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Who Killed Lassantha??

As the UNCHR meeting nears - the heat is intensifying against Sri Lanka.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka ) - Dear Mr. Wickramatunge and Mr. Kurukulasuriya, I refer to the letter written by Mr. Wickramatunge and delivered to Ms. Navi Pillai, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, through Mr. Kurukulasuriya in London.

Since we will be circulating this letter to the general public I am adding the link to the article published in the Colombo Telegraph, hereunder, for reference purposes.

Much Ado About Guns

Canada has too many regulation, the US has too few...

(GOLD RIVER, BC) - Ever since the school shooting in Connecticut last December the US media and web sites have been engaged in an endless stream of rhetoric about gun control.

Most of the loudest of it lacking any foundation in common sense with factoids tossed hither and yon with little relevance...

A Hundred and Fifty Reasons to Support Salem-News.com

Numerous reasons to consider our mission.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - It is a long list, and really doesn't cover everything. If I repeated words or thoughts I will correct them. The reasons that justify our existence, it seems, far outnumber what I have listed here.

Our continued operation and existence as a news agency is in need of funding and those inclined to help are appreciated to no end.

Sri Lanka: Skeletons in the Cupboard?

The high commissioner again called for an international investigation into alleged war crimes committed as the 27-year-long war drew to a close four years ago.

(LONDON Channel 4) - The UN Human Rights Commissioner didn’t mince her words this week when she accused the Sri Lankan government of ‘triumphalism’ in the Tamil north, home of the vanquished Tamil Tiger insurgency.

In a report published on Monday, Navi Pillay said civilians in the region known as ‘the Vanni’ have been forbidden from commemorating those killed in the war.

Reporters Without Borders` Team Wishes You an Excellent 2013

In English and French...

(PARIS) - Our year began with Tunisia’s President Moncef Marzouki receiving us at the presidential palace in Carthage.

Gunsmoke and Mirrors

My greatest hope is that in their arrogance they have underestimated us.

(SAN BLAS, Mexico) - I'm not buying it. Not for one second. I do not believe that the government is going to start seizing legally owned guns from it's citizens. And furthermore, I do not believe that the government believes it either.

The only thing they would gain would be civil war, and I think they know that they would lose that fight.

Survey Finds NRA Members United

91% of NRA Members Support Laws to Stop Mentally Ill from Acquiring Firearms.

(FAIRFAX, VA) - The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action conducted a national scientific poll of its members and found near unanimity among NRA members on a wide range of issues involving mental health reform and firearm rights.

Gun control advocates including New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, as well as various media outlets, have released data claiming to represent the views of NRA members...

The Struggle to Go Home in Post war Sri Lanka: The Story of Mullikulam

Their struggle to return home continues.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka GroundViews) - In 2011, a young Advanced Level student from Mullikulam in the district of Mannar, living as an Internally Displaced Person (IDP) in a camp in Thalvupadu, Mannar, shared with me an assignment she had done about her village and effects of displacement.

She proudly described the richness of her hometown in terms of natural resources, culture and traditions.

THE SUFFERING GRASSES Film Screening at Portland State University - January 24 at 7:00 pm

Panel discussion with Taghrid Khuri, Steve Nakana & performance with hip hop artist Omar Offendum follows.

(PORTLAND, OR) - A year and a half after the revolution in Syria began, activists struggling for freedom need support more than ever.

The Suffering Grasses is a film on Syria's troubled revolution, which conveys the situation in all of its complexity...

A Commentary on the Second Amendment

Opponents confuse the Founders original intent...

(WOODLAND HILLS, CA) - Everyone with a sense of humanity detests seeing families destroyed, and innocent children sacrificed as we witness at Sandy Hook School.

The argument to reduce guns produces a safer society beguiles the public, promotes politicians and fails to hold wicked people accountable for their actions.