Posted on September 8, 2008 by warvictims
Posted By: Marla B.
There are an estimated 750,000 Iraqi refugees now residing in Jordan and another 1 to 1.5 million in Syria. In June, I traveled to Jordan to conduct interviews with families and to talk with them about their experiences. That task proved to be one of the most challenging of my [...]
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Posted on September 3, 2008 by warvictims
Posted By: Rebecca W., Erica in Afghanistan
Goli’s hand is twisted and scarred. His leg and chest is also a knot of scars, threading across his skin. His uncle, Haji, still has his foot in a bandage – two years after the ISAF forces mistakenly bombed their village. And his left leg consists principally of bone [...]
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Posted on August 28, 2008 by warvictims
Posted By: Rebecca W., Erica in Afghanistan
It was 2am when the aerial bombardment started. Ahmed described to me, in an interview in the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) office in Kandahar, how he and has family huddled together behind a wall. “We said that if we were going to die, we would die together.” [...]
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Posted on August 26, 2008 by warvictims
Posted By: Rebecca W., working with CIVIC’s Erica in Afghanistan
Mohddin is angry. His eyes glare at me while he speaks and he sits on the edge of his chair so that he can lean forward and emphasize his complaints. Unlike the majority of civilians who visit the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) office in [...]
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Posted on July 2, 2008 by warvictims
Posted By: Erica
I met the elders of Shar-e-Cott, along with the other ACAP staff in the lumber yard of a large construction supply company. ACAP staff had pre-ordered and purchased the shovels, picks, gravel, lumber, wheelbarrows and other materials necessary to build a retention wall and irrigation system for the village of Shar-e-Cott. The retention [...]
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