At least 62 people have died and 198 have been injured in armed clashes
between Hizbullah-led opposition groups and pro-government forces in
Lebanon, according to official figures.
In the wake of Cyclone Nargis, the government
of Myanmar is deliberately impeding life-saving
assistance.
A life-size model of a cell at Guantánamo will travel to US cities to bring a taste of the harsh realities of prolonged isolation in detention to the US public.
As nine more detainees were freed from Guantánamo, Amnesty
International today reiterated that the Guantánamo detentions are a
travesty of justice. The US administration must either bring to fair
trial or release, with full protections against further abuse, the 270
detainees still held there.
Sri Lanka is a conflict where journalists face unjustified restrictions on reporting and there are very few established facts.
