Full Coverage: Conflict

29.05.2008 A strong treaty to ban cluster bombs, which spread their destruction indiscriminately -- often among civilian populations and long after active fighting has stopped -- has been agreed by 110 countries today, despite the absence of the United States from negotiations.
From: Human Rights Watch

29.05.2008 On Day 5 of an international treaty negotiation, U.S. officials are being charged with spreading "false accusations" to slow down the effort to ban bombs that spread their destruction indiscriminately over a large area.
From: Cluster Munition Coalition via AlertNet

28.05.2008 NEW YORK, May 28 (OneWorld) - Thirty-five anti-torture activists charged with minor crimes after a protest at the U.S. Supreme Court have entered their names before a Washington, DC court as those of Guantanamo Bay detainees.

28.05.2008 Cell phone help lines launched in response to the recent spree of anti-foreigner mob attacks are enabling South Africans to express their opposition to xenophobia, report incidents, and donate to emergency response units.
From: Cell-Life

28.05.2008 Nearly 300 activists and rights leaders called last week on the United States to use its June presidency of the UN Security Council to prioritize peace in Sudan.

28.05.2008 Panos South Asia invites applications from print and broadcast journalists for one-year media fellowship for investigative research on conflict-related issues in the Northeast India. Selected candidates will be required to do a series of features on the problem in the region for reputed publications. The deadline for application is June 5, 2008.

26.05.2008 In remembrance of those who have lost their lives in conflict, a group of women's peace activists urge Americans to resolutely call for an end to the war in Iraq.

23.05.2008 A local forensic team is set to exhume and identify more than 120 people massacred by the Peruvian military in 1984, a process that will help relatives of those "disappeared" during the country's civil war heal and demand justice.

23.05.2008 The hunger crisis and climate change present global peace and security challenges that require global solutions and take into account the needs of all peoples in all countries of the world, writes UN Representative Vicente García-Delgado.

23.05.2008 WASHINGTON, May 22 (OneWorld) - A unique new index takes a business-like approach to promoting global peace by ranking 140 countries and identifying the factors that place some countries higher than others on the list.

22.05.2008 Activists are welcoming Wednesday's vote to remove Sri Lanka from a key UN body, saying the country has been a prime violator of human rights and used its position on the Human Rights Council "to protect itself and other violator states from scrutiny."
From: Human Rights Watch

22.05.2008 "Strenuous" international efforts have failed to protect tens of thousands of children from being recruited to fight in armed conflicts around the world, says a new report from the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers.
From: Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers

21.05.2008 WASHINGTON, May 20 (OneWorld) - Re-electing Sri Lanka to serve a second term on the UN Human Rights Council would represent a severe blow to human rights and the United Nations itself, according to an impressive array of world leaders and human rights watchdog groups.

17.05.2008 WASHINGTON, May 16 (OneWorld) - Antiwar veterans of the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan took their case to Capitol Hill Thursday, baring their souls with stories of killings of innocent civilians, torture, and wrongful detentions.

14.05.2008 Recent military operations by US and NATO forces have displaced thousands of families in Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan, forcing them to live without shelter, food and medical assistance. UN agencies and other international aid groups have been asked to provide humanitarian relief to the unfortunate victims.

14.05.2008 A documentary film titled My Daughter the Terrorist chronicles the lives of two female Tamil Tigers, taking a close look at war and its tragic consequences. The film has been acclaimed globally but the Sri Lankan government is upset saying it glorifies the act.

13.05.2008 FALLUJAH, May 12 (IPS) - Sharp increases in food prices have generated a new wave of anti-occupation and anti-U.S. sentiment in Fallujah.

10.05.2008 NEW YORK, May 9 (OneWorld) - A human rights watchdog has launched a unique nationwide campaign to pressure the Bush administration to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay.

08.05.2008 Gazassa toimivan YK-avustusjärjestö UNRWA:n mukaan polttoainepula uhkaa vakavasti sen toimintaa ja Gazan asukkaiden elämää. Israel on jo kuukauden verran estänyt polttoainetoimitukset alueelle.

06.05.2008 Zimbabween aseita kuljettava laiva on ollut kuun vaihteesta valmiina rantautumaan Luandan satamaan Angolaan. Satamatyöläiset kieltäytyvät purkamasta lastia.