Germany has launched a poster campaign - 'Operation Last Chance II' - this week to find any remaining Nazis and bring them to justice.

The poster which depicts the entrance to the Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz, says:

"Late, but not too late. Millions of innocents were murdered by Nazi war criminals. Some of the perpetrators are free and alive. Help us take them to court."

Over 2000 posters will go up in Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne, asking people to come forward, and offering rewards of up to 25,000 euros for any information that aids prosecution.

See here, and here, and here for more on the Demjanjuk conviction two years ago in Munich that inspired the campaign and saw a change in the approach of German courts to Nazi convictions.

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees said it is troubled by the new asylum policies adopted by Australia earlier this week.

In a statement, the UNHRC says the policy lacks "adequate protection standards for asylum seekers".

"Australia's Regional Resettlement Arrangement (RRA) with the Government of PNG raises serious, and so far unanswered, protection questions,

"UNHCR is troubled by the current absence of adequate protection standards and safeguards for asylum seekers and refugees in Papua New Guinea," it said.

"UNHCR’s assessment, based on recent visits to PNG, is that there are currently significant shortcomings in the legal framework for receiving and processing asylum-seekers from Australia. These include a lack of national capacity and expertise in processing, and poor physical conditions within open-ended, mandatory and arbitrary detention settings. This can be harmful to the physical and psycho-social well-being of transferees, particularly families and children."

The organisation said it would discuss with both Australia and Papua New-Guinea the "very significant policy, legal and operational challenges in ensuring proper protection for all asylum-seekers and refugees affected."

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced earlier this week that all new asylum seekers arriving by boat would be sent to Papua New-Guinea for processing and would not be allowed to settle in Australia.

An Egyptian judge ordered the detention of ousted president as judicial authorities investigate charges that Morsi conspired with the Islamist group Hamas in 2011.

Egyptian state media reported that Morsi had been formally charged with espionage and ordered to be detained for 15 days.

The streets of Cairo have seen opposing protests from both Morsi’s supporters and pro-military demonstrators.

Responding to the charges, Alaa Abdul-Aziz who served as Morsi’s culture minister , said,

“The charges are nothing more than an attempt coup by leaders to discourage the public from supporting the president’s legitimacy.”

"More than 100,000 people have been killed, millions of people have either been displaced or become refugees in neighbouring countries."

"We have to bring this to an end. The military and violent actions must be stopped by both parties, and it is thus imperative to have a peace conference in Geneva as soon as possible."

"There is no military solution to Syria, there is only a political solution. That will require leadership in order to bring people to the table".

The US has announced it will not deliver four F-16 fighter jets to Egypt, as political instability continues to bring unrest to the country.

"Given the current situation in Egypt we do not believe it is appropriate to move forward at this time with the delivery of F-16s," Pentagon spokesperson George Little told reporters.

"We remain committed to the US-Egypt defence relationship as it remains a foundation of our broader strategic partnership with Egypt and serves as a pillar of regional stability," he said.

The US is currently assessing, whether the overthrowing of President Mohammad Morsi by the military was a coup. Recognition of a coup would mean all aid would have to be suspended.

 The United States called on Rwanda to end support for the M23 rebels in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, basing their stance on evidence that Rwandan military officials were involved in aiding the M23.

Stating that there was credible evidence that suggested that the rebels were to blame for several human rights abuses, the US state department spokeswoman, Jen Psaki said in  a press release,

“We call upon Rwanda to immediately end any support for the M23.”

The call comes two days before the Secretary of State John Kerry is to lead a session of the United Nations Security Council on Africa’s Great Lakes region.

 The former chief of investigations for the United Nations Special Court for Sierra Leone, Alan White, called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate and prosecute leaders of the Forces Nouvelles over alleged atrocities committed during the Ivory Coast civil war.

Highlighting the need for the ICC to uphold equal justice in the Ivory Coast, White stated,

“All we are looking for is to ensure there is a balanced investigation and a balanced prosecution. Quite frankly that is one of the areas right now that the country of Ivory Coast is struggling from is the face that there is not a sense of justice.”

Though Human rights Watch , Amnesty International and the United Nations have outlined and documented  the atrocities committed by the Forces Nouvelles, the leader of the faction is currently Ivory Coast’s speaker of parliament.

"We have learned from the past 10 years, however, that it is not enough to simply alter the balance of military power without careful consideration of what is necessary in order to preserve a functioning state. We must anticipate and be prepared for the unintended consequences of our action. Should the regime's institutions collapse in the absence of a viable opposition, we could inadvertently empower extremists or unleash the very chemical weapons we seek to control."

"I know that the decision to use force is not one that any of us takes lightly. It is no less than an act of war. As we weigh our options, we should be able to conclude with some confidence that the use of force will move us toward the intended outcome. We must also understand risk-not just to our forces, but to our other global responsibilities."

Almost 70 political prisoners were freed in Burma yesterday, following pledges by President Thein Sein to release those detained for opposing the government.

Though political prisoners are being released, worrying reports of the continuing imprisonment of peaceful protestors remain.

A member of the former political prisoner society, Thet Oo, reiterated,

“It is important that the president has been releasing political prisoners. But it’s more important to stop arresting and charging those who are fighting for citizen’s rights.”

The family of Mohammed Morsi, who was ousted in a coup from his presidency earlier this month, has claimed the army abducted him.

"We are taking local and international legal measures against Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, the leader of the bloody military coup, and his putschist group," his daughter Shaimaa Morsi told reporters in Cairo.

His son Osama Morsi said, that what is going on “is a violation of human rights and a scandal in every sense of the word," and said the family had no contact with the former president.

Amidst global calls for his release, including from the US, Egypt’s interim authorities have claimed he was being held in a “safe place”.