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Rudwan Dawod Has Been Released!

Oregon activist freed after harrowing arrest, trial and threat of death penalty in Sudan!

(EUGENE, OR) - We have just received confirmation that Rudwan Dawod has just been released by the Government of Sudan! Rudwan is a leader of many of Sudan Sunrise's reconciliation and humanitarian initiatives.

Rudwan was just released approximately one-half hour ago, before midnight Khartoum time. He is now with his family. He is reported to be in good condition.

Cambodia: Stop Any Judicial Actions Against Mr. Chan Soveth

Cambodia seeks to jail a Human Rights Defender, our Human Rights Ambassador contacts the government representative in UN.

(SALEM) - After its long history of Genocide and years of self-destruction, Cambodia's political leaders must join the modern world and adhere to international laws that protect human beings from heinous political persecution.

It seems more than bleak when a nation's Human Rights Defenders become the target of aggressive, negative government interest.

Ukraine: Release former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko

William Gomes calls for an end to the increasing number of flagrant violations of the right to a fair trial.

(SALEM) - The saga of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, is by any reasonable examination, a lesson in textbook injustice.

The political opposition leader's imprisonment as a political prisoner is a bold slap in the face to all who work for the betterment of humanity.

Will Sri Lanka`s President Fetter the SEC?

Investigations into stock exchange mafia...

(COLOMBO, The Island) - The Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC) and its officials who have come under severe pressure for trying to stamp out illegal market practices in the Colombo Stock Exchange.

The has government yet to make public its stance regarding the issue as market manipulators gleefully watch the pendulum swing their way.

Going to Mississippi: If I Don`t, Who Will?

When abortion is legal, women remain healthy, and when it is not they die.

(WASHINGTON DC) - In referring to reproductive rights, military metaphors are often used to describe the dynamics between those who support and those who would constrain women.

If abortion access is “war”, then the state of Mississippi is the frontline...

Joint Letter to Invitees of the IX Sullivan Summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

The bar must remain high for human rights defenders, as the ranks are easily infiltrated by false promises and the allure of financial gain.

(SALEM) - It is disturbing and bizarre each time that a group supposedly created to further the issue of human rights in this world, engages with the political leaders squarely behind the suffering.

One has to question whether The Sullivan Foundation is fully aware of the record of Equatorial Guinea President Obiang.

Indian Apathy Towards Tamil Eelam and Tamils of Eelam

As a nation subject to a protracted genocide, the Eelam Tamils’ dignity and freedom can be guaranteed only under a free Tamil Eelam.

(LONDON) - It is high time that the Tamils in India and elsewhere accepted that the formation of Tamil Eelam as the only way forward and actively supported its formation.

Simply crying foul over the socio-political plight of Eelam Tamils won't do and will not bring about any positive outcome.

Sri Lanka`s Fragile Gains In The Balance

Unless the present government reverse course and integrate the Tamil community into the mainstream, the invaluable opportunity the end of the civil war presented to Sri Lanka will be lost.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - In May 2009, the civil war in Sri Lanka drew to a close. It had been a sanguinary conflict claiming anywhere between 80,000 and 100,000 lives.

Not surprisingly, there was a palpable sense of relief amongst the majority Sinhala population. Even the Tamil population, many of whom were not active supporters of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), had reasons to celebrate.

Criticizing the Dark Side of Radical Islam Doesn`t Make One Pro-Israel

I criticize and equally applaud all religions; what sets one apart from the next is always simply how they are applied.

(SALEM) - I write about the realities of resistance fighters and movements deemed 'terrorist' because I understand the struggle that leads to such falsely used nomenclature.

I stand against all forms of state terrorism first and foremost and believe that all hope is lost when totalitarian governments rule and are simultaneously allowed to illegally occupy the land of other nations.

Free Syrian Army Threatens Christians Who Were Protected Under Assad

Pray for the persecuted Syrian Churches and Christians.

(FAISALABAD, Pakistan) - The streets are most dangerous that is, unless it’s a Friday, when a few Syrian Christians dare to step outside of their homes amidst the persecution of Syria’s Christians by the Islamic rebels of the ‘Free Syrian Army.

The Christians in Syria (10% of its population) could be facing a bloodbath. The signs are there right now, and only Russian and Chinese resistance to ‘the West’ is keeping the Syrian church from complete extermination.