Nick Hayes on the Rachel Corrie court verdict – cartoon via @Guardian
#Somalia Here, a Somali boy sits in the ruins of what used to be the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Mogadishu on Aug. 18, 2011. Hundreds of Somalis set up temporary shelters inside the cathedral’s ruins after fleeing from their villages during the worst drought in the past 60 years. “Postcards From Hell, 2012
What does living in a failed state look like? A tour through the world’s 60 most fragile countries- Guardian”
Source: foreignpolicy.com
#Syria ” The 81-page report recorded more than 20 distinct methods of torture, including beatings, often with batons; electrocution; detainees being forced to hold stress positions for extended periods of time; and mock executions. By publishing the details of these findings, the report’s authors say that they hope those behind them will now realize that they “will have to answer for these horrific crimes,” reports the Guardian.
DO NOT MISS: Report: Syria tortures dissidents in ‘archipelago’ of prisons
Source: csmonitor.com
“Nozir Hossain shows the scar he received while trying to protect himself on the day his sons were killed. Photograph: Syed Zain Al-Mahmood for the Guardian”
Source: Guardian
Do not miss articles by Jack Shenker on #Egypt in Guardian
Jack Shenker is a London-born writer who has reported from across the globe, with award-winning work spanning Central Asia, the Indian subcontinent, Gaza and the Mediterranean. In 2008 he became Egypt correspondent for the Guardian, and his coverage of the Egyptian revolution won the Amnesty International Gaby Rado prize for excellence in human rights journalism. He is currently based in London and Cairo - jackshenker.net
#Bosnia “A boy running the gauntlet along a #Sarajevo street during the siege in February 1993. Photograph: Laurent Van Der Stockt/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images”
Life and death on my street in Sarajevo
For two years, Barbara Demick chronicled the trials of one Sarajevo street during the Serbian siege. In her latest book, Besieged: Life Under Fire on a Sarajevo Street, she catches up with the people she befriended
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/apr/03/life-and-death-in-sarajevo
Source: Guardian
Life and death on my street in Sarajevo #Bosnia ” Barbara Demick at work in the Holiday Inn, #Sarajevo, 1994. Photograph: John Costello…
For two years, Barbara Demick chronicled the trials of one Sarajevo street during the Serbian siege. In her latest book, Besieged: Life Under Fire on a Sarajevo Street, she catches up with the people she befriended
Read more:….
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/apr/03/life-and-death-in-sarajevo
Source: Guardian
Ethics & health #DNACPR via @guardian :The case is likely to ignite a public debate over whether patients should have the final choice over their life and death, or whether doctors ultimately “know best” on when such treatment might be futile.
#Somalia @Guardian : Somali refugees in a settlement in Dadaab, Kenya. About 1,400 people fleeing famine and conflict are arriving there every day. Photograph: Sven Torfinn for the Guardian
Source: Guardian
Street barber in the Somorrostro neighbourhood, circa 1915
By: Josep Brangulí/ANC
#Syria #ramadanmassacre #hama “If the security forces arrest me and ask why I am protesting, I will tell them: in 1982 you killed my brother and you killed my father,” explained Mohamed, 54, when I spoke to him in July at his home in one of Hama’s central districts. “What more reason do I need than that?
Hama – the city that’s defying Assad حماة - المدينة التي تتحدّى الأسد
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/01/hama-syrian-city-defying-assad?CMP=twt_gu
Source: Guardian
#Srebrenica mourners bury newly discovered remains - video via @guardian .فيديو من الجارديان عن دفن ضحايا سربرينتشا Tuesday 12 July 2011: Bosnian Muslims attend a ceremony to bury hundreds of newly identified victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.
