Guinea-Bissau: Human Rights Federation Suspends Implementation of Programme

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) has suspended the implementation of a human rights programme in Guinea-Bissau, FIDH Secretary-General Antoine Bernard told IRIN on Wednesday. The move follows the detention of the vice president of the country's human rights league and the issuing of a warrant for the arrest of its former president in connection with an investigation into the alleged misappropriation of funds donated in 1999 to the LDGH.