european union/libya: act now to save lives

EU ministers should make commitment on behalf of EU states to facilitate the evacuation of detainees to safe places, including outside of Libya and to EU member states.. ... Rather torture, rape and other abuse refugees and migrants face Libya's detention centers, EU governments should..

syria, russia and the politics of chemical weapons

These triggered the fall of long-established autocrats in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen; in Bahrain the protests were crushed and in Syria, where they had turned into an armed struggle, Assad was beleaguered but still clinging on. . ... Russia was especially irked by the turn of events in..

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