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The Jumpy Ladies of Lebanon

27 août 2006 | معتمد Economy, Other, Labor

Treated like modern-day slaves, Filipina domestic workers in Lebanon have jumped off buildings to escape from Israeli bombs and abusive Lebanese employers.

by Herbert Docena
Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
i Report, 27 August 2006

BEIRUT

Miramar Flores stood on the ledge of her master’s second-floor balcony. As she tried to make up her mind whether to stay on under the Israeli bombardment or to flee it may well have occurred to her that it was a choice between death and death. (…اكثر)

Return and reconstruction

25 août 2006 | معتمد Economy, War and Terror

Internally displaced people begin returning to their homes and assessing the damage 

Photos from Tadamon! friend Mohammad Shublaq

On 14 of August, refugees from the southern suburbs of Beirut and the Lebanese south started to go back to their villages and neighborhoods after more than one month of the devastating Israeli war on Lebanon. (…اكثر)

Canadian Military Components used in Israel’s War Against Lebanon

2 août 2006 | معتمد Economy, War and Terror

Fact-sheet prepared by the Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade

“Few Canadians realize that their country is one of the world’s leading producers and exporters of advanced, war technology. Such is the power of the long-prevailing mythology that Canada is a great, global force for peace.

However, many of Israel’s most-deadly, US-made weapons systems–now being used in air strikes against Lebanon–would not be able to function without hundreds of crucial, high-tech, electronic components supplied by Canadian war industries, and subsidized unwittingly by Canadian taxpayers.”

» Full article : Canadian Military Components used in Israel’s War Against Lebanon

» More information : Stop Canada Pension Plan Investments in War!

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