MIDDLE EAST: MIDDLE EAST: Weekly round-up Number 98 for 27
October- 2 November 2006
Source: IRIN
MIDDLE EAST, 5 November (IRIN) - CONTENTS:EGYPT: Seventh bird flu death confirmedEGYPT-OPT: Gaza's medical lifeline cut by border closuresEGYPT: Urban poor
turn to the street to make a livingIRAQ: Insurgents using children to fight US-led forcesIRAQ: Rights group says gov't protecting death squad membersISRAEL: Evacuated settlers fear years in
limboJORDAN: Iraqi children are not denied vaccines, gov't saysLEBANON: Up to 200,000 still displaced after war, UN saysLEBANON: Destruction and displacement hamper vaccination campaignMIDDLE
EAST: Weekly update of human rights violations in the region (26 Oct - 2 Nov 2006)occ. Palestinian terr.: West Bank under lockdownSYRIA: 'Child-friendly schools' help boost enrolmentSYRIA: No
bullets or militias, but Somali refugees still face hardshipEGYPT: Seventh bird flu death confirmedEgypt's health ministry on Wednesday confirmed the death of a woman from the deadly avian
influenza virus H5N1, bringing the total death toll from the disease up to seven.
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56143 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=EGYPT EGYPT-OPT:
Gaza's medical lifeline cut by border closuresHopes that the single border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt would reopen and bring relief to hundreds of Gazan medical patients have been
dashed after reports of an imminent Israeli attack on the border were met by the deployment of thousands of Egyptian troops to the area.
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56105 and
SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=EGYPT-OPT EGYPT: Urban poor turn to the street to make a livingThe poor in Egypt's heaving capital city, Cairo, are increasingly turning to selling
cheap products in the street as a means to survive despite its limitations, say specialists.
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56126 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=EGYPT IRAQ: Insurgents using children to fight US-led forcesSome children have been recruited by insurgents to fight in Iraq, according to a prominent local NGO.http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56187 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=IRAQ IRAQ: Rights group says gov't protecting death squad membersThe Iraqi government must move
quickly to prosecute all Ministry of Interior personnel responsible for "death squad" killings in Baghdad and elsewhere, the New-York based NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Saturday.http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56098 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=IRAQ ISRAEL: Evacuated settlers fear years in limboMore than a year after Israel's withdrawal from
the Gaza Strip, former settler Laurence Beziz still keeps the key to her college office in what was the settlement of Neve Dekalim.
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56190 and
SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=ISRAEL JORDAN: Iraqi children are not denied vaccines, gov't saysThe Jordanian government and the United Nations children's agency (UNICEF) on Sunday
denied claims that government health centres are refusing to vaccinate Iraqi children whose families are living in Jordan illegally.
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56129 and
SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=JORDAN LEBANON: Up to 200,000 still displaced after war, UN saysUp to 200,000 people could still be displaced in Lebanon nearly three months after the
Israel-Hezbollah conflict ended, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday.
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56142 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=LEBANON LEBANON: Destruction and displacement hamper vaccination campaignThe destruction in villages and displacement of residents in southern Lebanon from the recent war posed problems for medical
volunteers on the first day of a national emergency polio immunisation campaign for children on Monday.
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56120 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and
SelectCountry=LEBANON MIDDLE EAST: Weekly update of human rights violations in the region (26 Oct - 2 Nov 2006)
Bahrain's government has blocked a number of websites in the kingdom, including those
posting critical articles on Bahrain's ruling family, those writing about the alleged marginalisation of the country's Shi'ite majority, as well as those belonging to independent rights groups.Rights organisations said the website of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights has remained blocked and its chairman, Abdel Hadi al-Khawaja, was arrested along with other rights activists, including
Abdel Raouf al-Shayeb and Ali al-Imam.
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56186 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=MIDDLE_EAST occ. Palestinian terr.: West Bank under lockdownThe number of roadblocks and checkpoints in the West Bank has risen by 40 per cent since the start of 2006, with 528 permanent and temporary checkpoints and physical roadblocks disrupting all aspects
of Palestinian life, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Jerusalem.
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56096 and
SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=OPT SYRIA: 'Child-friendly schools' help boost enrolmentAn innovative approach to schooling in the impoverished north-east of Syria has seen enrolment
figures increase for the current school year.
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56148 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=SYRIA SYRIA: No bullets or militias, but Somali
refugees still face hardshipSince her mother was shot dead in front of her 14 years ago, Maka Mahamoud Kashi says she has been unable to cure the pain inside her head.http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56099 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=SYRIA
