GAZA, 17 avril 2008 (AFP) – Des centaines de personnes, dont des dizaines de journalistes, ont participé jeudi aux funérailles de Fadel Chanaa, un journaliste de l’agence britannique Reuters […]. La vidéo du journaliste, quelques secondes avant sa mort, montre le char ouvrant le feu. […]

Dix-huit Palestiniens, dont une majorité de civils, et trois soldats israéliens ont été tués mercredi dans les opérations israéliennes dans la bande de Gaza, contrôlée par le Hamas. Parmi les victimes figurent cinq Palestiniens âgés de moins de 15 ans.

Selon une enquête de l’organisation israélienne B’Tselem pour la défense des droits de l’Homme, le journaliste a été victime d’un obus de char de type “Flechette”, dont l’usage est interdit.
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Reuters Video Photojournalist Fadel Shana, 23, Killed In Gaza Blast

GAZA (April 16, 2008) – Reuters video photojournalist Fadel Shana, 23, was killed today on his way to cover violence in the Gaza Strip.[...]

Dion Nissenbaum reported that doctors could tell that Shana was hit with a “flechette shell,” one that’s fired from a tank and explodes in the air sending thousands of small metal arrows flying. Human rights groups have argued unsuccessfully for years with Israel, asking them not to use flechette shells in Gaza because of the increased danger they pose to innocent bystander citizens.[...]

It was a day of intense fighting and violence in the Gaza Strip, where 16 other Palestinians and three Israeli soldiers were also reported killed in fighting today. The BBC reports that five Palestinian children were among the victims, and that today’s death toll is the worst day of fighting since Israeli incursions into the area in March.
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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.

Environs 1000 personnes originaires de 17 pays européens ont pris ce matin la direction du quartier-général de l’OTAN à Evere pour participer à l’action internationale non violente NATO GAME OVER. Cinq ans après le début de la guerre en Irak et dix jours avant un important sommet de l’OTAN, des activistes pour la paix de toute l’Europe transmettent un message clair : empêcher les guerres, ça commence ici, en Europe. Plus (article, photos, vidéos) >>

About 1,000 people from 17 European countries went to the NATO headquarters in Brussels on the 23rd of March to take part in the international non-violent action NATO GAME OVER. 5 years after the start of the Iraq war and 10 days before the Bucharest NATO summit, peace activists from all over Europe demonstrate that preventing war starts in Europe. More (article, pictures, videos) >>

[ présentation Powerpoint | wikipedia français ]

Rachel Corrie was killed in the Gaza Strip in Palestine on March 16, 2003, trying to prevent the demolition of the home of a Palestinian family (a pharmacist, accountant, their wives, and five young children).

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.

Canada to take US, Israel off torture list
Real News Network (video), Jan. 22nd, 2008

Alex Neve from Amnesty says Canadian foreign policy interests trump human rights
Alex Neve has been Secretary-General of Amnesty International Canada since 2000. He has been a member of Amnesty in various roles for over fifteen years. Neve is a lawyer, with Master’s Degree in International Human Rights law. He has taught both international human rights and refugee law.

Did Canada cave under US Israeli pressure?
Real News Network (video), Jan. 22nd, 2008

Michael Ratner: Canada gave in to pressure from US ambassador
Michael Ratner is President of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in New York. He has taught at Yale Law School, lectured at Columbia Law School, and was President of the National Lawyers Guild.

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).

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www.ledevoir.com/2008/01/21/172636.html

“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.

www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=40510

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

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26 Oct. 2007

Lors de son séjour à Paris, une plainte pour torture et mauvais traitements à Guantanamo et à Abou Ghraib a été déposée contre l’ancien Secrétaire d’Etat à la Défense.

La Fédération internationale des ligues des droits de l’Homme (FIDH), le Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), l’European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) et la Ligue française des droits de l’Homme (LDH) viennent de déposer une plainte auprès du Procureur du Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris, contre l’ancien secrétaire d’Etat à la Défense, Donald Rumsfeld, pour avoir ordonné et autorisé la torture.

www.fidh.org/spip.php?article4829

Complaint Filed Against Former Defense Secretary for Torture, Abuse at Guantánamo and Abu Ghraib

Today, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) along with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), and the French League for Human Rights (LDH) filed a complaint with the Paris Prosecutor before the “Court of First Instance” (Tribunal de Grande Instance) charging former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld with ordering and authorizing torture.

www.fidh.org/spip.php?article4831