Filipinas in Lebanon treated like 'modern-day slaves Hezbollah not seen as ‘terrorist’ organisation Press release, Manila, 18 August 2006 Filipina overseas workers in Lebanon are being treated like...
Read More16 August 2006 La Via Campesina is an international organisation working in defence of small farmers, fishermen and women, landless and agricultural workers. This movement includes over 130 organisations and represents...
Read MoreFeroze H. Mithiborwala* BEIRUT, 15 August 2006: Undoubtedly the national Lebanese resistance has emerged victorious in the war against Israeli aggression. We came here in solidarity with the Lebanese people and to witness...
Read MoreBy Herbert Docena* BEIRUT (August 14) – Hussein Choumer hangs around one corner in the district of Haret Hreik in the southern suburbs of Beirut. Around him are mountains of rubble, the remains of over 100 mostly...
Read MoreBy Walden Bello* BEIRUT – The bittersweet mood in Beirut on this day when the ceasefire took effect was perhaps best expressed by Rahul, a taxi driver, who tells me, “We won, but at what cost? So many people...
Read MoreSTATEMENT ON THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES IN LEBANON BY THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY AND PARLIAMENTARY PEACE MISSION Press conference, Beirut, August 14, 2006 We, the members of the international peace...
Read MoreBy Seema Mustafa* (This article was first published in Asian Age: http://www.asianage.com/) Beirut, Aug. 13: The buildup to the ceasefire, if it takes place at all in real terms, has been violent and bloody. Israel has...
Read MoreDECLARACIÓN DE LA MISIÓN INTERNACIONAL DE PAZ DE PARLAMENTARIOS Y ORGANIZACIONES DE LA SOCIEDAD CIVIL, SOBRE EL CESE DE HOSTILIDADES EN EL LÍBANO Conferencia de Prensa, Beirut, 14 de agosto de 2006 Los...
Read More11 de agosto de 2006 En respuesta al llamado de las organizaciones de la sociedad civil libanesa de visitar su país diezmado por la guerra, otro grupo de parlamentarios y representantes de la sociedad civil de distintos...
Read MoreBy Walden Bello* BEIRUT, Lebanon – (6:17 am, Monday, August 14. I got awakened a few minutes ago by two massive blasts. They sounded very close, but they were probably coming from South Beirut. I am in Central Beirut. With...
Read MoreBy Walden Bello* BEIRUT, Lebanon – (6:17 am, Monday, August 14. I got awakened a few minutes ago by two massive blasts. They sounded very close, but they were probably coming from South Beirut. I am in Central Beirut. With...
Read MoreBy Seema Mustafa* (This article was first published in Asian Age: http://www.asianage.com/) BEIRUT – Lebanon is a country that has clearly not lost its spirit, but is worried, unhappy, and, as no one hesitates to tell...
Read MoreBy Walden Bello* BEIRUT, Lebanon – The wounds of war were evident shortly after we crossed the Syria-Lebanon border at 1130 in the morning on August 12. At Haissa, about three kilometers...
Read MoreBy Walden Bello* BEIRUT, 14 August, 2006: The bittersweet mood in Beirut on this day when the ceasefire took effect was perhaps best expressed by Rahul, a taxi driver, who tells me, “We won, but at what cost? So many people...
Read MoreBy Walden Bello* BEIRUT, August 14, 2006, 6.17am: I got awakened a few minutes ago by two massive blasts. They sounded very close, but they were probably coming from South Beirut. I am in Central Beirut. ...
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