INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP Conflict Risk Alert: Sri Lanka The humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka’s northern Wanni region is rapidly becoming a catastrophe. An estimated 150,000 civilians are trapped in an ever shrinking space, forcibly held back by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and exposed to indiscriminate attacks by the Sri Lankan military. Thousands [...]

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP Bosnia’s Incomplete Transition: Between Dayton and Europe Sarajevo/Brussels, 9 March 2009: Fourteen years after the Dayton Peace Agreement, Bosnia’s prospects for European integration remain threatened by ethnic disputes that make it necessary for the international community to retain special powers a little longer. Bosnia’s Incomplete Transition: Between Dayton and Europe,* the latest [...]

Greenpeace Statement ahead of International Whaling Commission Intersessional in Rome Fiddling in Rome While Economy Slumps: Japan’s Whaling Industry Continues Spending Spree Rome, Italy, March 8, 2009 — Despite the worst recession in a generation, Japanese government officials arrive in Rome this week to defend a multi-billion yen whaling programme that is reviled by the [...]

Tell President Obama, Vice President Biden, Secretary of State Clinton, U.N. Secretary-General Ban, Caribbean Economic Community Chair Barrow, Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano, ICE director John P. Torres, Congress and members of the media: Stop the Deportation of 30,000 Haitians! Please tell Homeland Security and ICE to STOP THE DEPORTATION OF 30,000 HAITIANS! YOUR EMERGENCY ACTION [...]

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP Guinea: The Transition Has Only Just Begun Dakar/Brussels, 5 March 2009: National and international pressure is urgently needed to ensure a return to civilian rule in Guinea, a country rich in natural resources but struggling to come to terms with the legacy of 50 years of dictatorship. Guinea: The Transition Has Only [...]

Dear Global Exchange Supporter, Following Israel’s atrocious three-week war on Gaza, and the subsequent outpouring of support for the Gazan people, the Obama administration has taken some steps towards holding Israel accountable for its misuse of U.S. weapons to commit human rights abuses against Palestinians. Last Thursday, President Obama sent his budget outline to Congress [...]

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP The ICC Indictment of Bashir: A Turning Point for Sudan? Nairobi/Brussels, 4 March 2009: The International Criminal Court’s indictment of Sudanese President Omar Bashir for atrocity crimes in Darfur provides an opportunity for Sudan and the international community to both fight impunity and bring peace to the country. In an extended statement [...]