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MIDDLE EAST: Weekly round-up Number 55 for 30 December 2005 - 5 January 2006

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CONTENTS:

EGYPT: Calls to investigate refugee riots as death toll hits 30
EGYPT: Confusion over deportation of Sudanese in wake of clashes
IRAQ: Most dangerous place for journalists in 2005, CPJ
JORDAN: Journalists push parliament on press law
LEBANON: Resurgence in landmine injuries, fatalities
LEBANON: Mount Lebanon’s displaced await state help
YEMEN: Protests call for security in wake of kidnappings
YEMEN: Rights activists demand release of Somali refugees
YEMEN: Rescue operations continue for landslide victims
YEMEN: Fresh call for inquiry into mass graves

EGYPT: Calls to investigate refugee riots as death toll hits 30

Human rights groups are calling for an independent investigation into violent clashes between Egyptian security forces and Sudanese protestors last week that left some 30 people dead and scores injured.

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EGYPT: Confusion over deportation of Sudanese in wake of clashes

There has been no official confirmation of reports that the government is considering the deportation of hundreds of Sudanese refugees and failed asylum seekers who clashed with riot police six days ago in violence that left dozens dead and scores injured.

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IRAQ: Most dangerous place for journalists in 2005, CPJ

Iraq was the most dangerous place for journalists in 2005 and the deadliest conflict for media workers in the last 24 years, according to the US-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

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JORDAN: Journalists push parliament on press law

Jordan's press syndicate and newspaper publishers have launched a campaign to lobby lawmakers to speed up ratification of a new press law scrapping provisions setting jail terms for journalists.

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LEBANON: Resurgence in landmine injuries, fatalities

After a steady decrease in the number of landmine victims since the withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon in 2000, last year witnessed a sudden resurgence of cases.

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LEBANON: Mount Lebanon’s displaced await state help

After years of displacement, Hasib Saad and his wife Margaret have returned to Remhala in Mount Lebanon, which they fled during the civil war, some 20 km from the capital, Beirut.

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YEMEN: Protests call for security in wake of kidnappings

Hundreds of Yemeni artists took to the streets of the capital on Monday calling for better security following a number of armed kidnappings of foreigners.

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YEMEN: Rights activists demand release of Somali refugees

Human Rights activists on Tuesday demanded the release of 38 Somali refugees, in detention since mid-December for staging a month-long protest in front of UN refugee agency UNCHR’s offices in the capital, Sana.

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YEMEN: Rescue operations continue for landslide victims

Rescue operations are ongoing for the victims of last week’s landslide in the remote village of al-Dhafeer, some 50 km west of the capital, Sana.

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YEMEN: Fresh call for inquiry into mass graves

An inquiry must be launched to identify 33 corpses found in a “mass grave” in the al-Areesh suburb of Aden in December, as well as other such graves and circumstances leading to the deaths, according to a Committee representing Victims' Families in southern Yemen.

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Theme(s)	Democracy

Other recent MIDDLE EAST reports:

MIDDLE EAST: Weekly round-up Number 61 for 10 - 16 February 2006, 16/Feb/06

MIDDLE EAST: Weekly round-up Number 60 for 3 - 9 February 2006, 12/Feb/06

Journalists hoping to improve reporting on HIV/AIDS, 9/Feb/06

MIDDLE EAST: Weekly round-up Number 59 for 27 January - 2 February 2006, 5/Feb/06

Gulf support for quake likely to continue into reconstruction, 2/Feb/06

Other recent Democracy & Governance reports:

ZIMBABWE: Mugabe delivers broadside to neighbours, 21/Feb/06

SYRIA: US funding offer for NGOs draws mixed reactions, 21/Feb/06

UGANDA: Official campaigns end two days before polls, 21/Feb/06

SOUTH AFRICA: Govt adopts more focused approach to help orphans, 21/Feb/06

ANGOLA: Ready to play larger security role in Africa, 21/Feb/06

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