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Boost for Iraqi Media Rights Campaign

IWPR campaign groups unite to bolster advocacy efforts in the country.

Iraq: Jun/Jul ‘10

IWPR campaign groups unite to bolster advocacy efforts in the country.

Political Deadlock Frustrates Iraq

Economy, security and services affected by five-month stalemate over government formation.

Would-be Suicide Bomber Recalls Failed Mission

Young Iraqi woman tells of how she was enlisted by insurgents to carry out attack in marketplace.

Ambition and Anxiety as Najaf Readies for Limelight

Iraqi city’s nomination as Islamic cultural capital provokes pride – and questions over preparations.

Iraq Training Linked to Career Success

Editorial Comment

Sunni Militia's Struggle for Relevance

Recent deadly bombing underscores fraught future of Iraqi tribal force that fought insurgents.

Oil Smuggling Allegations Widen Baghdad-Erbil Rift

KRG tightens checks but dismisses Baghdad’s demand for probe into claims of oil smuggling to Iran.

Qadisiyah Smoking Ban Meets Opposition

Residents say officials should prioritise services rather than anti-smoking initiative.

Global Voices: Middle East & North Africa

The sister of Aurelio Cruz López holds a sign used in the search for the young man, who disappeared along the U.S.-Mexico border. © Andrea Godínez

Araceli cries while talking about her brother who disappeared along the border and whose remains were repatriated. © Andrea Godínez

Cecilia Delgado Grijalva is a buscadora (name adopted by mothers and relatives of missing persons who are devoted to finding the remains of their loves ones) and founder of Buscadoras por la Paz (Searchers for Peace), in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

A search for family members gone missing in Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

The portion of Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson, Arizona where deceased migrants whose remains are not claimed by their families are buried. © © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, forensic examiner at the Pima County morgue, inside the trailer that holds the remains of migrants who perished along the border. © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, a forensic medical investigator in Pima County, holds the skull of a deceased migrant. © Andrea Godínez

Román Coc holds photos of his daughter Laura, who disappeared in the Arizona desert 13 years ago. © Andrea Godínez

A photograph shows Laura Coc (far right), a young woman from Guatemala, posing during a beauty pageant. © Andrea Godínez

There are no statistics on cases of femicide - the killing of women on the grounds of hatred of women, with the acquiescence of the state - in Uzbekistan.

Artwork by Mays Al-Saray.

'Hope of Mother', an organization led by Lisbeth Surita, has registered 48 cases of Venezuelans missing in the border regions.

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