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Gunmen executing people in the streets - Homs eyewitness

Western-backed rebels in Syria are gunning down Christians from rooftops...

(MOSCOW RT) - People have been left without water or electricity as rebels destroy water pumps and power converters. Civilians are forced to stay inside as snipers shoot from the rooftops.

RT in Damascus managed to contact an eyewitness in Homs, who says gunmen are killing civilians in the streets. Galina says leaving home is out of the question, as snipers “can shoot you in the back.”

The Dragon Tattoo Girl Still Going Strong

You won't be disappointed.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - If you haven't read The Millennium Trilogy -- by the late Swedish mystery writer Stieg Larsson, you are among the very few who haven't.

All three books spent much time on best seller lists.

High Stakes in Geneva in 2009 and 2012: Dayan Jayatilleka recalls

Includes interview for the benefit of readers with due acknowledgement to Dianne Silva and the Daily Mirror.

(GENEVA) - The 19th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) has commenced in Geneva from February 27th.

It is very likely that Sri Lanka would figure as item 10 on the agenda during the concluding stages of the conclave in the days between March 21st to 23rd.

An Open Letter to Congressman Chandler Over Support of War Criminals

No politicians should endorse war crimes.

(HARRISVILLE, NH) - Your support of the Sri Lankan war criminals, as evidenced by the letter you recently penned to the President of the United States, is not just surprising, it is repulsive.

That anyone would support a government that takes part in the killing of innocent children is simply not understandable to me. Rape, torture, and mass murder of civilians constitute crimes that must not go unpunished.

RSF Appeals to UNHRC to Denounce Sri Lanka Over Curbing Media Freedom

Media minister Keheliya Rambukwella accused journalists of collaborating with the LTTE, foreign media and NGOs in order to smear Sri Lanka’s image.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Reporters Without Borders said, “For more than a year we have been seeing new forms of censorship and deterioration in journalists’ ability to work although the war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) officially ended in 2009.”

“Rather than wait until the Universal Periodic Review to make recommendations, the Human Rights Council’s members should adopt a resolution now urging the government to take measures to improve freedom of information.”

Sri Lanka: Government Promises, Ground Realities

In other ways, too, the government shows little willingness to move toward a negotiated political settlement that would devolve meaningful power to the north and east.

(BRUSSELS) - Nearly three years since declaring victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Sri Lanka’s post-war course is threatening future violence.

As its 19^th session in Geneva begins this week, the UN Human Rights Council has a chance to do something about it.

`From Misurata we came to free Syria!`
Homs in the Hell of Armed Groups

If you want to speak of "heroes" in Syria, then you should refer to all parties who are suffering, not only to the "heroes" recognized by the West ...

(ROME) - Homs, now, is nothing but a sinister battlefield.

Government soldiers face armed groups which, according to independent witnesses about the true nature of the rebellion, are blindly firing cannon shots to sow terror and death, then pretending that only government forces are bombarding the city.

India Concerned Over Resolutions at UNHRC

Sri Lanka is one of the countries against which a resolution is expected to be presented at the ongoing UNHRC session.

(GENEVA) - India is concerned that the recent trend of country specific resolutions may well weaken constructive dialogue and cooperative approach which has prevailed so far in the UN Human Rights Council.

Sri Lanka is one of the countries against which a resolution is expected to be presented at the ongoing UNHRC session and Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe had said this week that Sri Lanka is hopeful of India’s support against the resolution.

Sri Lanka`s Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished

The documentary forensically examines four specific cases and investigates who was responsible.

(LONDON) - Last year Channel 4 broadcast Sri Lanka's Killing Fields, an investigation of the last few weeks of the war between the government of Sri Lanka and the rebel forces of the Tamil Tigers (LTTE).

Presented by Jon Snow, it featured devastating video evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity - some of the most horrific footage Channel 4 has ever broadcast.

Sri Lanka Rattled by Planned UN Rights Resolution

Activists say that the government needs to show a consistent intent that it is serious about carrying through the LLRC recommendations, rather than reacting when calls for international scrutiny are heard.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - Strung across the main road leading away from the international airport is a banner that has an intriguing message: ‘USA, Pls Do Not Support Terrorism’.

Most of the other large billboards and banners on the same stretch are also directed at visiting tourists, but these are less political and exhort them to visit beach locations or buy jewelery.