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Will UNHRC Initiatives End the Lankan Genocide Despite the Re-Invigorated South Block Captive India

(GRAPHIC PHOTOS) The end of Sinhala oppression is only feasible once its military occupation of the North is ended.

(COLOMBO, GroundReports) - Colombo boastfully hawks its National Action Plan (NAP) implementing all the inconsequentials in the LLRC’s proposals but omits the crucial political element.

The NAP is a diversion to tire out the international community away from efforts to hold Lanka accountable for its grave crimes against humanity.

Planting Pandas in the Land of Tigers?

China to build military base in Tamil country; the North-East of Sri Lanka.

(SALEM) - In its ever expanding world chess game, China is spending US$ 100 million for army welfare projects initiated by the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence.

With its reputation as a tourist destination soiled. Colombo will now take Chinese communist blood money to make ends meet, that's just great.

Israel: Military Justice System Fails Victims of Gaza Conflict

Israel has avoided responsibility for the slaughter of 1400+ in 'operation cast lead'; this is the story of two.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Newscasters, editorial writers and columnists regularly overreact to the rare and occasional Israeli death blamed on Palestinians.

Yet they totally ignore the fact that Israel kills Palestinian civilians in a manner that could be considered routine.

Shining Light on Sri Lanka`s Dirty Secret: the Disappearance of Prageeth Eknaligoda

Land of 'white van' disappearances and murder keeps its lips sealed over fate of missing journalist.

(SALEM) - Exactly one year ago today, we brought our readers the story, Everyone's asking 'Where's Prageeth?'

His story has remarkable ties to many other media disappearances that left behind widows, fatherless children and unanswered questions.

Israeli Inquiry Into Rachel Corrie Death Insufficient, US Ambassador Tells Family

US government says inquiry was 'thorough, credible and transparent', as family await verdict in civil suit.

(JERUSALEM Guardian) - The US ambassador to Israel told the family of an American pro-Palestinian activist who was killed in Gaza in 2003 that the US government remains dissatisfied with the Israeli army's decision to close its official investigation into the incident.

Rachel Corrie was crushed to death as she tried to stop an Israeli army bulldozer from destroying a Palestinian house in Rafah.

Corrie Family Waits For Tuesday Verdict

The ruling will mark the end of the latest chapter in the Corrie family’s long ordeal as they seek justice over their daughter’s death.

(CHICAGO) - Rachel Corrie’s parents, Craig and Cindy (above), and her sister, Sarah, are in Israel this week, waiting for a verdict from the Haifa District Court on the family’s suit against the government of Israel.

The verdict from Judge Oded Gershon, is expected to be announced Tuesday.

Sri Lanka at UNHRC: Lawlessness and Impunity Prevailing

Sri Lanka needs to be admonished for impunity, lawlessness and systemic genocide in regard to Illegal detentions, enforced disappearances.

(GENEVA) - Since the end of civil war on May 19, 2009, the Sri Lankan Government has been increasingly manifesting its racist, militaristic, despotic tendencies.

The Untold Stories: Kagame a Wounded Buffalo

Will the ICC Prosecute a Man who "stopped" Genocide in Rwanda?

(WASHINGTON DC) - Lawyer Christopher Black on behalf of the Rwandese and Congolese coalition presented a petition to the International criminal court based in the Hague.

It requests Fatou Bensouda, the new Chief Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, to investigate and indict Rwandan President Paul Kagame.

Sri Lanka: Moving From Tamil Eelam To Eelam Tamil - Analysis

The DMK would do well to listen to Ram Vilas Paswan, president of Lok Janshakti Party, suggestion at the conference to make people in the rest of India aware of the sufferings of Lankan Tamils to mobilise mass support for their cause.

(CHENNAI, India) - Dravida Munnetra Kazagham (DMK) leader M Karunanidhi seems to have quietly acquiesced to New Delhi’s pressure.

Now the focus is shifting to his widely publicized “Eelam Tamils’ Rights Protection Conference” on August 12 from ‘Tamil Eelam’ to ‘Eelam Tamil.’ The exercise was more than semantics...

`Democracy Demands an Opposition Party`

Today is a historical day for Rwanda that will never be forgotten.

(WASHINGTON DC) - As Martin Luther King Jr. said, “It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.”

The sacrifice for peace marched today in Rwanda as members of opposition groups marched in a peaceful demonstration as Rwandan and Congolese groups presented a case against President Paul Kagame at the ICC today.