IRAQ: Lawyers killed for defending cases “against Islam”

BAGHDAD, 16 Aug 2006 (IRIN) - Defending the rule of law and women’s rights is costing some Iraqi lawyers their lives. Since October 2005, 38 lawyers have been murdered and hundreds attacked for defending cases which their enemies say are “against Islam”, according to the Iraqi Lawyers Association (ILA), a nationwide organisation.


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MIDDLE EAST: Human rights abuses in Egypt, Jordan and Syria

DUBAI, 28 Aug 2006 (IRIN) - Human rights organisations in Egypt have condemned the Egyptian government for two fatal rail accidents and have continued with campaigns for the release from prison of prominent Muslim Brotherhood members.  More