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Kuwait: Ongoing Judicial Harassment and Detention of Bedoun Human Rights Defenders

Immediately and unconditionally drop all charges against and release Abdulhakim Al Fadhli

(WASHINGTON, DC) - On 24 February 2014, human rights defender Mr Abdulhakim Al Fadhli was chased by state security cars and then taken to state security headquarters, where he remains in detention.

Earlier that day, human rights defenders Mr Nawaf Al Hendal and Ms Hadil Abo Qoreis were summonsed via news broadcasts to appear before state security investigations service.

KIEV RIOTS - The Truth About The Ukraine Crisis

The U.S. military-industrial complex's latest neo-colonial adventure...

(LONDON) - Washington is engaged in a dangerous act of regime change that could spark a new cold war.

EU Commission boss Jose Manuel Barroso said his fellow globalist apparatchiks believe now is the time to impose sanctions on the government of Ukraine.

The Rise of Extremist Buddhism in Sri Lanka

After 30 years of an extremely bloody and vicious civil war, the country still does not seem to have resolved the problem of integrating its minorities.

(COLOMBO Mizo News) - These images, shown on the local television, may date from August 2013, but the attacks on the Muslim minority in Sri Lanka have only increased.

According to Colombo Police, nearly 20 mosques were attacked last year.

Sri Lanka: UN Report Must be Call to Action on International War Crimes Investigation

“This report has to be an eye-opener, and we urge the UN Human Rights Council in March to pass a strong resolution establishing international investigation” - Amnesty Intl.

(NEW YORK Amnesty Intl.) - The international community must act on a robust new UN report calling for an international investigation into alleged human rights violations and war crimes in Sri Lanka, Amnesty International said.

“Sri Lanka has so far done all it can to throw sand in the eyes of the international community and to block attempts to bring genuine accountability for past human rights violations."

Burma: A Sorry State of Health... and Aid Workers Under Fire from Rakhine groups

In the complete absence of medical care, aid workers say that children have died from cases as simple as a common cold.

(LONDON Burma Times) - Malnutrition, malaria, maternal mortality, diarrhoea and death – - this is how a medical aid worker would describe the state of the Rohingya Muslims in Arakan.

The situation is worse because the living conditions in the internally displaced persons (IDP) camp, home to more than one hundred thousand Rohingyas, has been described as the worst in the world...

Betrayal

There is an old Arab verse that says (in effect): ‘The oppression inflicted on me by my relatives is more painful than to be fiercely stabbed by my enemy.’

(LONDON) - The last 48 hours were the most grim, the most bitter of my entire life.

I could never have imagined in my darkest hour of despair that my own people would sell us and our just cause down the drain for the sake of convenience and pragmatism. Yet sell us they did, and very cheaply.

In the Coming Elections, Boycott Would­ be MPs who are Friends of Israel

Name and shame supporters of the racist regime!

(LONDON) - BDS, this is your big chance.... In the coming elections, Boycott would ­be MPs who are Friends of Israel. Name and shame supporters of the racist regime!

A recent article, 'Holocaust hullabaloo: another MP intimidated', tells how a British lady MP was harassed by the chief executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust...

Hindus Urge EU to Ensure Safety of Hungarian Roma in View of Chilling Harvard Report

Rajan Zed stressed that mechanisms should be urgently developed to protect the vulnerable Roma and racist narrative like “Gypsy crime” should be banned.

(RENO) - Hindus are concerned for the safety of Roma (Gypsies) in Hungary after a Harvard University report indicated “need for measures to ensure the physical and psychological safety of the Roma and other minority groups”.

Experts say that “warning signs exist”.

Palestinian Declaration

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(LONDON) - An invitation to All Palestinians and their supporters to unite under the banner of LIBERATION, affirming our Inalienable Rights and clarifying our aims and aspirations to ourselves and to the world.

For the sake of historical truth, and for defending, preserving and protecting the rights of future Palestinian children, we present this document...

Pressure Mounts on Sri Lanka, but Tamils Must be Alert Against US-India Manipulations

"If a referendum can happen in South Sudan, East Timor and Kosovo, why not in Sri Lanka." - Prime Minister of the transnational government of Tamil Eelam, Visvanathan Rudrakumaran

(MELBOURNE) - A Congress resolution calls on the Senate to commend the representatives of the US on their leadership on United Nations Human Rights Council Resolution (UNHRC), adopted March 21, 2013

The intent is to promote reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka.