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MIDDLE EAST: Weekly round-up Number 55 for 30 December 2005 - 5 January 2006[ This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations]CONTENTS: 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. Full report 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. Full report 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). Full report 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. Full report 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. Full report 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. Full report 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. Full report 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. Full report 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. Full report 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. Full report [ENDS]
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