INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP Congo: A Comprehensive Strategy to Disarm the FDLR Nairobi/Brussels, 9 July 2009: The Congolese and Rwandan governments, as well as the international community, must formulate a new comprehensive strategy to dismantle the Rwandan Hutu rebels or face continuing regional instability. Congo: A Comprehensive Strategy to Disarm the FDLR,* the latest report from [...]

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP Iraq and the Kurds: Trouble Along the Trigger Line Baghdad/Erbil/Brussels, 8 July 2009: Iraqi leaders and the U.S. must manage increasing tensions between the Baghdad federal government and Kurdish authorities or face deadly violence following the U.S. troop withdrawal. Iraq and the Kurds: Trouble Along the Trigger Line,* the latest report from [...]

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INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP Sri Lanka: Politicised Courts, Compromised Rights Colombo/Brussels, 30 June 2009: The Sri Lankan government must reform the country’s judicial system urgently if the military defeat of the Tamil Tigers is to lead to a lasting peace. Sri Lanka’s Judiciary: Politicised Courts, Compromised Rights,* the latest policy report from the International Crisis Group, [...]

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP Guinea-Bissau: Beyond Rule of the Gun Dakar/Brussels, 25 June 2009: Without outside help to end military involvement in politics and impunity, it may be impossible to halt Guinea-Bissau’s slide into further violence. Guinea-Bissau: Beyond Rule of the Gun*, the latest policy briefing from the International Crisis Group, warns that the killings of [...]

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP Afghanistan’s Election Challenges Kabul/Brussels, 24 June 2009: The enormous resources and attention now focused on Afghanistan’s elections must be channelled into strengthening the country’s political and electoral institutions. Afghanistan’s Election Challenges,* the latest report from the International Crisis Group, evaluates the challenges of the presidential and provincial council elections in August 2009 [...]

Official Notification of Intent to Enter June 24, 2009 To: The Israeli Ministry of Defense, Fax: 972-3-697-6717 To: The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Fax: 972-2-5303367 From: The Free Gaza Movement This letter serves as a formal notification to you, as the Occupying Power and belligerent force in the Gaza Strip, that on Thursday, June [...]