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International Mine Awareness Day: US Advocacy Groups Call on White House to Sign Ban

• 4 April 2012 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, United States of America, USA
Tags: Afghanistan, antipersonnel landmines, European Union, Firoz Ali Alizada, human impact, Human Rights Watch, International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, Iraq, Landmine Ban, landmine survivors, landmines, Lend Your Leg, Mine Awareness Day, Mine Ban Treaty, mines, NATO, Obama, Ottawa Convention, Steve Goose, survivor, Syria, The Ripple Effect, US, US Campaign to Ban Landmines, USA, Zach Hudson

Examiner Op-Ed: Investigate Killing of Landmine Campaigner

• 15 August 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Chechnya, Russia
Tags: Alik Dzhabrailov, Chechnya, human rights, Human Rights Watch, ICBL, Independence, International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Kasia Derlicka, landmines, mine action, Russia, The Examiner, Zarema Sadulayeva

Chechen Landmine Campaigner Murdered

• 12 August 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Chechnya, Russia
Tags: Alik Dzhabrailov, Chechnya, human rights, Human Rights Watch, ICBL, International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Kasia Derlicka, landmines, mine action, Russia, Zarema Sadulayeva

Human Rights Watch Documents Impact of Cluster Munitions in Georgia

• 14 April 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Georgia, Russia
Tags: A Dying Practice, A Dying Practice: Use of Cluster Munitions by Russia and Georgia in August 2008, Bonnie Docherty, CCW, cluster bombs, cluster munitions, Cluster Munitions Convention, Georgia, Human Rights Watch, humanitarian law, Russia

Laos Ratifies Cluster Munition Convention

• 26 March 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Ireland, Laos, Norway, Sierra Leone, United States of America, Vatican
Tags: civilian casualties, cluster munitions, Cluster Munitions Coalition, Cluster Munitions Convention, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Holy See, Human Rights Watch, Iraq, Ireland, Lao PDR, Laos, Mennonite Central Committee, Plain of Jars, Sierra Leone, Steve Goose, UN, US Information Service, USA, UXO, Vatican, Vietnam War, Xieng Khouang

US Bans Export of Nearly All Cluster Munitions!

• 12 March 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in United States of America, USA
Tags: cluster bombs, Cluster Munition Convention, cluster munition export ban, cluster munitions, Cluster Munitions Convention, Human Rights Watch, Iraq, Kosovo, Lebanon, NATO, Obama, omnibus, Steve Goose, US Campaign to Ban Landmines, USA, USCBL, Western Sahara

HRW: ‘Middle East and North Africa Should Join Cluster Bomb Ban’

• 26 January 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Western Sahara
Tags: cluster bombs, Cluster Munition Convention, cluster munitions, Cluster Munitions Convention, Human Rights Watch, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, North Africa, Sarah Leah Whitson, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Western Sahara

Iranian Landmine Campaigner Faces Govt Persecution

• 5 January 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Iran
Tags: Center for Participation in Clearing Mine Areas, Defenders of Human Rights Center, Human Rights Watch, ICBL, International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Iran, Iran-Iraq War, Iranian presidential elections, landmines, Local NGOs, New York Times, Nobel Laureate, Nobel Peace Prize, Shirin Ebadi, survivor assistance, Sylvie Brigot

Cluster Munition Use in Georgia ‘Worse Than Was Reported’

• 7 November 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Georgia, Russia
Tags: Cluster Munition Convention, cluster munitions, Georgia, Handicap International, Human Rights Watch, Russia

Georgia ‘also used cluster bombs’

• 10 September 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Georgia, Russia
Tags: Cluster Munition Convention, cluster munitions, Cluster Munitions Coalition, Georgia, Human Rights Watch, Russia

Political Minefields

International Mine Awareness Day: US Advocacy Groups Call on White House to Sign Ban

Examiner Op-Ed: Investigate Killing of Landmine Campaigner

Chechen Landmine Campaigner Murdered

Human Rights Watch Documents Impact of Cluster Munitions in Georgia

Laos Ratifies Cluster Munition Convention

US Bans Export of Nearly All Cluster Munitions!

HRW: ‘Middle East and North Africa Should Join Cluster Bomb Ban’

Iranian Landmine Campaigner Faces Govt Persecution

Cluster Munition Use in Georgia ‘Worse Than Was Reported’

Georgia ‘also used cluster bombs’

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