KUALA LUMPUR, 25 November 2013 – The Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal (KLWCT) after listening to the testimonies of 11 prosecution witnesses and voluminous documentary evidence and extensive submissions by the prosecution and amicus curiae delivered its judgement on the two charges against the State of Israel and retired Army general Amos Yaron.
Study by Awny Naim, Roberto Minutolo, Simona Signoriello, Paula Manduca Published on http://www.thelancet.com/health-in-the-occupiedpalestinian-territory-2013
By Paola Manduca, Professor of Genetics at the University of Genoa, Italy
By Neel Mani, Director of the World Health Organisation’s Iraq programme between 2001-2003 Read the original post
The Field Deployable Hydrolysis System (FDHS) is a transportable, high throughput neutralization system designed to convert chemical warfare materiel into compounds not usable as weapons. The U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC), in partnership with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), signed a technology transfer agreement with the Joint Program Executive Office-Chemical Biological Defense…
The WHO_Iraq MoH have finally published on Sept 16 a summary report of part of the study conducted as ex-post assessment of prevalence of birth defects, still births, miscarriages, through an household survey. The report begins with a quite “derogatory” definition as “anecdotal” for any other study done in Iraq (few) but a review paper…
Academics across Europe express outrage at Israeli/US pressure on EU Over 500 academics, including researchers from 13 European Union member states, have today written to the EU’s head of Foreign Policy, urging the EU not to water down its new guidelines preventing EU funding from being awarded to Israeli projects and entities in the Occupied…
Reports on use of chemical weapons in Syria. Find in attachment US and French reports and informations about the Russian one.
The Iraqi Ministry of Health and World Health Organization project regarding the prevalence and factors associated with congenital birth defects in Iraq. Why have the findings not been released? In 2012 a project was initiated by the Iraqi Government Ministry of Health (MoH) with technical advisory and co-funding from World Health Organization (WHO). The…
Interview with Paola Manduca, professor of Genetics at the University of Genoa, and coordinator of the New Weapons Committee, a group of researchers who deal with the study long-term effects of the use of non-conventional weapons on populations.