INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP The Virtuous Twins: Protecting Human Rights and Improving Security in Colombia Bogota/Brussels, 25 May 2009: Colombia’s government must urgently address human rights abuses to enhance its security policy and bring lasting peace to the country. The Virtuous Twins: Protecting Human Rights and Improving Security in Colombia,* the latest policy briefing from the [...]

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP Indonesia: Radicalisation of the “Palembang Group” Jakarta/Brussels, 20 May 2009: Extremist fugitives still have the potential to turn non-violent activists into would-be bombers in Indonesia, even as the overall threat of terrorism declines. Indonesia: Radicalisation of the “Palembang Group”,* the latest briefing from the International Crisis Group, uses documents from the trials [...]

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP Serb Integration in Kosovo: Taking the Plunge Pristina/Brussels, 12 May 2009: A major effort is needed to persuade the Serbian minority that it has a future in Kosovo if the new state is to solidify its controversial independence. Serb Integration in Kosovo: Taking the Plunge,* the latest International Crisis Group report, argues that [...]

Neste Oil’s plans for global leadership in palm oil diesel will drive massive rainforest destruction and climate change   PORVOO, FINLAND – 12 May, 2009: This morning, 32 Greenpeace activists from Finland and Sweden are demonstrating in a palm oil diesel refinery of Neste Oil in Porvoo, Finland, where they hung a banner with the [...]

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP Congo: Five Priorities for a Peacebuilding Strategy Nairobi/Brussels, 11 May 2009: The dire situation in the Kivus region of Congo will not improve without a comprehensive strategy of sustained political and results-oriented partnership between the government and the international community. Congo: Five Priorities for a Peacebuilding Strategy,* the latest report from the [...]

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP Japan: Back UN Action on Sri Lanka Robust Security Council Measures Urgently Needed to Save Civilian Lives New York, 11 May 2009: Japan needs to “play a more active role” in confronting the worsening humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka, four international organisations said today in a letter to Prime Minister Taro Aso [...]

AMSTERDAM, INTERNATIONAL – 6 May 2008 – Greenpeace is calling for the construction permit for the Olkiluoto European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) in Finland – the world’s largest prototype nuclear reactor – to be cancelled, following revelations of severe problems in the design of its electronic safety control systems.   The call comes after a Finnish [...]