A year into Alvaro Colom's term as Guatemala's President, more action
needs to be taken to build on his promising commitments to improve
human rights in the country.
Barack Obama is being urged to back up his pledge to
close the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay by calling a halt to a
military commission trial scheduled
Amnesty International has written to the United Nations Security
Council calling for the establishment of full accountability for crimes
committed in Gaza conflict a
EU Foreign Ministers urged to pressure Israel to end attacks which are directed at civilians or civilian buildings in the Gaza Strip, and to allow much needed humanita
Detained without charge for six months, brothers Arash and Kamiar Alaei could now face up to ten years in prison for 'cooperation' with an 'enemy government'.
The Charities and Societies Proclamation law could criminalise the human rights activities of both foreign and domestic non-governmental organizations.
