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Human Rights Groups Call for Immediate Transfer of Hunger Strikers to Civilian Hospitals

Call is for immediate intervention to provide all hunger strikers with unrestricted access to independent doctors.

(FREIDBURG, Germany) - Two organisations dedicated to the promotion and protection of human rights are calling for Israel to transfer hunger striking prisoners to civilian hospitals.

The 'Palestinian Council of Human Rights Organizations' and 'Physicians for Human Rights-Israel' are gravely concerned for the lives of three Palestinian prisoners who remain on hunger strike in Israeli prison.

WFP Humanitarian Convoy Attacked in Parwan, Province

It's the first time a WFP-marked convoy was directly attacked in Afghanistan.

(KABUL, Afghanistan) - A convoy of WFP trucks carrying humanitarian food supplies was attacked by unknown assailants, 4 June.

The drivers are safe, but three of the trucks and their contents were burned.

Ocampo Says Speech Can Be Crime, Steps Back from Sri Lanka Mapping

Sri Lanka's General Shavendra Silva, depicted in Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's own report engaged in war crimes.

(UNITED NATIONS) - As International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo delivered his swan song Tuesday in a Security Council briefing on Darfur, Sudan's Permanent Representative Daffa-Alla Elhag Ali Osman sounded a discordant note outside at the stakeout.

In the end each man declared victory.

The Sri-Lanka-China Relationship: A Print Media Analysis

The policy of harmony and China’s deep pockets are vital signs of Sri Lanka shifting closer to China’s orbit.

(NEW DELHI, India IPCS) - China’s deepening relationship with Sri Lanka is becoming increasingly conspicuous as the emerging super power extends relations beyond its sphere of influence.

This paper brings out the Sri Lankan perceptions of the unconditional and timely help of China for Sri Lanka’s overall development.

Sri Lankan president`s Speech Cancelled Amid Torture Claims

Protests halt Rajapakse's address in City of London as Tamils deported from UK claim abuses.

(LONDON) - A MEETING in the City of London due to be addressed by the President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapakse has been cancelled following the threat of large demonstrations by Tamil groups, Channel 4 reports.

Metropolitan police had raised concerns about policing the event organised by the Commonwealth Business Council.

SRI LANKA: Is The Police Spokesperson Living On The Moon?

Had Ajith Rohana examined YouTube he would have been able to watch over a hundred and fifty Sri Lankan victims of torture speaking of their ordeals in graphic detail.

(HONG KONG) - The Daily Mirror online edition the police spokesperson, SP Ajith Rohana is quoted as saying "Generally as a practice torture never takes place in Lankan Police stations."

This police spokesperson, who is also said to be an Attorney-at-Law, is further quoted as saying, "Torture is often misconstrued by the Media and the public.

The Lies About the 1967 War are Still More Powerful than the Truth

On this 45th anniversary of the start of the Six Days War...

(LONDON) - In retrospect it can be seen that the 1967 war, the Six Days War, was the turning point in the relationship between the Zionist state of Israel and the Jews of the world.

Until the 1967 war, and with the exception of a minority of who were politically active, most non-Israeli Jews did not have - how can I put it?

Compare Responses to Israeli Massacres and Syrian Massacres

The Israeli human-rights organization B’Tselem filed a complaint, and the Israeli military opened an inquiry into the attack on the Samouni family.

(RICHMOND, R.I.) - The U.N. Security Council unanimously condemned the massacre of more than 100 people in Houla, Syria.

But no Security Council resolution condemned Israel’s killing of 1,417 Palestinians, including 313 children, in Gaza in 2008/2009.

War Crimes against Sri Lankan Soldiers Swept Under the Carpet

No one has uttered a word about the possibility of war crimes perpetrated by the Sri Lankan forces against its own soldiers.

(LONDON Sri Lanka Guardian) - Much has been spoken about and campaigned against on the war crimes perpetrated by the government forces and the LTTE.

But war crimes committed on the dead Sri Lankan soldiers by the state has never touched the conscience of the war victims, war crimes campaigners and the media yet.

Activist James Morris Confronts John McCain for Ignoring Israeli Attack of USS Liberty

Many call him the Manchurian Candidate; at any rate McCain is a sellout to his fellow sailors...

(SALEM) - Memories of the deadly and intense 1967 Israeli attack on the American Navy ship, U.S.S. Liberty, will never go away.

You might assume that John McCain, a former U.S. Naval officer, would be a proponent of this movement for accountability. No dice though.