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Sri Lanka Under Pressure After UN Rights Body Adopts U.S. Bill

With pressure from within and outside, the government is yet to announce its road map to tackle the UNHRC resolution.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - The recently concluded 19th session of UNHRC in Geneva has brought Sri Lanka to a position where the country is under the microscope on accountability for its wartime conduct and steps it takes on ethnic reconciliation.

The United States -sponsored resolution was adopted with 24 out of 47 countries voting for and 15 against...

The Unhurried Dawn

And so I will continue to conduct the pointless rituals, and speak the passing words, on the corpses all around me, and I will not wonder on the purpose of it all. For, impossibly, death has never had dominion, and it never shall.

(NANAIMO, Vancouver Island) - The first dead Indian baby I ever saw was also the first one I ever baptized.

His name was Albert Gomez. That’s what his mom and dad called him, at least, because he died in the womb and finally emerged the morning I arrived at Port Alberni General Hospital to pretend to console the shattered couple.

Radio NPR`s Report on Violence in Balochistan

When asked which agencies were involved in enforced disappearances and killings, Balochistan communications minister Sadiq Ali Umrani quipped, "I have told you enough. If I tell you more my body will also be found along a roadside."

(SALEM) - One of American's most popular public radio stations NPR (National Public Radio) carried a news story last July about the ongoing independence struggle in occupied Balochistan.

This is a subject we explored in the recent Salem-News.com article, Balochistan & Bangladesh - Enduring Pakistan's Selective Genocide.

First All-Europe Racist/Fascist Gathering Overshadowed in Denmark

“EDL summit in Denmark humiliated by low attendance” - The Guardian

(COPENHAGEN) - On March 31, some 5000 Danes and a couple hundred like-minded anti-racists from other Scandinavian countries and England marched in Aarhus, to stop the spread of racist/fascist groupings popping up around Europe. Some have ties in the United States.

Their march was a counter-demonstration to the first all-Europe rally against Muslims.

Human Rights Office Responds to Plea Over Political Victimization of Religious Minorities in Bangladesh

Rita Izsak noted in her annual report to the Human Rights Council that one priority will be the rights and security of religious minorities...

(HONG KONG) - A letter dispatched to Rita Izsák, Independent Expert on minority issues, with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva; brought a response from a Human Rights Officer, which is an excellent development.

This is listed below, and below that is William's original letter of appeal.

RTDNA Chairman Defends Racist Cartoon

American media lives in a helpless, trap of racism, depending on where you live...

(SALEM) - RTDNA Chairman, Kevin Benz, became an apologist for racist media antics when he wrote, 'Trayvon Martin Coverage: Racism & Bad Reporting Put Media Under Fire '.

Benz represents MSM; the fourth estate, you know, the folks in Amerika who make the news that panders to the needs of advertisers. Yeah, that one.

Teacher Duct Taped Black Child to Chair- Still Employed

Educational system takes swipe at family's dignity by leaving teacher in place.

(THE BRONX, NY) - A Bronx teacher is accused of duct taping her student to a chair because he wouldn’t sit down.

Sixth grader Irel Jones said another student was asking him for answers during a test so he got up, but then instructed him to sit down, and then taped to his chair by his teacher. Jones says his teacher then looked on as his fellow students made fun of him.

Iran Bashing, Terrorism and Who Chose the Chosen People, Anyway?

This video demonstrates that the United States is not a democracy, it is a bribeocracy, largely controlled by Zionists.

(BANGKOK) - This is dedicated to the long-suffering Palestinians and Iranians who have been sidelined by the UN in favour of the Nuclear Apartheid State of Zionist Israel in the most blatant exercise in International Double Standards that our world has ever known.

This video demonstrates that the United States is not a democracy, it is a bribeocracy, largely controlled by Zionists.

U.N. Sri Lanka Vote Redefines India`s Regional Role

India’s PM Manmohan Singh wrote to Rajapaksa to tell his him that India had tried, at least, to introduce “an element of balance in the language of (a) resolution.”

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - In the early months of 2009 when Sri Lanka’s war was reaching its final crescendo, frantic calls were made to Colombo by Sri Lankan diplomats at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

The calls warned that the U.S., Britain and France were contemplating unilateral action against the government for the conduct of its war against the Tamil Tigers.

Not a Fable

“I tear the wings off helpless little butterflies.” -
Gustav Meyer ran Section Y for the Canadian government, and it wasn’t insects he ripped apart.

(NANAIMO, Vancouver Island) - Even after microfilm came along, the secrets were stored in long manila file folders tucked randomly throughout the acres of shelves of at least four different departments of the government of Canada.

It was reasoned that no-one would ever bother looking there, even if they did learn of the secrets, which was unlikely.