Ban Ki-moon : Gazans were “denied basic human rights”

More must be done in order to repair damage done by Israeli military action in the Gaza Strip (photo, from bbc.co.uk) one year ago, said UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon.
He said Gazans were being denied “basic human rights” and urged Israel to end its “unacceptable and counterproductive blockade”.

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US will miss Guantanamo closing deadline

The Obama administration will miss the January 2010 deadline set for closing the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba (photo, from aljazeera.net), admitted the US president.

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Anger towards Obama new Guantanamo policy

US president’s decision to revive military trials for some Guantanamo Bay detainees has provoked angry reactions from civil liberties groups.

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Nazi war crimes suspect jailed in Germany

Facing charges of being an accessory to the deaths of 29,000 Jews in World War II, John Demjanjuk, an alleged former Nazi death camp guard to Germany, is in jail in Munich. (photo, from aljazeera.net)

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China earthquake parents ‘monitered’

A few days before the first anniversary of the earthquake in Sichuan province, parents who lost their children when their schools collapsed, fear they won’t be allowed to properly commemorate the disaster. (photo, from bbc.co.uk)

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Refugees flee ‘hellish conditions’ in Sri Lanka

As they escaped the last remaining stronghold of the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE), Sri Lankan refugees have described the conditions they have endured. (photo, from aljazeera.net)

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Walk-out during Iranian president’s speech

Delegates have walked out of a speech by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (photo, from bbc.co.uk), Iran’s president, after he described Israel as a “racist government”, during a United Nations conference on racism.

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Another inmate claims abuse

An inmate (photo, from aljazeera.net) at the US prison facility in Guantanamo Bay sent a letter to Al Jazeera saying he had been abused since the election of Barack Obama.

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Journalist put on trial in Iran

A 31-year-old Iranian-American journalist (photo, from aljazeera.net) has been put to trial in Iran this week. She is accused of spying for the US. A verdict is expected soon, said an Iranian official.

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Afghanistan new law could worsen things, said Nato’s head

Afghanistan’s new laws could make it difficult to persuade European countries to contribute more troops to the country, said Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Nato’s head. (photo, from cbc.ca, taken on Oct. 29, 2008)

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