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Federal Defenders: Face of the Sixth Amendment

“Federal defenders nationally are the face of the Sixth Amendment,” - Carol Brook, chief federal defender for the Northern District of Illinois.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The Constitution’s Sixth Amendment states that in all criminal prosecutions “the accused shall...
have the assistance of counsel for his defense.”

Madame D.E.M. O`Cracy: Terminally Ill in India, also Worldwide

Basically, even the largely illiterate villagers in India know what these dregs are.

(CHENNAI, India) - India's government passed an executive order on Information Technology that needs a discussion in the Parliament.

If six Parliamentary sessions pass without discussion, an executive order automatically becomes law.

AMP Calls on State Department to Defend Tradition of Due Process and Human Rights

As of May 1, 2012, Israel was holding 4,653 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention centers, in direct contravention of international law.

(CHICAGO) - A national grassroots organization has a mission underway to educate Americans about Palestine’s rich cultural and historical heritage.

They are is calling on the U.S. Department of State to intervene on behalf of 2,500 Palestinian political prisoners, who are engaged in a lengthy hunger strike to protest their inhumane and illegal incarceration as well as Israel’s illegal use of administrative detention.

USCIRF Alarmed By Blasphemy Amendments in Kuwait

Kuwait is moving forward penalties conidered alarming and contrary to international human rights standards.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today expressed grave concern over the Kuwaiti Parliament’s approval last week of severe new penalties for blasphemy.

The Emir of Kuwait has 30 days to approve these penalties before they would become law.

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Top SL Military Hand Allegedly Connected to Murder of Canadian Tamil in Vanni

Anthonippillai Mahendrarajah arrived in Vanni from Canada to negotiate getting back his properties from the occupying Sinhala Military.

(KI'LINOCHCHI TOWN, Sri LankaTamilNet) - Circumstantial evidences point to top level Sri Lanka military in the brutal killing of a Canadian Eezham Tamil who came to Vanni to claim his properties appropriated by the occupying military, news sources in Vanni revealed to TamilNet.

The victim owned 8 commercially valuable buildings in line in Ki’linochchi town that were appropriated by the Sinhala military to be given in turn to a Colombo-based chain store that now dominates food business in the north.

Sri Lankan Peace Process to be Expedited

Clinton and Singh agree to work closely.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Ceylon Today) - The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh have agreed to work closely in expediting the Sri Lankan peace process.

Hillary Clinton who was on a three day visit to India met the Indian Premier at his residence in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Underwear Bomber Story - One Big Brown Stain

Wipe the propaganda from your mind.

(SALEM) - I've been clenching my ears over the latest 'underwear scare'. I don't want to hear the dirty details of a saga like this at first.

I know that the story will unfold if I just hang on. Well, the underwear sprang a hole and something leaked out... The AP reports in Officials: Al-Qaida bomber was CIA informant

Baloch & Sindhi Communities Hold Protest Rally in London

Group demonstrates against Pakistani state operation in Lyari.

(LONDON) - A protest rally against Pakistani state operation in Lyari was held in front of 10 Downing Street on Sunday May 6 2012.

Protest was organised by Baloch Human Rights Council (UK) and World Sindhi Congress. A large number of the Baloch and Sindhis from all over UK attended the rally.

LLRC Recommendations Highly Credible EU Delegation

Many of us in the EU Parliament and in our own Resolution felt that well there are issues to be dealt with and I think it is important that we do not let things slide from the agenda. - Jean Lambert

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Sunday Leader) - A parliamentary delegation from the EU visited Sri Lanka last week, its second mission to the country over the past two years.

The delegation headed by EU Parliament MP Jean Lambert comes just weeks after the EU supported a Resolution on Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council.