International

On Saturday 29th July SP youth organisation ROOD (pronounced 'rote', it means, simply, 'RED') was well represented at a demonstration organised by Prime (Participating Refugees in Multicultural Europe) in solidarity with Ali Anoushei, an Iranian asylum seeker who has been on hunger strike for 47 days to protest against the decision that he should be deported.

SP Member of Parliament Krista van Velzen has asked Minster of Foreign Affairs Ben Bot to demand an explanation from the Israeli ambassador of breaches of the humanitarian laws of warfare in his country's conflict with Lebanon. In recent days populated areas of Lebanon have been attacked with cluster bombs, while Lebanese Red Cross ambulances have been fired on. Ms Van Velzen also wants to see Mr Bot make the case in the United Nations for measures to be taken against these breaches of humanitarian laws of warfare.