241. Coptic priest murdered; protective fences around monasteries torn down   Several thousand Coptic Christians returned to Tahrir Square Wednesday evening to protest against new attacks on members of this religious minority in Egypt. The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP)…  

242. United Nations should threaten Qaddafi regime with International Criminal Court   The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) has called on the UN Security Council to threaten Libya with activation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) if the violence against demonstrators is not…  

243. Olaf Scholz should push for the release of critically ill Chinese human rights activist   The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) has asked the Mayor-elect of Hamburg, Olaf Scholz, to push for the release of a critically ill human rights activist in Shanghai. Fifty-year-old Mao Hengfeng…  

244. Tuareg want to have a say in the production of oil and natural gas   Libya's Tuareg population is calling for an end to discrimination against them and demanding rights of co-determination concerning the production of oil and natural gas on their land. Not only the…  

245. Qaddafi has France build him a cruise ship – Sarkozy negotiated major project   The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) criticized France's Libya policy as being "opportunistic and implausible." Today President Nicolas Sarkozy is apparently a fervent advocate of the Libyan…  

246. 15,000 refugees in urgent need of humanitarian aid - Exodus from Somalia continues   Since Wednesday of last week, some 15,000 women and children fleeing militants in Somalia have entered neighboring Kenya and are in urgent need of humanitarian aid. According to the Society for…  

247. Pakistan, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia: Minorities in the Islamic world want equal rights   Minorities in the Islamic world want equal rights with the majority populations, and not only better protection from possible attacks by radical Islamic forces.  

248. The situation of Chechen refugees in Poland. Human rights issues   This report aims to improve the status of Chechen refugees by drawing the attention of the international community and responsible decision makers at all levels to their current situation. The…  

249. A disgrace for Europe! Austria must release the Savior of Sarajevo immediately!   The savior of Sarajevo, General Jovan Divjak (Ret.), recipient of the Victor Gollancz Award by the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) in 2008, was apprehended on Thursday evening by Austrian police…  

250. No funds for Libya's central bank! Oil companies should pay into a blocked account   The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) has called for massive tightening of the sanctions against the Qaddafi regime. The UN Security Council and the European Union (EU) must drastically intensify…