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Healthcare Woes

A shortage of staff, equipment, and medical supplies is crippling the local health-care system.

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President to Reject Press Law

Kurdish leader pledges to dismiss proposed legislation that would introduce prison terms for journalists.

Tough Homecoming for Iraqi Refugees

Thousands of Iraqis who fled abroad are heading back - but many don’t have homes to return to.

Halabja Women Victims Complain of Neglect

Survivors of the chemical attack say they’ve received little or no medical treatment.

Iraqi Kurdistan Braced for Turkish Attack

Kurdish fighters in autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan say they will resist a Turkish invasion of the region.

Minorities Lose Out in Education

Central authorities accused of failing to support non-Arabic language education in northern town.

Anfal Widows Get Little Relief

Women widowed by Saddam’s ruthless Anfal campaign continue to struggle 20 years on.

Voices from Afar: Afghan Justice

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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