December 2006 Continuing conflicts that create refugees
November was the worst month for conflict prevention since CrisisWatch began publication 40 months ago. Fourteen situations deteriorated in November, with seven conflict risk alerts (in anticipation of new or significantly escalated conflict).

Congo militia chief defies call to free hostages Alert Net 29/12/06
Escalating conflict in Afghanistan claims 22nd British victim The Times 29/12/06
Somalia : This 'victory' could mean a return to anarchy The Times 29/12/06
Ethiopian fighter jets bombard Somali airports The Independet 26/12/06
"GettingDR Congo's Wealth To Its People" ICG 21/12/06
Lebanon at a Tripwire ICG 21/12/06
Darfur: Genocide without borders The Independent 20/12/06
Three years into the crisis, the killing goes on The Independent 20/12/06
Tens of thousands displaced after DR Congo clashes Alert Net 14/12/06
Gunmen kill some 30 civilians in Darfur-UN Alert Net 10/12/06
Thousands flee Sri Lanka fighting to temples, schools Alert Net 10/12/06
Pakistan: Growing anger at continuing enforced disappearances AI 08/12/06
What's going on in Somalia, and is the Horn of Africa on the brink of war? Independent 08/12/06Zimbabwe Women refugees in South Africa claim rape and torture at home IRIN 08/12/06
DRC: More fighting breaks out in the east IRIN 0512/06
Spate of killings obstructs Rwanda's quest for justice The Guardian 03/12/06
Uganda: Talks hit fresh snag amid rebel protest IRIN 01/12/06
Hundreds killed, wounded in south Sudan clashes Reuters 01/12/06
Zimbabwe's bad practice: 3,500 dead each week as meltdown looms The Independent 01/12/06
Central African Republic: Cruel and inhumane treatment for 'association' with opposition AI
Cote D'Ivoire: Gbagbo makes show of power IRIN 19/11/06
Afghanistan: Disembowelled, then torn apart: The price of daring to teach girls 29/11/06

November 2006 Continuing conflicts that create refugees


Cote D'Ivoire: Gbagbo makes show of power IRIN 19/11/06
Afghanistan: Disembowelled, then torn apart: The price of daring to teach girls 29/11/06
Rebels answer Mogadishu's call to arms The Telegraph 24/11/06
Abuse of Afghan women The Indpendent 24/11/06
Fleeing Mugabe: Crossing the Limpopo The Indpendent 24/11/06
Congo's Kabila gives UN ultimatum on Bemba soldiers Alert Net 22/11/06
More than 2,000 flee Congo poll-related violence Alert Net 20/11/06
Dead by 34: How Aids and starvation condemn Zimbabwe's women to early grave 17/11/06
Congo faces danger of new civil war as opposition rejects election result The Guardian 15/11/06
Sri Lankan government accused over child soldiers The Independent 14/11/06
Russia attacked over torture in Chechnya The Independent 14/11/06
Protests paralyse Bangladesh despite police ban Alert Net 13/11/06
Government inquiry into firms 'fuelling Congo war' attacked The Independent 13/11/06
UNHCR starts distribution of clothing to 50,000 displaced in DRC Alert Net 06/11/06
They'd rather die: brief lives of the Afghan slave wives Sunday Times 05/11/06
UNHCR concerned about rising violence in Iraq and inadequate humanitarian response
Zimbabwe: Government Intensifies Crackdown on Dissent HRW 01/11/06
Chad: New Wave of Inter-Ethnic Violence Swamps Eastern Chad All Africa 01/11/06
Women's lives 'no better' in new Afghanistan The Independent 01/11/06
Urchins lend voice to Congolese president's rival The Telegraph 01/11/06
Eighty die as Pakistan bombs Madrassa linked to militants The indpendent 31/10/06
Riots after Congo elections bring fears of fresh fighting The indpendent 31/10/06

Afghanistan: "The desire for a quick, cheap war followed by a quick, cheap peace has brought Afghanistan to the present, increasingly dangerous situation"

October 2006 Continuing Conflicts that produce refugees

Thirteen actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated in October 2006, according to the November issue of CrisisWatch.

Eighty die as Pakistan bombs Madrassa linked to militants The indpendent 31/10/06
Riots after Congo elections bring fears of fresh fighting The indpendent 31/10/06
DR Congo: Hopes of democracy and peace wither amid fears of violence The Times 27/10/06
Egypt: Crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood Deepens HRW 26/10/06
Nigeria's Faltering Federal Experiment ICG 25/10/06
Bangladesh Today (list of worrying trends is lengthy) ICG 23/10/06
Burundi: End Abuses by Intelligence Service HRW 24/10/06
DR Congo: 'Sexual terrorism' in South Kivu leaves HIV in its wake Alert Net 23/10/06
Up to 2,000 refugees a day flood into Darfur's camps of despair Sunday Independent 22/10/06
Number of Iraqis seeking asylum surges Azzaman 19/10/06
DR Congo: Army Abducts Civilians for Forced Labor HRW 17/10/06
'Cold-blooded' massacre kills 92 Sri Lankan sailors The Indpendent 17/10/06
Zimbabwe: The lights are going out IRIN 12/10/06
Tamil Tiger fighters kill 129 in fresh clashes with Sri Lankan army The Telegraph 13/10/06
Sri Lanka fighting rages as military counts dead Alert Net 121/10/06
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Child soldiers abandoned AI 11/10/06
'This is ethnic cleansing' - Georgia The Times 09/10/06
Nigeria: Foreign Office amends travel advice FCO 05/10/06
"Sorcerers" swell ranks of DR Congo street children Alert Net 04/10/06
Don't forget the killer diseases, experts urge Alert Net 04/10/06
World ignoring Zimbabwe humanitarian crisis-MP Alert Net 02/10/06
Zambians loot shops as poll violence mounts Alert Net 02/10/06
Afghan girls risk their lives to go to secret school Sunday Observer 01/10/06
Fuelling the Niger Delta Crisis ICG 28/09/06
Kyrgyzstan: Bride-Kidnapping, Domestic Abuse Rampant HRW 27/09/06
"Time to get tougher on Uzbekistan" Alert Net 28/09/06
August /September: 'At least 200' civilians have died in Sri Lanka civil war Independent 29/09/06

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September 2006: Continuing conflicts that produce refugees:

"Time to get tougher on Uzbekistan" Alert Net 28/09/06
August /September: 'At least 200' civilians have died in Sri Lanka civil war Independent 29/09/06
Women's rights campaigner in Afghanistan shot dead The Independent 26/09/06
Outcry from opposition as Mugabe gives himself extra time in power The Telgraph 25/09/06
Darfur: Three years of carnage; 200,000 dead; 2.5 million displaced; one question ...
Executions spark violent protests in Indonesia The Independent 23/09/06
Greece: Call to protect the rights of the most vulnerable Amnesty International 21/09/06
Browne fears deeper Afghan conflict The Guardian 20/09/06
UN agency calls on Balkan countries to assist over 500,000 displaced people UN 19/09/06
This is what happens when you defy the Zimbabwe Government The Times 18/09/06
Under-Secretary-General calls for greater Security Council commitment to ending conflicts in DR Congo, northern Uganda
Sexual abuse 'a cancer' in Congo - UN official Alert Net 15/09/06
DR Congo Conflicts Defy Peace Alert Net
Darfur: Waiting for the slaughter The Independent 16/09/06
Bangladesh: Police target outspoken opposition leaders and beat them violently AI 14/09/06
Sri Lanka: No military solution possible, Britain calls for talks  Siber News 14/09/06
Pakistan: The Worsening Conflict in Balochistan ICG 14/09/06
Georgia: Prison Abuses Rife Despite Promises of Reform HRW 14/09/06
India: Impunity Fuels Conflict in Jammu and Kashmir HRW 14/09/06
Sudan bombing civilians in Darfur - EU envoy Alert Net 12/09/06
Soldiers reveal horror of Afghan campaign The Independent 13/09/06
Rocked by Aids, Zulu kingdom now faces even worse foe: incurable TB The Guardian 13/09/06
Pakistan rape reform fails after Musharraf caves in The Independent 12/09/06
28 Sri Lankan soldiers killed in 3 days of fighting The Indpendent 11/09/06
Maoists and government accused of rights abuses in Nepal Alet Net 10/09/06
UN says running out of money to feed needy in DR Congo Alert Net 09/09/06
Uganda: Press Homophobia Raises Fears of Crackdown HRW 09/06
Côte d’Ivoire: Stepping Up the Pressure ICG 07/09/06
Fighting in Darfur 'threatens 3m lives' The Telegraph 07/09/06
Somalis left to a life in limbo as peace talks are put on hold The Independent 07/09/06
Congo crisis at "make-or-break" point -UN's Egeland Alert Net 06/09/06
EU allies urged to join Afghan fighting The Telegraqph 06/09/06
Afghanistan: Campaign against Taliban 'causes misery and hunger' The indpendent 06/09/06
Seven years on and Turkey finds itself at war with the Kurds again The Telegraph 04/09/06
Fearful Burundians tread carefully Alert Net 01/09/06

August 2006: Continuing conflicts that produce refugees:
"July grimmest month for conflict prevention around the world in three years"

EU blamed for rise in Sri Lankan violence The Telegraph 26/08/06
The Kurds are being driven out again - this time by Iran The Times 26/08/06
Congo at risk of massive plague epidemic Alert Net 24/08/06
UN, EU troops patrol Kinshasa as Congo truce holds Alert Net 23/08/06
Guinea: Security Forces Torture, Kill With Impunity HRW 22/08/06
EU troops fly into chaos of Kinshasa The Telegraph 23/08/06
Somalia war threat grows as Ethiopian troops invade The Telegraph 22/08/06
Five die in clashes as Congo heads for run-off The Guardian 22/08/06
Envoys caught in crossfire as election spirals into violence The Times Tuesday 22/08/06
Unable to achieve peace, Sri Lanka returns to war Alert Net 20/08/06
Gunfights as Congo heads for presidential run-off Alert Net 20/08/06
Kurds flee homes as Iran shells Iraq's northern frontier The Guardian 18/08/06
Hundreds killed in Sri Lanka fighting The Telegraph 18/08/06
DR Congo: Stop Army Clashes in North Kivu HRW 15/08/06
Air strike on Sri Lankan orphanage kills 61 schoolgirls The Independent 15/08/06
200 die as Sri Lankan ceasefire unravels The Telegraph 14/08/06
Strife-torn Sri Lanka 'faces disaster' The Telegraph
Congo count slips into chaos as monitors depart The Independent 11/08/06
Afghanistan: British troops 'in worst fighting since Korea' The Independent 11/08/06
Sri Lanka accused of killing civilians and aid workers The Independent 11/08/06
Can the Somalia Crisis Be Contained? ICG 10/08/06
South Africa: Zimbabwean Migrants Vulnerable to Abuse HRW 08/08/06
Claims Afghan refugees deported from Australia killed NZH 08/08/06
Thousands flee clash between Congo army and rebels Alert Net 05/08/07
"Struggle for a Functioning Congo" Financial Times 04/08/06
Thousands flee on foot as Sri Lanka fighting rages Alert Net 04/08/06
Afghanistan: Attacks kill Canadian troops and Afghans The Telegraph 04/08/06
The Swamps of Insurgency: Nigeria’s Delta Unrest ICG 03/08/06
Sri Lanka falls into spiral of death The Telegraph 03/07/06
Sri Lanka's ceasefire is over, say Tamil Tigers The independent 01/08/06
Uganda: Anti-Terror Unit Allegedly Electrocuted Detainee HRW 26/07/06

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July 2006: Continuing conflicts that produce refugees:
Uganda: Anti-Terror Unit Allegedly Electrocuted Detainee HRW 26/07/06
Congo elections threatened by dirty tricks and murders The Times 27/07/06
Kabila protest shows tensions in DR Congo's regions Alert Net 24/07/06
Killings, horror rise in Sri Lanka's war zone Alert Net 23/07/06
Somalia edges closer to war as peace talks fail The Independent 23/07/06
Nigeria: Want in the Midst of Plenty IRG 19/07/08
Killings stir fears of Congo election violence Alert Net 19/07/06
DR Congo government intimidating candidates- observers Alert Net 12/07/06
Afghanistan: Bombs and Threats Shut Down Schools Alert Net 11/07/06
U.N.-backed operations displace thousands in Congo The Scotsman 07/07/06
Afghan violence must be tackled at source - Karzai Alert Net 06/07/06
FCO advise against travel to DR Congo FCO 04/07/06
13 actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated in June 2006
Generals tell Blair: reinforce Afghan mission The Times 01/07/06

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June 2006: Continuing conflicts that produce refugees:
Ten situations around the world deteriorated in May 2006

Generals tell Blair: reinforce Afghan mission The Times 01/07/06
Sri Lanka: 560,000 displaced people suffer effects of intensifying violence AI 29/06/06
Beyond Victimhood: Women's Peacebuilding in Sudan, Congo and Uganda ICG 28/06/06
Bangladesh: 22 Ahmadi families in danger AI 22/06/06
As elections near in DR Congo, Annan calls for end to intimidation UN News 23/06/06
DR Congo: Children Suffer Abuses Scoop 21/06/06
UN accused over Congo village massacre The Observer 18/06/06
Sri Lanka slides towards civil war as 50 die after Tigers' raid The Telegraph 18/06/06
Sri Lanka bombs rebels after bus blast kills 61 Alert Net 15/06/06
12 die as Somali leadership is racked by factional fighting The Indpendent 12/06/06
Iran: Religious Freedom House of Lords 08/06/06
The $100,000 note that won't buy a loaf of bread in Zimbabwe The Telegraph 07/06/06
Zimbabwe's Continuing Self-Destruction ICG 06/06/06
Chad: Back towards War? ICG 01/06/06
Afghanistan: Taleban kill 11 policemen and kidnap 40 others The Times 01/06/06
Zimbabwe: $100,000 banknote is enough to buy a loaf The Times 01/06/06

Somalia: Scared Mogadishu residents hide, fear more fighting Alert Net 26/05/06

Sri Lanka a Safe Haven?

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May 2006, continuing conflicts that create refugees (13 conflicts deteriorate)

Somalia: Scared Mogadishu residents hide, fear more fighting Alert Net 26/05/06
38 killed during fresh battles in Somalia The Guardian 26/05/06
Afghanistan:  British soldiers fire on Taliban The Independent 24/05/06
"British government has been accused of failing the pro-democracy movement in Burma"
Afghan drugs, poverty and anger fuel Taliban war Alert Net 21/05/06
Congo army kills 32 militia in fight for town Alert Net 21/05/06
Afghanistan gripped by worst fighting since 2001 Sunday Indpendent 21/05/06
A 'tsunami' in the Democratic Republic of Congo every six months: Alert Net 18/05/06
Taliban in big attack on Afghan town, 53 killed Alert Net 18/05/06
DR of Congo: Humanitarian concerns continue to demand attention UN 16/05/06
Zimbabwe April inflation leaps above 1,000% Alert Net
Protracted refugee situations: Millions caught in limbo, with no solutions in sight UN 16/05/06
Children of the streets feel wrath of Mugabe Telegraph 16/05/06
Uganda: These children have seen things that no child should ever see or experienceIn Darfur, rapes and shootings go on, despite peace agreement The Guardian 15/05/06
DR of Congo: New UN report documents abuses by police and army troops U.N. News 11/05/06
Sri Lanka: Seventy feared dead after Tamil attack at sea The Times 12/05/06
Somalia: Battles between rival militias leave 84 dead The Guardian 10/05/06
Sri Lanka: Tigers tear each other apart The Observer 07/05/06
120,000 new internally displaced persons (IDPs) per month in DR Congo, the beginning of 2006
Congo's tragedy: the war the world forgot Independent Friday 5th May 2006
35 Hindus shot dead in Kashmir The Times 02/05/06
DR Congo: UN denounces human rights violations in Katanga UN News 03/05/06
Civil war in the jungle: The demons that haunt Sri Lanka Indplendent 03/05/06
The Big Question: Is Sri Lanka once again on the brink of full-scale civil war? Independent 02/05/06
Sectarian violence kills 200 in Sri Lanka The Times 02/05/06
Sri Lanka:  Refugees facing bleak future as Tigers hit back Telegraph 01/06/0

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April 2006
Spectre of Mobutu haunts Congo poll Sunday Telegraph 30/04/06
UN probes reports Uganda troops clashed in Congo Alert Net 27/04/06
Congo polls must be held by mid-August-think tank Alert Net 27/04/06
Congo's Elections: Making or Breaking the Peace ICG 27/04/06
Peace talks deadline passes amid S.Lanka violence [90 killed in last two weks] Alert net 23/04/06
Army pleads for more troops after Afghanistan firefight Sunday Times 23/04/06
Sudan: Government Offensive Threatens Darfur Civilians HRW 27/04/06
Straw urges new effort on Darfur BBC 26/04/06
China's enemy within: The story Of Falun Gong
As the genocide in Darfur goes on, chaos and killing spread to Sudan's neighbours
Nepal: UN rights officials condemn use of deadly police force as inexcusable HRW 20/04/06
Nepal: Children Among Victims of Police Attacks on Protestors HRW 20/04/06
Belgrade Roma Rot In Cardboard City Balkin Insight 12/04/06
Algeria's Amnesia Decree HRW 10/04/06
D.R. Congo: Election Poses Dangers for Street Children HRW 04/04/06
DR Congo: Child soldiers being recruited once again AI 31/03/06
Uganda's daily rate of violent deaths is three times Iraq's, The Indpendent 30/03/06

March 2006
DR Congo: Child soldiers being recruited once again AI 31/03/06
Uganda's daily rate of violent deaths is three times Iraq's, The Indpendent 30/03/06
Human Rights Situation in the DRC in February 2006 MONUC 18/03/06
To Save Darfur ICG 17/03/06
"DR Congo: Another Modern Tragedy" ICG 16/03/06
Belarus: Bloodshed and beatings haunt polls in last outpost of tyranny The Times 10/03/06
Nigeria: Death rules the delta in battle to control oil The Observer 05/03/06
Nigeria's civil war: Into the heart of darknessThe Independet 03/03/06

February 2006
Uganda: 25,000 Die Monthly in the North' The Monitor 18/02/06
Somalia: Thousands Displaced As Mogadishu Clashes Continue |All Africa 21/02/06
Five days of violence by Nigerian Christians and Muslims kill 150 The Independent 24/02/06
Nigerian religious violence kills 96 The Independent 23/02/06
Uganda's power hungry leader mocks the West Sunday Times 19/02/06
Ugandan election marred by first opposition deaths The independent 17/02/06
Iran: New government fails to address human rights AI 16/02/06
UN calls for £400m to end Congo's 'forgotten crisis' The Independent 13/02/06
Uganda: Government Threat to Free Elections HRW 12/02/06
Security Sector Reform in the Congo ICG 13/02/06
Thousands of Congolese flee sustained fighting in North Kivu UN 10/02/06
Rough trade: Diamond industry still funding bloody conflicts in Africa The Independent 10/02/06
Nepal: A decade of suffering and abuse AI 10/02/06
Foreign Office Minister Condemns Elections in Nepal FCO 10/02/06
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Kinshasa must meet its responsibility to protect civilians
Death toll rises as Kenyan tribes battle over water The independent 08/02/06
Sudan Darfur: New Attacks in Chad Documented HRW 06/02/06
'The new Afghanistan is a myth. It's time to go and get a job abroad' The Observer 05/02/06
DR Congo [prison conditions]
DR Congo [high level of human rights violations and abuses of humanitarian standards]
Continuing Conflicts that produce refugees - February 2006

January 2006
DR Congo [prison conditions]
DR Congo [high level of human rights violations and abuses of humanitarian standards]
U.N. says 8 peacekeepers killed in eastern Congo Alert Net 23/01/06
DR Congo 20,000 persons displaced over the weekend of the 21st January 2006
Five protesters killed as UN peacekeepers open fire in Ivory Coast The Independent 19/01/06
S.Lanka killings continue, peace envoys awaited Alert Net 16/01/06
Ethiopia: Hidden Crackdown in Rural Areas HRW 13/01/06
A Strategy for Ending Northern Uganda's Crisis ICG 11/01/06
Katanga: The Congo's Forgotten Crisis ICG 09/01/06
DR Congo's 3.9 m victims make it deadliest crisis for 60 years
DR Congo: Crisis in Katanga ignored IRIN 03/01/06
Eleven conflict situations around the world deteriorated in December 2005
Death toll rises to 27 (12 Children 8 women and 7 men) 600 to be deported
25 Sudanese refugees killed as Egyptian police storm protest camp in Cairo park
War fears grow as S.Lanka ambush toll rises Alert Net 28/12/05
Peacekeeper killed by rebels in Congo The independent 28/12/05
Ethiopian leader targets Make Poverty History in mass clampdown on dissent

December 2005
War fears grow as S.Lanka ambush toll rises Alert Net 28/12/05
Peacekeeper killed by rebels in Congo The independent 28/12/05
Ethiopian leader targets Make Poverty History in mass clampdown on dissent
Côte d'Ivoire: Impasse Fuels Impunity for Abuses HRW 22/12/05
Ethiopia and Eritrea: Preventing War ICG 22/12/05
Britain suspends aid to Uganda over allegations of human rights abuse The Guardain 22/12/05
International Criminal Court (ICC) Should Investigate Darfur Officials HRW 16/12/05
Kyrgyzstan: A Faltering State ICG 16/12/05
Protesters killed and 40,000 jailed as Blair's friend quells 'insurrection' The Telegraph 156/12/05
Statelessness: a forgotten human rights crisis
Statement on International Criminal Court and Sudan FCO 15/12/05
Zimbabwe in a state of 'meltdown', UN warns The Independent 09/12/05
Civilians continue to flee ongoing violence and suffering in Chechnya KavkazCenter.com 08/12/05
After 70,000 deaths, Eritrea and Ethiopia prepare for war again The Times 08/12/05
Eritrea: Government must end religious persecution AI 07/12/05
Sri Lanka: Act now to prevent escalation of violence and abuse AI 06/12/05
Brazil: The greater the violence, the smaller the state protection AI 02/12/05
Uganda UK Parliament 02/12/05
Democratic dawn in Ethiopia fades as abuses come to light Observer 04/12/05
Zimbabwe Denies Protection and Assistance to the Evicted HRW 02/12/05
Nine conflict situations around the world deteriorated in November 2005 ICG 01/12/05
Rebuilding the Afghan State: The European Union's Role ICG 30/11/05
World must end awful Uganda crisis-UN official Alert net

November 2005
World must end awful Uganda crisis-UN official Alert net 25/11/05
Fears for democracy in Africa dog the Commonwealth again The Times 26/11/05
Uganda: Political Repression Accelerates HRW 23/11/05
DR Congo: Fighting displaces 60,000 in Katanga Province, bishop says IRIN 23/11/05
Afghan posting 'too dangerous' for Dutch army Sunday Times 20/11/05
"Twelve conflict situations around the world deteriorated in October 2005"
Afghanistan: The war with no end The Independent 15/11/10
Uganda: Riots erupt after treason charge
Violence in Ethiopia leaves Britain facing aid dilemma
Ethiopia: Strike protest at demo deaths
Burundi: Rights Protections at Risk with New Government
Statement by the Presidency on behalf of the EU on Ethiopia
Violence in Ethiopia spreads
Anger over £30m British aid as nation slides towards conflict
Ethiopia : Blair ally accused of poll killings
U.N. Secretary-General Concerned By Ethiopia , Eritrea Troop Movements
Democratic Republic of Congo
Nigeria: New evidence of human rights violations in oil-rich Niger Delta
Ethiopia: Escalating violence leaves at least six dead

October 2005
"We'll wait here, we'll die here" Pambazuka News
'Dust people' starve in Zimbabwe ruins Sunday Times 23/10/05
A Congo Action Plan ICG 19/10/05
UK to send 2,000 more soldiers to Afghanistan The Times 17/10/05
Burundi: 3,000 Rwandans Seek Refuge in the North IRIN 13/01/05
Deadline for Côte D'Ivoire elections Unattainable UN 13/10/05
Iraq has descended into anarchy, says Fisk The Independent 13/10/05
Serbia Fails to Curb Violence Against Minorities HRW 10/10/05
UGANDA: Concerns over renewed LRA attacks on civilians IRIN 05/10/05
Congo poll is mission impossible The Telegraph 07/10/05
Unifying Darfur's Rebels: A Prerequisite for Peace ICG 06/10/05
Action lacking as deadline on Congo rebels passes Alert net 30/09/05

September 2005
Refugees burned alive as violence returns to Darfur The Independent 30/09/05
Sudan: They talk peace, but the killing goes on The Times 27/09/05
1,000 civilians die each week in N. Uganda conflict-report Alert Net 21/09/05
Uganda: Army and Rebels Commit Atrocities in the North HRW 20/09/05
Nepal: Beyond Royal Rule ICR 15/09/05
"The Nightmare of Northern Uganda" ICR 12/09/05
Congo: Deal with the FDLR Threat Now ICG 16/09/05
Bridging Kosovo's Mitrovica Divide ICG 13/09/05
Zimbabwe: Mass Evictions Lead to Massive Abuses HRW 13/09/05
Eleven conflict situations around the world deteriorated in August 2005 Crisis Watch 01/09/05
Bangladesh: Impunity encouraging killings of human rights defenders AI 23/08/05
Nigeria: Obasanjo Affirms Torture, Killing by Police HRW 23/08/05

August 2005
Bangladesh: Impunity encouraging killings of human rights defenders AI 23/08/05
Nigeria: Obasanjo Affirms Torture, Killing by Police HRW 23/08/05
Somalia's violence 'catastrophic' BBC 22/08/05
Assassination leads to state of emergency in Sri Lanka The Observer 21/08/05
Bangladesh: Alleged government complicity in physical attacks against opposition activists AI/18/08/05
Nepal: Vigilante groups worsen human rights situation AI 03/08/05
Uganda: Intimidation of lesbian and gay activists AI 02/08/05
DR Congo: Prominent Human Rights Defender Assassinated HRW 01/08/05
Nigeria: Despite Reforms, Police Routinely Practice Torture HRW 27/07/05

July 2005
Nigeria: Despite Reforms, Police Routinely Practice Torture HRW 27/07/05
Nepal: Children victims of violence in ongoing civil conflict AI 26/07/05
Violence ignored in Congo's Katanga Alert Net 24/07/05
Iranian reformists fear era of repression The Guardian 22/07/05
South Serbia Roma Face Bleak Future IWP 22/07/05
Iran continues to execute minors and juvenile offenders AI 22/07/05
Yemen: International rules on law enforcement must be upheld AI 22//07/05
Congo army says 41 gunmen killed in eastern clashes Alert Net 16/07/05
Violence against women in Northern Uganda AI 17/07/05
Plight of Uzbek riot refugees BBC 16/07/05
Rebels accused of burning villagers in Congo massacre Indpendent 13/07/05
Counter-Terrorism in Somalia: Losing Hearts and Minds? ICG 11/07/05
Six Afghans beheaded 'by Taleban' BBC 10/07/05
Nigeria: Gay Man Sentenced to Death Gaynz 10/07/05
India convulsed by sectarian violence after Muslim attack on disputed temple
UK seeks to free troops for Afghanistan The Guardian 06/07/05
Police fire at Congo protesters The Guardian 01/07/05
Iran: Discontents and dangers The Times 27/06/05
1,000 UK troops on Kosovo standby Sunday Independent 26/06/05 Anti-Deportation News -
Support Swells For Gay Ugandan Rainbow Network 11/07/05
Asylum seeker death in Dover from 'natural causes' Harmit Athwal
Fight to prevent deportation of injured asylum seeker Ruben Andersson & Harmit Athwal
Ireland: Three babies among 46 deported under new law Irish Independent 07/07/05
Europe agrees package deal to fly home asylum-seekers The Times 06/07/05
Dungavel:  Police tactics anger protesters BBC News 05/07/05
G8 protest turns to immigration BBC News 04/06/05
Dungavel closed during G8 summit

June 2005
Somalia warlords clash in Baidoa BBC 30/05/05
Kosovo faces renewed war Observer 29/05/05
Mugabe destroys homes AP 28/05/05
Nigeria: After 40 years of military dictatorship, mismanagement, and corruption, Nigeria's human development indicators are among the worst in the world. House of Commons 25th May 2005
Zimbabwe: Harare Descends Into Chaos IWP 12/05/05
Ethiopia: Political Dissent Quashed HRW 10/05/05
Kabul blast signals return of forgotten Taliban insurgency The Independent 09/05/05
Burmese junta uses chemical weapons Sunday Times 08/05/05
Uganda rebels slaughter refugees BBC 06/05/05
Slaying of Afghan women concerns U.N. Seattlepi.com 06/05/05
Afghan women rally against violence The Australian 06/05/05
- Ugandan rebel raids show door to peace closing fast Alert Net 02/05/05
UK cancels some aid to Uganda over political delays Alert Net 29/04/05
Girl soldiers: the forgotten victims of war The Independent 25/04/05

May 2005
Somalia warlords clash in Baidoa BBC 30/05/05
Kosovo faces renewed war Observer 29/05/05
Mugabe destroys homes AP 28/05/05
Nigeria: After 40 years of military dictatorship, mismanagement, and corruption, Nigeria's human development indicators are among the worst in the world. House of Commons 25th May 2005
Zimbabwe: Harare Descends Into Chaos IWP 12/05/05
Ethiopia: Political Dissent Quashed HRW 10/05/05
Kabul blast signals return of forgotten Taliban insurgency The Independent 09/05/05
Burmese junta uses chemical weapons Sunday Times 08/05/05
Uganda rebels slaughter refugees BBC 06/05/05
Slaying of Afghan women concerns U.N. Seattlepi.com 06/05/05
Afghan women rally against violence The Australian 06/05/05
- Ugandan rebel raids show door to peace closing fast Alert Net 02/05/05
UK cancels some aid to Uganda over political delays Alert Net 29/04/05
Girl soldiers: the forgotten victims of war The Independent 25/04/05

April 2005
UK cancels some aid to Uganda over political delays Alert Net 29/04/05
Girl soldiers: the forgotten victims of war The Independent 25/04/05
Darfur: If they find us, they will kill us . . . fear and flight in a desert bolthole The Times 23/04/05
Over 8,000 people forced out of their homes by war and rights abuses every day Global IDP
Afghanistan: U.N. Rights Monitoring Still Needed HRW 20/04/05
The State of Sectarianism in Pakistan ICG 18/04/05
West Africa: Roving Warriors Recruited for New Conflicts HRW 13/04/05
Youth, Poverty and Blood - the Lethal Legacy of West Africa's Regional Warriors HRW 13/04/05
Shock Therapy for Northern Uganda's Peace Process Crisis Watch 11/04/05
Nepal army kills 50 rebels; 500 protesters arrested Alert net 08/04/05
Ethiopia: Child deaths and malnutrition at emergency levels in IDP camp Alert net 08/04/05
DRC: Thousands displaced after Mayi-Mayi clashes with Congolese troops Alert Net 07/04/05
Nine conflict situations around the world deteriorated in March 2005:
Torture and repression exposed in holiday paradise of Maldives

March 2005
Vote for us or starve, Mugabe's party tells villagers The Guardian 26/03/05
Starve the voters: the human cost of Mugabe's election The Indpendent 26/03/05
Ethiopia: Crimes Against Humanity in Gambella Region HRW 24/03/05
Report reveals shame of UN peacekeepers The Guardian 25/03/05
Europe is risking silence to end its longest warr The Guardian 25/03/05
Ugandan rebels attack women, hack off breasts Alert Net 21/03/05
Chechnya: "Disappearances" a Crime Against Humanity Human Rights Watch 21/03/05
Kyrgyzstan protests turn deadly The Times 21/03/05
Afghanistan: 'One huge US jail' The Telegraph 19/03/05
Uganda: Regime of tyranny and torture back to haunt Uganda The Telegraph 19/03/05
Mugabe's judiciary denies 3m exiles the right to vote The Times 19/03/05
Afghan elections put back to the autumn The Guardian 18/03/05
Zimbabwe child death rate highest in the world The Guardian 18/03/05
Somalia parliament brawls after peacekeeper vote Alert Net 17/03/05
In Congo's east, money makes the war go round Alert Net 17/03/05
UN: Congo crisis worse than Darfur The Standard 16/03/05
UN: Congo Militias Grilled Victims Alive Yahoo News 17/03/05
US HR report - India violates human rights of minorities Bangladesh Independent 16/03/05
Into the heart of Zimbabwe's darkness The Indpendent 16/03/05
Ecuador: Threats and violence against government critics increases Alert Net 13/03/05
Poll spotlights grim litany of neglected crises Alert Net 12/03/05
Mugabe rules with fear in a nation of nervous whispers The Times 12/03/05
Syria:  Human rights protesters attacked by mob of pro-Assad students 11/03/05
Syria: End human rights violations against the Syrian Kurds AI 11/03/05
Kurds in the Syrian Arab Republic one year after the March 2004 events AI 10/03/05
No Forcible Return of Refugees to Rwanda Refugee Law Project 10/03/05
DR Congo war is world's top 'forgotten' crisis Relief Web 10/03/05
People on edge in India's Assam after blasts Alert Net 10/03/05
Tribal slave raids bring new wave of terror to Congo The Telegraph 09/03/05
'Nepal backed lynch mob rampage' The Telegraph 08/03/05
Turkey's tear-gassing of women hits EU entry bid The Independent 08/03/05
Eastern Congo's refugees face sickness and fear Alert Net 06/03/05
UN forces at last take the fight to Congo militiamen The Telegraph 07/03/05
Refugees tell of DR Congo militia atrocities Alert Net 04/03/05
Women and children gang raped in Congo's Ituri-MSF Alert Net 03/03/05
UN defends 'robust peacekeeping' in Congo battle Alert Net 03/03/05
Human Rights abuses still rife in Georgia UN 01/03/05
Nepal: Security Forces 'Disappear' Hundreds of Civilians HRW 01/03/05
Torture persists in Georgia, U.N. investigator finds Alert Net 02/03/05
UN forces kill 50 Congo militiamen in gun battle Alert Net 02/03/05
Afghanistan: Bitter winter kills the children of the valleys The Telegraph 01/03/05
Malaysian clampdown on illegal workers The Indpendent 02/03/05
UN to tackle claims of Congo sex abuse The Indpendent 02/03/05