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From Belfast to Palestine

"At any given moment 10% of those in prison are under 'Administrative Detention.'

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - David Rovics sings of connections between Khader Adnan's current hunger strike to the IRA hunger strikes of 1981:

High Court of Justice Delays Hearing Khader Adnan`s Urgent Appeal

The High Court of Justice decides to postpone to Thursday the urgent appeal in the case of hunger striker Khader Adnan – and may not reach a decision even then.

(TEL AVIV +972Mag) - Khader Adnan is on his 64th day of a hunger strike, and today the High Court of Justice (HCJ) decided to postpone to Thursday dealing with the urgent appeal in his case.

Senate Committee Approves Foreclosure Help, Protection for Unemployed

Series of bills to help struggling Oregonians clear Legislative hurdle

(SALEM) - A Senate committee took action this morning on several priority bills that will help Oregonians who continue to struggle in these tough times.

Special Report: UN Will Deny Tamils Justice

On the agenda for the upcoming 19th session, nothing about Sri Lanka...

(MANHATTAN, N.Y.) - Brace yourselves Tamils in and from Sri Lanka! The UN Human Rights Council will not grant you justice at its 19th session, or, perhaps, in any foreseeable future.

Remembering Fallen Marine Lance Corporal Osbrany Montes De Oca

"Our lives begin to end the day we remain silent about things that matter." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Edited by Coral Anika Theill

(UNIONTOWN, Pa.) - Lance Corporal Osbrany Montes De Oca of North Arlington, New Jersey died February 10th while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

Deadly Conflict of Interest in Nova Scotia Over Prescription Drug Monitoring?

"Our hopes are high. Our faith in the people is great. Our courage is strong. And our dreams for this beautiful country will never die." Pierre Trudeau

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - In July 2011, I wrote about the maker of OxyContin, Purdue Pharma, keeping the drugs flowing in Nova Scotia as a huge epidemic of death, addiction and abuse is being fought.

Abolishing the Palestinian Authority an Urgent Prerequisite to Liberation

The abolition of the PA is nothing but a smokescreen to enable Israel to ethnically cleanse itself while the world and Palestinian quislings are preoccupied with the pursuit of the mirage of a two-state solution.

(TEL AVIV) - Even as I write this, the bulldozers have been busy throughout that one indivisible country known by the bifurcated term Israel/Palestine.

Palestinian homes, community centres, livestock pens and other “structures” (as the Israel authorities dispassionately call them) have been demolished in the Old City, Silwan and various parts of “Area C” in the West Bank...

Sri Lanka`s Missing

Where are they?

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - What happened to dozens of LTTE members who surrendered to the army together with Rev. Francis Joseph, a Catholic priest, south of the Vadduvaakal bridge on May 18 2009?

“Aananthi” (not her real name), the wife of one of the disappeared, told Human Rights Watch that she saw the army load the priest and the LTTE members on to a bus and drive them away.

CHINA: Public Frustration Over Denial of Basic Rights and Freedoms, Magnified by a Lack of Rule of Law

Salem-News.com Eye on the World Report.

(SAYDABAD, Bangladesh) - Public frustration in China over the government’s denial of basic rights and freedoms, magnified by a lack of rule of law....

Will Another Documentary on Sri Lanka`s Genocide Impact the Geneva Human Rights Session?

Sinhalese journalists recoil with sharp tongues, yet they also speak truth about war crimes...

(SALEM) - Those responsible for ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’ will telecast another documentary in the first week of March to coincide with United Nations Human Rights Council sessions in Geneva.

UK based Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow, who had presented ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’ is also involved in the second project.