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India Concerned Over Resolutions at UNHRC

Sri Lanka is one of the countries against which a resolution is expected to be presented at the ongoing UNHRC session.

(GENEVA) - India is concerned that the recent trend of country specific resolutions may well weaken constructive dialogue and cooperative approach which has prevailed so far in the UN Human Rights Council.

Sri Lanka is one of the countries against which a resolution is expected to be presented at the ongoing UNHRC session and Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe had said this week that Sri Lanka is hopeful of India’s support against the resolution.

Peru: Laws Threaten Fundamental Human Rights of People with Drug Dependence

Salem-News.com Eye on the World Report.

(DHAKA- Bangladesh) - Peru's Law No. 29737 and related provisions in Peruvian law, permit involuntary detention for treatment of people who suffer from addiction, in circumstances that do not comply with international human rights law.

The law threatens fundamental human rights protections against arbitrary detention and ill-treatment deny the right to health.

Sri Lanka`s Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished

The documentary forensically examines four specific cases and investigates who was responsible.

(LONDON) - Last year Channel 4 broadcast Sri Lanka's Killing Fields, an investigation of the last few weeks of the war between the government of Sri Lanka and the rebel forces of the Tamil Tigers (LTTE).

Presented by Jon Snow, it featured devastating video evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity - some of the most horrific footage Channel 4 has ever broadcast.

Sri Lanka Rattled by Planned UN Rights Resolution

Activists say that the government needs to show a consistent intent that it is serious about carrying through the LLRC recommendations, rather than reacting when calls for international scrutiny are heard.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - Strung across the main road leading away from the international airport is a banner that has an intriguing message: ‘USA, Pls Do Not Support Terrorism’.

Most of the other large billboards and banners on the same stretch are also directed at visiting tourists, but these are less political and exhort them to visit beach locations or buy jewelery.

Release Abhay Sahoo: Free India

Abhay Sahoo reminds us that the spirit of Gandhi, Marx or Ambedkar is not dead yet. It is only from such spirits and energies of the emerging freedom fighters that we can generate hopes for a new world.

(New Delhi, India) - I do not know whether we won the freedom of this subcontinent called India because of Gandhi or Ambedkar.

While thousands of people worked selflessly for the freedom that you and I enjoy today, and often take it for granted, without realising that this freedom is fast eroding under our own feet...

Asma Al-Assad, Diana of the Middle East: Syria`s First Lady on Gaza

The reason America continually attacks nations that didn't provoke its wrath, is that they don't get in line and accept Israeli war crimes.

(SALEM) - There is a common theme among America's real and created enemies in the Middle east.

They all are or were unwilling to accept Israel's apartheid politics that subject all who are not Jewish to separate laws and even roads.

Sri Lanka: A Two-Act Drama Unfolding in Colombo

Old father clock is grinding forward with determination and the Rajapakses are with their backs to the wall.

(NOIDA, India) - The large and quite unexpected hike in all prices that Sri Lanka woke up to in the first week of February set off protest movements that are growing and could swell into something very serious.

Then, the government unleashed a wave of street protests against “the imperialist plot to destabilise Sri Lanka and undermine its sovereignty” as the UNHCR sessions opened in Geneva.

US & Blake Opposes Sri Lankan General Silva as UN Adviser, French PR Araud No Comments & Worse

France is the home of human rights? Hardly.

(UNITED NATIONS) - France is not one of the countries trying to help the UN's image by urging that Sri Lankan general Shavendra Silva, suspected in war crimes, be removed from UN Peacekeeping Operations.

SRI LANKA: Life of Human Rights Defender in Danger

Salem-News.com Eye on the World Report.

(SAYDABAD, Bangladesh) - A noted human rights activist arrived in Sri Lanka several days ago following an international conference in Rome, and noticed that he was being followed by a van; of course potentially synonymous with the notorious 'White Van' disappearances which Sri Lanka has become internationally noted for.

The suspicious behavior of the group led him to believe that he was in danger of being abducted. Herman Kumara is currently in hiding.

Outlawing the Occupy Movement: H.R. 347 Makes Free Speech A Felony

Obviously aimed at the Occupy Movement, these modifications to U.S. Code Title 18 Section 1752 will seriously diminish the right of American citizens to petition their Government for a redress of grievances.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Once signed, HR 347 will empower federal agents to arrest and bring felony criminal charges against citizens engaged in political protests anywhere in the USA.

OUTLAWING THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT: HR 347 MAKES FREE SPEECH A FELONY...