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William Gomes Named `Human Rights Ambassador` for Salem-News.com

What sets William apart, is that he covers the world as a whole, rather than concentrating on one specific region or country.

(SALEM / DHAKA) - We are pleased to announce the appointment of our writer William Gomes, to the position of Salem-News.com Human Rights Ambassador.

In this rapidly changing world, we believe this newly-created position and program, are large steps in raising our effectiveness as a news agency.

Palestine/Israel Story Missed by Much of US Media

This strange story is being covered by Israeli papers such as Yediot Aharonot and Maariv. But it is ignored by most U.S. media.

(RICHMOND, R.I.) - Palestinians and Israelis have been preparing for weeks to greet international visitors to Bethlehem. Several hundred were expected from Europe and the United States.

But Israeli authorities do not want outsiders to see life in the occupied territories.

1,600 Palestinian Prisoners Begin Open-Ended Hunger Strike

The latest plan by Palestinian prisoners comes days after Israel released female Palestinian prisoner Hana Shalabi

(TEHRAN Press TV) - About 1,600 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails will go on an open-ended hunger strike on April 17 to protest imprisonment without charge and solitary confinement exercised by the Tel Aviv regime.

Issa Qaraqi, the Palestinian Authority minister for prisoner affairs, said on Saturday the detainees also demand Israel allow families to visit them.

Truth and Consequences in the Land of Nothing

After they had performed for the Christians, the children would return to the school, where half of them would die.

(NANAIMO, Vancouver Island) - I’ve been ignoring the orchestrated circus calling itself the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, but now that it’s meeting in my own backyard, I’ve been asked to comment.

Frankly, it’s all quite the déjà vu experience. The travesty going on this weekend in Victoria reminds me of a story told to me by one of the few survivors who hasn’t been gagged.

`Mama, will Baba Roumieh (the Pope from Rome) visit us in Shatila camp?`

Understandably, the Pope’s schedule is going to be tight with many pressures on the Pontiffs limited time...

(BEIRUT Al-Manar) - It’s official according to the Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI will visit Lebanon from the 14th to the 16th September, in just five months’ time.

The Pontiffs visit will coincide with the 30th Anniversary of the Sabra-Shatila Massacre during which Christian militia, facilitated by Israeli troops sealed a refugee camp, slaughtering over 3000 unarmed civilians.

Note to Trayvon`s Mother: It`s Time to Step to the Side

There is nothing about the word “accident” that implies intent, which is why it’s called an “accident.”

(SYRACUSE, NY) - I haven’t spoken with Al Sharpton in a few months. But if we were still speaking and he were to ask me what to do with the mother of Trayvon Martin, my answer would be very simple: Get her off the stage right now.

Trayvon’s mother, Sybrina Fulton, appeared on The Today Show this week and actually said that she thinks that George Zimmerman shot her son by accident.

At Coptic Pope Funeral: Hypatia & Library of Alexandria Remembered

“The rise of the Coptic church in Alexandria coincided with the destruction of its famous library, the desecration of its ancient temples and sanctuaries, and the murder of its last philosopher, Hypatia.”

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - Ironically, Modern day Copts are enduring through the same persecution their early patriarchs had inflicted upon the minority of devotees of the ancient Egyptian beliefs.

BANGLADESH: DGFI Tortured to Death Labor Activist Aminul Islam

Salem-News.com Eye on the World report.

(HONG KONG) - According to credible intelligence sources, Aminul Islam, who was found dead after apparently suffering grievously... was picked up DGFI officials and taken to Savar cantonment, where he was tortured to death.

His body was found outside the Brakhon Sashon Women College, close to the Tangail-Maymanshing highway in Tangail district.

An Open Letter to ``Thievin` Steven`` Harper, Alleged Prime Minister of Canada

- Concerning your use of tax payer’s money to fund child-raping-and-killing churches...

(NANAIMO, Vancouver Island) - I doubt that if one of your own kids was savagely raped, strangled to death and thrown into a garbage pit somewhere, you’d look too kindly on a government that gave $57 million to the killer’s employer, especially when the latter had been caught red-handed concealing the crime.

But that’s what you’ve just done, according to your own 2012 federal Budget.

Suzy is no Sophie: How Faking Ordeals Harms Abused Women

Book review of "Trafficked", written by Sophie Hayes, published by HarperCollins (2012)

(LONDON) - Even if one is familiar with stories of human trafficking, one never ceases to be shocked when hearing the details of new ones.

And shocked you will be when you read 'Trafficked', an autobiographical account by Sophie Hayes, a young British salesgirl who was forced into prostitution after she accompanied her boyfriend, Kas, to Italy.