by RAWA News.

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To honor her peaceful courage, here are few active and current web sites:


Who was Rachel Corrie, for the Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice web site was established by members of Rachel’s family and community. This web site also has information about the current and ongoing crisis in Gaza and Palestine.

Rachel’s World, has inte

By MIKE YOUDS, Daily News Staff Reporter, Feb. 14, 2008.
B.C. (Canada)

Winter-Dawn McNamer will join 35 American and Iraqi students in Amman, Jordan, this summer to discuss strategies on Iraq representing the aspirations of young people from the two countries.

Called the Youth Initiative for Progress in Iraq, the 11-day gathering will culminate in a proposed policy statement to international leaders.

Agence France Presse
dans Le Devoir (Montréal), lundi 21 janvier 2008.

La bande de Gaza, totalement bouclée par Israël en représailles aux tirs de roquettes palestiniennes, était frappée hier par d’importantes coupures d’électricité qui risquaient de s’aggraver avec l’arrêt en soirée, faute de carburant, de l’unique centrale électrique du territoire.

[...] « Priver les gens de choses fondamentales comme l’eau revient à les priver de la dignité humaine. Il est difficile de comprendre la logique qui consiste à faire souffrir des centaines de milliers de personnes pour rien », a critiqué Christopher Gunness, le porte-parole de l’agence de l’ONU pour les réfugiés à Gaza (Unrwa).

:: Lire sur Le Devoir en ligne

“Bad” Women Raped and Killed (IPS)
By: Ali al-Fadhily, correspondent in Baghdad
Inter Press Service Dec. 18, 2007.

BAGHDAD, Dec 18 (IPS) – Women are being killed by militia groups in southern Iraq for not conforming to strict Islamic ways, the police say. And, increased threats from militia groups is driving many women away from their homes.

Afghanistan: Caught between extremes
Malalai Joya: Afghan woman parliamentarian speaks out view
:: A REAL News interview >>

[ Voir aussi/See also: Français | Arab. (pdf) | English | Espanol ]

To support her / Pour l’appuyer :

• Petition stopwar.ca & ZNet (petitionspot.com) [source]
  
  
• Show it on / Montrez-le sur Facebook >>
  
  
• Envoyez un courriel aux instances afghanes >>
  This French version has the e-mail addresses to write to Afghan authorities.

Action to ask the Mexican government to put an end to the current repression and human rights violations in Oaxaca (Mexico)



The coordination committee of the Réseau du Forum social de Québec
Chaudière-Appalaches, a network of 50 groups and coalitions from Quebec City, has written an urgent letter to Mexican authorities to denounce the fact that five indigenous citizens have been kidnapped and are being held as hostages, when their community delegates were attacked with firearms; meanwhile the Mexican watches by and is accused of complicity. [...]



It was also sent to Canadian members of parliament (addresses included below).

In the past few weeks, after Malalai Joya’s return from a successful international tour and interview with a local TV station in Kabul, the warlords and criminals in the Afghan Parliament and Senate, tried hard to silence Joya and kick her out of the Parliament.

They have used one of her recent comments during an interview as a justification for their move. In the interview, she expressed that the Afghan Parliament is worse than an animal stable whose many members are the murderers and enemies of Afghan people.

:: Source: Defense Committee for Malalai Joya

see also: Afghan MP and Women’s Rights Activist Suspended by Canadian
Supported Warlord Government
Canadian Peace Alliance – May 23, 2007

The herdsmen had gathered with their animals around large fires at night to ward off mosquitoes. But lit up by the flames, they became latest victims of America’s war on terror.

It was their tragedy to be misidentified in a secret operation by special forces attempting to kill three top al-Qa’ida leaders in south-ern Somalia.

Oxfam yesterday confirmed at least 70 nomads in the Afmadow district near the border with Kenya had been killed. The nomads were bombed at night and during the day while searching for water sources.

By Anne Penketh and Steve Bloomfield, The Independent UK, Jan. 13, 2007.

Dahr Jamail and Ali al-Fadhily

RAMADI, Sep 18 (IPS) – U.S. forces are taking to collective punishment of civilians in several cities across the al-Anabar province west of Baghdad, residents and officials say.