Authorities in Guatemala detain a Dutch boat run by Women on Waves, a non-profit organisation which provides free abortion services in countries where abortion is illegal.

Women on Waves founder Rebecca Gomperts had stirred controversy when she was last in Malta in 2007 to deliver a lecture.

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