Browsing issue: Armed conflict

Including results for: Mercenaries, Landmines & unexploded ordnances, Child soldiers, War crimes

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Jon Ronson: The Men Who Stare at Goats and Other Stories

Why are Iraqi prisoners of war being forced to listen to Barney the Purple Dinosaur's theme tune repeatedly, at top volume?...

United States

Armed conflict, Torture/ill treatment, War crimes

Witnessed: 32 times

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Child Soldiers: Children in the Ranks

Today, child soldiers are fighting in at least 17 countries around the world. Boys and girls alike are forced into combat, exploited for their labor, and subjected to unspeakable violence....

Africa, Asia

Armed conflict, Child soldiers, Children's rights

Witnessed: 214 times

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Rights Work: Human Rights Defenders in Montenegro

How do human rights defenders operate in a country where power “is captured by network of private interests”?...

Montenegro

Armed conflict, Discrimination, Justice

Witnessed: 305 times

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Uganda - Child Soldiers story

Janet's Story - Janet was abducted into the Lords Resistance Army when she was nine years old where she was forced to marry a commander 20 years her senior....

Uganda

Child soldiers, Mass killings, Rape and sexual abuse

Witnessed: 239 times

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Sinai's Bedouins up in arms - 13 Nov 2008

Egypt has dispatched large numbers of security forces to the Sinai Peninsula after violent clashes between the army and the local tribesmen left four dead.

Egypt

Armed conflict, Discrimination, Justice

Witnessed: 104 times

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The path of insecurity for DRCongo's refugees

After three weeks of fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo, civilians are hurting. For those caught behind rebel-held lines the situation is dire.

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Armed conflict, Crimes against humanity, Internally displaced persons

Witnessed: 241 times

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Schoolgirls attacked with acid in Afghanistan

A group of girls determined to receive an education have been scarred for life in southern Afghanistan.

Afghanistan

Armed conflict, Education, Violence against women

Witnessed: 301 times

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Interview with Robert West of Working Films

Working Films brings together documentary filmmakers and community organizers....

Great Britain, United States

Humanitarian, War crimes, Women's rights

Witnessed: 217 times

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Lest We Forget - the universal battlefield

Remembrance Day – also known as Poppy Day, Armistice Day (the event it commemorates) or Veterans Day – is a day to commemorate the sacrifices of members of the armed forces and of civilians in tim...

Global, Europe

Armed conflict

Witnessed: 168 times

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