Salem-News.com Genocide articles Page 8

Sri Lanka: Pillay`s Bombshell Report Corners Rajapaksa Regime

The High Commissioner reiterates concern about the continuing trend of attacks.

(COLOMBO The Sunday Times) - A damning 20-page report from United Nations Human Rights High Commissioner Navi Pillay became the subject of close scrutiny by the UPFA Government this week.

Pillay’s office urged the Government to respond to the contents of this 74-point report...

Ram Sankar`s Delhi Protest

Protest against United Nation condemning its complicity in Eelam Tamil genocide.

(NEW DELHI) - Ram Sankar organised protests in New Delhi against United Nations for its complicity in Mullivaaykkal Genocide.

The UN, India and Sri Lanka fought a pitched battle against the Tamil Tigers, Vijaya Nambiar acted as a proxy for India in the UN. Ban Ki-moon appointed the Charles Petrie Report that condemned the conduct of the UN officials in the SL war against the Tamils.

Why Are Thai Authorities Unjust with Rohingyas?

The Rohingya are mostly stateless Muslims from Myanmar, also known as Burma.

(FRANKFURT Burma Times) - Thai authorities have sent around 1,300 Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar, a top official said on Thursday.

Thai authorities began deporting the Rohingya in September through a border checkpoint in the province of Ranong, national immigration chief Lieutenant General PharnuKerdlarpphon told AFP.

International Tamils Must Be Alert of India Diluting the US Resolution Again

“We will decide once the text of the resolution is made available. India has no position on it now,” - Indian Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh

(MELBOURNE) - After diluting two earlier UNHRC resolutions, India's Government said it was awaiting the final text of the resolution to be tabled on Sri Lanka at the UNHRC in order to decide its stand, if a vote is taken.

It won't be possible for India to dilute this resolution blatantly and nakedly, as they did in the earlier two resolutions.

A Repeated Call for Rohingya Unity!

The Rohingya people are still persistently being tortured and their situation becomes worse day by day.

(NEW YORK) - Rohingya unity is mandatory in finding solutions to problems facing one of the world’s most persecuted people.

The Rohingya have been, and remains a key point in many discussions around the world Rohingya diaspora and those who are still in Myanmar.

TNA Calls for International Probe Into Mannar Mass Grave as Toll Soars to 59

The skeletons recovered so far have been locked in boxes and preserved at Mannar hospital...

(COLOMBO JDS Lanka) - Sri Lanka’s major Tamil party, Tamil National Alliance on Wednesday called for an independent international probe into the Mannar mass grave.

The skeletal remains of people dug out from the grave site has risen to 59 by Tuesday, amid fears that it could well contain the remains of thousands of Tamil people who were made to disappear...

Burma Urged to Drop Census Questions on Ethnicity, Religion

After the last census in 1983, the military regime reported that Muslims constituted 4 percent of the population in the Buddhist-majority country, but this percentage may not be accurate.

(RANGOON) - The International Crisis Group (ICG) is urging the Burma government and the United Nations to amend the country’s nationwide census survey.

Targeted at influencing the way Muslims participate in the process, the census includes questions described as “needlessly antagonistic and divisive.”

16-Year-old Rohingya Muslim Girl Says She Was Gang Raped

Teen says the offenders were police and Buddhist villagers.

(DU CEE TAR TAN Village World Bulleti) - A 16-year-old Rohingya Muslim girl told Anadolu Agency that she was gang raped by police and local Rakhine villagers after an alleged massacre in Du Chee Yar Tan village, Rakhine state, Myanmar.

According to AA sources, at least 50 people were killed last month when a group of local Buddhists, backed by police, rampaged through the village killing the elderly, women and children.

UN Calls for Accountability And Sri Lanka Wants Time And Space

The human rights situation in Sri Lanka will come under scrutiny before the UNHRC at its 25th session.

(MELBOURNE) - This is a very good addendum, to what I wrote on Salman Khurshid's wakening, by Joseph Ladislaus.

He has dug up an old Tamil Net article on Vikatan's interview with Francis A. Boyles on the subject of the utility of Tamil Eelam to Indian security. This interview was given in May 2010 and reported in Tamil Net on 6 June 2010.

Rohingya: Time to Reflect for Consultative Leadership

Appeal to distinguished gentlemen and ladies regardless faith worldwide

(KUALA LAMPUR Burma Times) - The ongoing state-sponsored silent Rohingya massacre is a catastrophe not only for Rohingya but also for the humanity at large.

Thus, it is an obligation upon every individual who comes across this article to counsel Rohingya individuals and social and political parties to be unified...