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Global Event Embraces Local Issues Through Poetry, Music, Art and More

Nearly 700 Events Planned in More Than 115 Countries for 100 Thousand Poets for Change.

(SANTA ROSA, CA) - September 29, 2012 marks the second annual global event of 100 Thousand Poets for Change.

This grassroots organization that brings poets, artists and musicians (new this year) together to call for environmental, social, and political change, within the framework of peace and sustainability.

Joe Paterno, Icon or Moron?

This famous money making coach of great sports success did no service to the athletes and their families.

(CLEVELAND) - The tribute to a coach who did nothing to help sex abuse victims at Penn State is emblazoned across the university wall, it calls him a humanitarian... cough.

And what about that statue? Could a finer reminder for Penn State exist? Perhaps it should stay right where it is to remind people of things they should never forget.

Sindhi Nationalist Missing Person Sanauallah Bhati

Pakistan's civilian government has stated that it has little to no control over agencies like ISI, notorious for torture.

(SINDH, Pakistan) - Political Activist Tando Mohd Khan, President of Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM) has been abducted a second time by the Notorious Pakistani Agency ISI.

He has remained in their custody since 2 July 2011, still under detention of ISI Torture Cell.

My Beloved has Many Faces

In the eyes of a Jerusalemite child, I saw the face of my beloved

(LONDON) - How constant must the call for freedom in Palestine be? How much longer, how much louder must this voice grow? For what length of time do the poets have to write verse?

Sri Lanka Denies Heavy Ongoing Military Occupation in North

"The statistics on army deployment in the North bear out the British High Commissioner’s concern was the same as Tamil minority concern"

(JAFFNA, Sri Lanka) - After the British High Commissioner points out the untruth(=lie) spoken by the President in his ''hero day'' speech on 19 May, the Jaffna Army Commander comes up with more untruth(=lie):

Jaffna Security Forces Commander Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe yesterday told The Island that since the conclusion of the conflict there had been a steady reduction of military presence in the Jaffna peninsula.

IDF on `Hunt` for Draft Dodgers, Deserters

Israel's vengeance toward its own who resist violence, keeps growing.

(TEL AVIV) - According to Israeli military records, there are 2,700 deserters and 1,780 draft dodgers in Israel.

In the last week alone, the IDF has arrested 474 of them as part of its largest-ever operation to apprehend them.

Mullivaikaal - The Time For Mourning Is Over

What happened three years back at this place called Mullivaikaal?

(LONDON Countercurrents) - Some called it a climax of a long story. It is a turning point. Some called it a full-stop. It is a comma. Many call it a tragedy. Of Epic proportions in the history of the Tamils.

Tragedies are often best expressed in verse. I found the best description of what happened in Mullivaikaal in the verses of Pablo Neruda.

Letter from Salem-News.com Human Rights Ambassador Brings Relief to Torture Victim in Pakistan

Pakistani authoritarians referenced the intervention of Salem-News.com's Human Rights ambassador.

(SALEM / GILGIT / HONG KONG) - After 12 days of torture, Pakistani government officials provided medical attention to noted Pakistani activist Baba Jan Hunzai.

The news of his finally receiving treatment, came with confirmation that the report we published yesterday, was involved in the government's decision to in fact intervene.

PAKISTAN: Baba Jan Brutally Tortured by ISI

Salem-News.com Human Rights activist William Gomes contact Pakistan's President over torture and human rights violations.

(HONG KONG) - The unlawful imprisonment and degrading torture inflicted on noted human rights and land activist Baba Jan Hunzai, and four other activists in Pakistan, proves that torture is now endemic around the country.

Sadly, military intelligence personnel continue to commit torture with full impunity.

I am ANTI STATE!

Examining world crime in rhyme.

(HONG KONG) - We are pleased to carry this poem by our Human Rights Ambassador William Gomes, about the reality so many face:.

State terrorism, government killings, religious oppression causing Genocide fascist policies... out of control.