Russia has arrested more than two dozen Greenpeace demonstrators for “piracy” after they organized a protest in the Barents Sea against drilling in the Arctic.
In Libya, armed militias maintain the upper hand as security problems spin out of control. How can the government ensure that those associated with Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi receive a fair trial?
Alanoud Sanussi, the 22-year old daughter of Libya’s jailed former intelligence chief under Qaddafi, was abducted only minutes after she was released from prison – while those assigned to protect her stood by and watched.
US President Barack Obama announced this evening which countries will still get US military aid even though they use child soldiers.
In Indonesia, government should explain why police officers found it necessary to fire directly into a crowd of protesters throwing rocks, as lethal force may only be used as a last resort to protect lives.
In other news, Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott discussed immigration issues when he met today with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Jakarta on his first international trip. Migrants and asylum seekers often travel through Indonesia in their desperate – and sometimes fatal – attempt to reach Australia. Abbott ran for election on the platform of stopping such boats with asylum seekers.
From earlier today: In Nigeria, some 50 students were shot dead as they slept, when gunmen stormed their dormitory at an agricultural college early Sunday morning. It appears to be the latest outrage in the campaign of widespread and systematic murder and persecution by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram.
