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Myanmar`s Suspension of MSF`s Work in Arakan is Criminal

The MSF, much to the annoyance of the government, confirmed that their medics had treated 22 patients near the site of an alleged attack.

(PHILADELPHIA, PA) - Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, have been asked by the Mynamar government to shut its operation inside Arakan.

The group has been operating in Burma (Myanmar) since 1992...

Burma Suspends All Aid Operations of MSF

The US Embassy said on Friday afternoon that it was aware of the reported suspension of MSF operations and voiced concern over the impact on local communities.

(RANGOON) - The government has suspended all operations of Médicine Sans Frontièrs (MSF) in Burma.

This follows disagreements over the implementation of aid programs in Arakan State, where the group offered vital medical aid to Rohingya Muslims.

Human Rights, Amnesty and More

Friday, there were lots of injuries due to attacks by occupation forces on demonstrators throughout the West Bank.

(BETHLEHEM) - A busy weeks comes to a close. In addition to clinical, laboratory, teaching, and museum work, other highlights follow.

Tuesday night we listened to Amira Hass articulate how Israeli policies of ethnic cleansing and domination continue unhindered.

Sri Lanka Under Fire for War Crimes at Human Rights Council

The Rome-based Tribunal is an outgrowth of the original war crimes tribunal created during the war against Southeast Asia by Bertrand Russell and Jean Paul Sartre.

(COPENHAGEN) - Geo-politically important Sri Lanka is among several countries, including Syria, under scrutiny at the 25th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva (March 3-28).

High Commissioner Navi Pillay of the Human Rights Council (HRC) will introduce a resolution recommending that Sri Lanka promote reconciliation and accountability with the minority Tamil people.

Wounded Knee Massacre by Christians Crusaders

Please don’t be confused with Wounded Knee Incident.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - The Wounded Knee Massacre occurred on December 29,1890, near Wounded Knee Creek (Lakota: Čhaŋkpé Ópi Wakpála) on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the U.S. state of South Dakota.

It was the last battle of the American Indian Wars.

AIPAC Policy Conference 2014 - Boycott AIPAC

"It's exciting to see so many people together who understand that sometimes you have to violate other people's human rights, if you want to take their land."

(WASHINGTON, DC) - AIPAC, the American-Israeli Political Action Committee, remains deeply committed to the Jewish and Israeli cause.

Drawing thousands each year, 2014 will be an interesting year as Americans are finally beginning to publicly object to Israel's...

We Must Pull Financial Rug from Underneath Israel: Anna O`Leary (VIDEO)

Netanyahu and his ministers are in a big flux... (Video set to autoplay)

(TEHRAN / DUBLIN Press TV) - Press TV has conducted an interview with Anna O'Leary, a political commentator, from Ireland, about the global boycott of Israeli-made products in the occupied Palestine.

O'Leary said, "I’m delighted to be asked to comment on this because I’m very proud of Luxembourg, which is a very small country like Ireland."

Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Sri Lanka

Full report from Human Rights Council's Twenty-fifth session.

(GENEVA) - Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Promoting reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka.

The Office acknowledges the progress made in reconstruction and the implementation of some of the recommendations made by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission.

Tamils Worldwide Must Not be Complacent on UNHRC Resolution in 2014

"The Sri Lankan government has refused to address its role in the deaths of tens of thousands at the end of the country’s brutal civil war..." - UNHRC Chief Navi Pillay

(MELBOURNE) - A careful study of the first 3 links below reveals the International Community (IC) may not go for independent international investigation.

It may not be fully international, as Tamil Net has pointed out that there may be some loopholes in the resolution.

Netanyahu: `Peace? No thanks but I`ll accept the box of chocolates`

Obama is preparing to play his own part in the blame game - covering his backside.

(LONDON) - I have long thought that Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, a senior member of the PLO’s Executive Committee and the Palestine Legislative Council, is the most articulate spokesperson in Israeli occupied territory for her cause.

Her latest comment is a bleak assessment of the prospects for getting a real peace process going.