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Appalled at Swiss Woman`s Gang-Rape, Zed Asks India for Serious Soul Searching

Continuing indifference to the maltreatment of women was not acceptable in the 21st century world.

(RENO) - Expressing shock at the reported gang-rape of a Swiss woman in Madhya Pradesh on March 15 after the recent death of Delhi bus gang-rape victim, distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed has urged India to do serious soul searching on the treatment of women.

India could not even provide safer environment for the guests and her own women to go about their daily lives.

Hindus Upset at India`s Income Tax Department Saying Hinduism Not a religion

Any standard encyclopedia would tell you that Hinduism was the oldest and third largest religion of the world - Hindu Statesman Rajan Zed

(RENO) - Hindus are upset at recent reported order of an Income Tax Tribunal in Maharashtra that “Hinduism is neither a religion nor Hindus form a religious community”.

Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that it was a bizarre, inappropriate and shocking statement.

Tamil Nadu Students Burn US Draft Resolution

Student protests and hunger strikes have begun in several towns and cities that are historically and geographically significant in setting trends in Tamil Nadu.

(CHENNAL TamilNet) - Protest have been started by the Loyola College students in Chennai against an empty US resolution on Sri Lanka at Geneva and the Tamil Nadu State Government action against the protest.

They have triggered spontaneous statewide student uprising that is not depending on any political party, news sources in Tamil Nadu said.

CSF General Secretary Calls For Department Action Against Senior Police Officials

Justice Michael Saldanha and Community Groups Slam Thane Rural Police For Registering False Complaints Against Joseph Dias

(COLOMBO Sri Lanka) - The following memo was presented to Chief Minister and Home Minister:

Praise and thank God for his mercy. You will recollect that we had asked you to pray for an end to the persecution that the CSF, myself and my family, our partners, collaborators and beneficiaries have been going through.

Black Flag Day in Tamil Nadu Expresses Solidarity with Eelam Tamils

Americans remain in the dark about the war crimes, ethnic cleansing and Genocide of Sri Lankan Tamils.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Salem-News.com will join media in India to observe Black Flag Day on the 4^th March 2013.

We do not let a single day pass without lamenting the fate of Sri Lankan Tamils who were slaughtered without mercy by the government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) in the final months of the country's 26-year long civil war.

EFI: Persecution in Chhattisgarh & Madhya Pradesh

About 500 Christians participated in the sit-in protest against the incident organized by the local dstrict Christian community.

(CHHATTISGARH, India ICAN) - On 8 February in Rajnandgoan, Raipur, police registered an First Information Report (FIR) against two pastors after a mob of Hindu extremists barged into the special meeting of Indian Christian Assembly of God Church and beat up Christians, injuring four.

The extremists forcefully entered into the meeting attended by about 300 Christians...

Without Truth, There Can Be No Justice or Peace

Callum Macrae insists that revealing the truth is essential to create peace and justice and that is his job.

(NEW DELHI Times of India) - Macrae‘s documentary No Fire Zone: Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields is making waves, showing war crimes during the LTTE-government conflict. Speaking with  Manoj Ramachandran for Times of India, Macrae discussed his views on the Sri Lankan government, why accountability is crucial — and how India can help:

What’s significant is the shocking scale of war crimes committed by a government which claims democratic legitimacy and adherence to international humanitarian law.

India: Growing Inequality and Destructive Development

Misery for the many, benefits for the few.

(LONDON) - Despite a foundation of deep spirituality and philosophical treasures, New India is racing, no time to spare towards the Alter of Materiality and Market Fundamentalism.

It is all taking place under the careful guidance of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The Killing of a Young Boy

The new photographs tell a chilling story. This child is not been lost of course: he has been captured and is being held in a sandbag bunker, apparently guarded by a Sri Lankan Army soldier.

(LONDON Channel 4) - New photographs of LTTE chief Velupillai Prabakaran’s son just before he was shot dead, obtained by Channel 4 TV, leave more questions for Sri Lanka to answer about war crimes

It is a war that has produced some truly terrible images, but this one is particularly disturbing. A young boy sits looking distressed, like a child who has been lost in a supermarket.

Tamil Groups Welcome UN Rights Chief`s Call For Independent International Investigation in Sri Lanka

The evidence is mounting, and the reports are repetitive: Sri Lanka cannot evade international scrutiny by seeking more time and space.

(LONDON / TORONTO / WASHINGTON D.C.) - The British Tamils Forum, the Canadian Tamil Congress, and United States Tamil Political Action Council acknowledge the new report by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Welcoming Navi Pillay’s commitment to human rights in Sri Lanka, the use of the Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission as a framework against which to measure progress is a grave mistake.