+ 2 petitions - The government's introduction in recent months of a political reform package has increased hope that Turkey is on its way to finally implementing a civilian - rather than military - solution to its decades-long Kurdish problem, one that ha

The Iraqi Government describes an armed group believed to be acting in coordination with the Iranian security forces, that has seized an Iraqi oil well. Iraqi Government demands immediate withdrawal.

Senator Conroy thinks he can sneak his plan to censor the internet in as Australia settles in for Christmas. As he considers the future of the scheme he needs to know that we'll be watching every step of the way. At this crucial moment send Senator Con

On December 10, 2009 at 2 AM, the Israeli military surrounded the Ramallah home of Abdallah Abu Rahmah, a high school teacher and the Coordinator of Bil'in's Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, and arrested him. Abu Rahmah is among the lea

As the world's diplomats duel over her destiny, Aminatou Haidar, on the 29th day of her hunger strike, could be hours from death she has been on hunger strike in Lanzarote airport since being deported there from her home in Western Sahara on 15 Nov

We at Oxfam see it every day: climate change is increasing hunger and poverty around the world. And this week at the climate summit in Copenhagen, President Obama and other leaders are making decisions that will affect the world's poor for decades to

On Saturday, over 100,000 people marched in Copenhagen calling on world leaders to agree to a just climate policy. Leading the march was a delegation of indigenous leaders from communities on the front lines of climate change.

America declared war on human trafficking nearly a decade ago. With a new law and much fanfare, the government pledged to end such human rights abuses at home and prodded the rest of the world to follow its example.

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - "Not one person murdered yesterday," Ciudad Juarez's leading newspaper proclaimed in a banner headline.

Armed men are reported to have abducted dozens of students and teachers in the southern Philippines, reports say.