United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, marks Human Rights Day 2007 and launches a year-long campaign leading to the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Defend International participated in Mr. Al Gore’s acceptance ceremony of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. DI advisor was among the 1.000 people in the audience, featuring government officials, royalty, high-ranking international personalities and movie stars.

According to a new report, almost 200,000 US firearms meant for Iraqi security forces were lost in Iraq. The loss of such quantity of weapons raises concerns that weapons were provided unintentionally to bad actors who might use them to terrorise civilians.

Defend International had raised its concern about the death sentences on the two Kurdish journalists, Hassanpour and Butimar and lobbied the EU for their support. We are grateful that the EU has stepped forward to support them.