Newsline 10 November 2009: Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman to visit the Netherlands; rights activists push International Criminal Court to do more to prosecute key figures behind Kenya’s post-election violence in 2008, and the Sea Shepherd group faces new opposition in its anti-whaling campaign.
Israel’s foreign minister in the Netherlands:
As US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu meet today to revive the Middle East peace process, controversial right-wing Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman will visit the Netherlands tomorrow.
Listen to Hague correspondent John Tyler on Lieberman’s visit
Push for prosecution of key figures in Kenya’s post-election violence:
International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo says he has a strong case against key figures in Kenya's post-election violence of 2008, but the government in Nairobi is reluctant to assist the ICC. Rights groups are pushing for more to be done.
Listen to the ICC’s Marceau Sivieude
The Sea Shepherd group faces a challenge to its anti-whaling activities
The anti-whaling, environmental organisation Sea Shepherd may be facing rough seas after pressure from Japan to withdraw its Dutch flag. A move which could make its activities illegal.
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