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Bolivia: Human Rights Ambassador Shared Concern About Death Threats Against Ms Emma Bolshia Bravo Cladera

The intimidation and threats against ITEI and its director are not isolated threats.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - On 23 January 2014, the Institute of Therapy and Investigation into the After-effects of Torture and State Violence publicly and internationally denounced the continuous intimidation and death threats against director, Ms Emma Bolshia Bravo Cladera, and staff.

The ITEI is an independent organisation which works on defending citizens against violations of their human rights by the State.

Hearts On The Ground: Free the Lakota Children

"A nation is not conquered until the hearts of its women are on the ground."
- Native American Proverb - Please Help Spread the Word!

(NAIROBI, Kenya ECOTERRA) - As clearly documented in the new short web video “Hearts on the Ground,” by Sundance award-winning director Kalyanee Mam (just released at www.LakotaLaw.org/action), the epidemic of child taking by the State of South Dakota is tearing thousands of Lakota Sioux families apart.

Every day, Lakota grandmothers are illegally denied their right to foster their own grandchildren. The South Dakota Dept. of Social Services rejects grandmothers for such trivial reasons as too few rooms in a home, too small of a home, too old, decades old crimes, and even rumors.

Jaya to Take Steps Pushing Resolution in UN Against Sri Lanka

Says her govt firm on issue of declaring those who committed war crimes in Sri Lanka during internal strife.

(CHENNAI Business Standard) - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today said that steps would be taken to bring in a resolution against Sri Lanka in the United Nations after the general elections.

Replying on the motion of thanks to the Governor for his address in the State Assembly today, Jayalalithaa said that as the Parliament elections are slated soon, then the government would change and the scenes would also change.

Aid Flows Into Myanmar Despite Medieval Muslim Massacre

World Bank loan follows government complicity in Du Chee Yar killings.

(LONDON Burma Times) - On January 26, 2014, the World Bank approved a two billion dollar development aid package to Myanmar.

For the past two years, western countries led by the US have been rewarding Myanmar handsomely for what they regard as the government’s greater commitment to improving the human rights situation in the country.

Death List of 52 Rohingyas Given To National Human Rights Commission of Myanmar

The villagers submitted a death list of 52 people. They said that the death toll is higher than 100 and that they can have a full list once all the remaining villagers return to the village.

(MAUNGDAW Rohingya Blogger) - A delegation led by U Sit Myaing from National Human Rights Commission of Myanmar visited Duchiradan village on February 1, at 10 am where the mass killing took place.

The delegation met with villagers in Duchiradan middle hamlet and were told the following facts...

Super Bowl Ad Pits BDS Against SodaStream

The BDS campaign against SodaStream is only one of many such campaigns conducted by supporters of the BDS movement.

(CHICAGO) - A television ad which debuts during the Denver Broncos-Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl game Sunday, features Hollywood film star Scarlett Johansson (shown here in a poster picture).

The ad, for which the company SodaStream, paid $4 million, features Johansson as a sexy, convincing sales person for SodaStream’s home carbonation product.

Sri Lanka: Govt Impedes and Obstructs Genuine Reconciliation, Unwilling to Honestly Share Power with Northern Province

G. L. Peiris sheds crocodile tears to Nisha Biswal.

(MELBOURNE) - The Sri Lankan Foreign Minister, G.L. Peiris complained to the US Assistant Secretary of State Nisha Biswal that US applied different standards to Sri Lanka, when it came to its reconciliation efforts.

He pleaded with her that Sri Lanka needed time to bring about peace and harmony in the country. According to him 5 years was not enough.

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar): Urgent Appeal to the UN Regarding Recent Violence Against Rohingya

Myanmar’s government considers the estimated 800,000 Rohingya in the country to be foreigners while many citizens see them as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and view them with hostility.

(ISTANBUL Burma Times) - We are deeply concerned over the recent reports of violence against Rohingya people in Myanmar, and we are writing to you in order to urge you to put pressure to bear on the government of Myanmar.

As you also know, Myanmar’s government considers the estimated 800,000 Rohingya in the country to be foreigners while many citizens see them as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and view them with hostility.

Rohingya MP U Shwe Maung to be Arrested for Speaking Truth to Media

"The government will sue him as he spoke to Democratic Voice of Burma Burmese service that the houses in Duchiradan west hamlet were torched by police" - Rohingya activist Nay San Lwin.

(NAYPYIDAW Rohingya Blogger) - After spreading rumors on social media since Friday morning, a reliable source from Naypyidaw confirmed that U Shwe Maung, Member of Parliament representing Buthidaung township constituency of Arakan state, will be arrested on Monday.

RB News learned that MP U Shwe Maung is in Yangon, the former capital of Myanmar today. According to parliament schedule he will have to be in Naypyidaw on Monday.

The Rohingya People: the Most Suffering People on Earth

Denied citizenship in Myanmar, a Buddhist majority country, the Rohingyas have simply become the most unwanted people in our planet.

(PHILADELPHIA, PA) - The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was adopted by the United Nations 65 years ago in December of 1948.

The U.S. didn’t ratify the Genocide Convention for another 40 years. The late Sen. William Proxmire, a Democrat from Wisconsin, took up the task in the 1960s of getting the convention ratified.