Informes

Situation in Sirte The situation was still tense on Wednesday with bombardments being heard in the city. Civilians in some areas of the city are still trapped in the fighting and cannot access medical care. For the last three…

The new authorities in Libya must stamp out arbitrary detention and widespread abuse of detainees, Amnesty International said today in a new briefing paper. In Detention Abuses Staining the New Libya the organization reveals a pattern of…

In this issue: P.2 Civil Unrest in Syria P.2 CERF funds to Pakistan P.3 Yemen on ‘Verge of Disaster’ P.3 Rafah housing project

International Medical Corps Key Activities Sirte: International Medical Corps is continuing to provide staffing and material support to the Sirte 50km Field Hospital, the Sirte 50km Clinic, the Athalathin polyclinic, Wadi Jaraf, and the Al Gabiiba polyclinic.…

Ensure Humane Treatment of Prisoners (New York, October 12, 2011) – Forces on both sides fighting in the Libyan city of Sirte should minimize harm to civilians and treat all prisoners humanely, Human Rights Watch said today.…

Tripoli/Geneva (ICRC) – On 10 and 11 October, staff of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) evacuated a total of 25 war-wounded and other patients from Ibn Sina Hospital in Sirte. The patients had…

In a situation characterized by shortages in health and medical supplies and vital health equipment, a new shipment of equipment needed for renal dialysis arrived last Thursday in the Libyan capital Tripoli, followed by a shipment…

Author: Micah Zenko, Fellow for Conflict Prevention October 11, 2011 The National This article was originally published in The National. In the aftermath of the armed overthrow of Col Muammar Qaddafi's regime in Libya, it is useful to reassess how the…

3117th FOREIGN AFFAIRS Council meeting Luxembourg, 10 October 2011 The Council adopted the following conclusions: " The EU welcomes recent developments in Libya and reaffirms its commitment to support the emergence of a new, stable, prosperous, sovereign and democratic…

(New York: 10 October, 2011): I am extremely concerned by the impact on civilians of intense fighting in and around Sirte. Thousands of people have had to flee. There is no electricity, and drinking water, food…