The Wire, February 2008. Vol. 38, No.1

The Wire, February 2008. Vol. 38, No.1

Index Number: NWS 21/001/2008
Date Published: 7 February 2008
Categories: Israel ~ Occupied Territories, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Somalia, Iran, Gambia, India, Algeria, Colombia, USA, Serbia

1) Cambodia burns the homes of its poor 2) Palestinian children still wait for their parents' release 3) A bleak year for journalists and freedom of speech: Sri Lanka; Somalia 4) Peace community plans to go home 5) Update: Algeria 6) Worldwide appeals: Iran: Jailed for promoting democracy; Gambia: Journalist held in secret detention; India: Doctor and human rights defender detained; Kosovo: Pro-independence demonstrators killed 7) Guantánamo Bay: six years in legal limbo: Thousands unite against illegal detention 8) Lyrical protest 9) UN majority backs an end to executions