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SRI LANKA: More Skeletons to be Exhumed from Mass Grave in Mannaar

The excavation of mass grave was carried out with Mannaar Justice Ananthy Kanagaratnam present at the site on Saturday and Sunday. The work was expected to continue on Monday.

(MANAAR TamilNet) - Medical experts from Colombo must be present in order to further excavate the recently located mass grave in Mannaar, Sri Lankan police officials said as the work was suddenly stopped on Monday after 11 full human skeletons were recovered from the site at Thirukkeatheesvaram.

Northern Provincial Council minister of fisheries Mr Deinswaran, who witnessed the excavation, said the bones bore marks of torture.

AOHR: The European Union and US Back the PA Security Violations

"The Palestinian people need international protection first to face the aggression of the PA" - AOHR

(LONDON) - The London-based Arab organization for human rights (AOHR) said that the security policy which is pursued by the Palestinian Authority (PA) has made the Palestinian people vulnerable and undermined their steadfastness in the face of the occupation.

In a press release on Monday, the Arab organization stated that the Israeli political and security officials every once in a while praise the PA security apparatuses and call for more cooperation...

`The Answer to BDS is Jewish Power`

You may note that Cohen doesn’t refer to the ‘Israeli Lobby’ or the ‘Zionist federation.’ He is precise and accurate. He points at ‘Jews’, ‘their power’ and the ability to ‘wield it.’

(LONDON) - While the BDS and Electronic Abunimah make a continuous and relentless effort to stop us from talking about ‘Jewish Power', Ben Cohen and The Algemeiner stated today, in the open, that “The Answer to BDS is Jewish Power.”

Respect Jesus` Teachings and Do Not Include Us in SC Category

Indian Church authority efforts to put Dalit Christians yet again in the scheduled Caste list would promote casteism in Christianity.

(NEW DELHI) - The Poor Christian Liberation Movement (PCLM) and United Christian Democratic Forum (UCDF) have named Church Authorities of conspiring to include them in the Scheduled Caste list, which they said is not acceptable to Dalit Christians.

In an open letter to His Holiness Pope Francis and Church Authorities, the PCLM President R. L. Francis, Advocate George Tomas, Rev. Ashwini Kumar and P. B. Lomeo said that Dalits converted to Christianity prefer to preserve their dignity, and are willing to forgo Scheduled Caste tag.

Xmas Greetings to the UK Government...

... and a reminder of the misery its inaction perpetuates across the Holy Land "So this is Christmas And what have you done?"

(LONDON) - Hello, the holly­decked halls of Westminster. Be of good cheer, all you chaps in your little festive bubble. I thought you might enjoy this Xmas message from Lennon/Ono... my era but oh so relevant today.

At this important time who can forget how the British government, after its eager support for the Iraq war and its antics in Afghanistan and Libya, was itching to unleash more death and destruction a few weeks ago, this time on the Syrians while simultaneously imposing relentless hardships on the citizens of Iran?

Egypt: Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights Raided by Security Forces

Five of the six detainees were released on the morning of 19 December 19, at approximately 11:00 a.m., while Mohamed Adel is still in detention and his whereabouts remain unknown.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - William Nicholas Gomes, Human Rights Ambassador for Salem-News.com views the crackdown on ECESR as a part of an escalating harsh campaign to silence human rights defenders in Egypt.

This campaign started with defaming human rights organisations in the media, in the framework of the “war on terrorism”, before escalating to direct and physical attacks against human rights defenders.

Myanmar`s Religious Segregation and Apartheid Policy Against Minority Muslims

In 2012, two eruptions of violence between Rohingyas and majority Buddhists in Rakhine State in western Myanmar killed at least 192 people and made 140,000 homeless.

(DHAKA, Bangladesh) - The Rohingya Muslim population is mostly concentrated in the three northern townships: Maungdaw, Buthidaung and Rathedaung. The Rohingyas speak a Bengali dialect.

They suffer from several forms of restrictions and human rights violations. The vast majority of them have effectively been denied Myanmar citizenship.

Protest Against Disappearances in Sri Lanka

"Release Lalith and Kugan and stop abductions and torture," the crowd shouted at Tuesday's demonstration...

(COLOMBO) - This is a demonstration organised against the disappearances of Tamils in Sri Lanka, The Sri Lankan armed forces, under Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, and its Tamil paramilitary agents were the main operators.

Lalith Weeraraj and Kugan Muruganathan's crimes were to organise rallies two years ago in the North to help Tamils families trace their loved ones, but they were surprised to find themselves abducted instead. To date there is no sign of them.

The Enduring Power of Zionism`s Propaganda Lies

A still smallish but growing number of North American and European Jews are beginning to speak out and distance themselves from the Zionist monster.

(LONDON) - Evidence that the mainstream media is not prepared to balance Zionism’s propaganda lies with the truth of history as it relates to the making and sustaining of the conflict in and over Palestine that became Israel was on display in the BBC’s obituary tribute to David Coleman who died at the age of 87 on 21 December.

The face and voice of BBC Television’s sports coverage for the best part of half a century, he was in Munich for the 1972 Olympics where, according to the commentary of the BBC’s tribute to him, “Arab gunmen held hostages and then killed the Israeli athletes.”

New Mass Grave Found in Sri Lanka

At least 154 people had been buried in the grave at the central district of Matale, a hotbed of an anti-government uprising between 1987 and 1990.

(COLOMBO Sky News) - An unmarked mass grave has been found in Sri Lanka's former war zone, the first discovery of an unmarked gravesite since troops defeated Tamil rebels more than four years ago, police say.

Construction workers in the coastal district of Mannar stumbled on at least 10 skeletal remains buried at a location where they were laying a new water pipe, said police spokesman Ajith Rohana.