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The Constitution: `it`s just a piece of paper`

Recognize this? “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances”.

(JAMESTOWN, R.I.) - The bill of rights and the Constitution formerly had meaning, but now it is meaningless, for as George W. Bush purportedly told Republican members in Congress: “Stop throwing the constitution in my face; it’s just a goddamned piece of paper”.

Who is Rama and who is Ravana in the Sri Lankan war?

We did not physically live with India when we grew up and reached adulthood. Why would we need India now to relate?

(MELBOURNE Sri Lanka Guardian) - I read with appreciation, the Summary Report of the meeting of UK based Alliance for Peace and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka (APRSL) in the British parliament on the theme of ‘Tamil friends of India and the way forward’, published in Sri Lanka Guardian.

It is reported that Mr. Krishnarajah, a solicitor, claims that his wife had earned the name ‘Madurai Meenakshi’. The Reports says ‘He went into greater length to explain why India is motherland for Sri Lankan Tamils and passionately appealed for the relationship to progress in the best interest of India and the Tamils.’

Beyond the Rule of Law: Being a Political Prisoner in HMP Cardiff

The Trials and Tribulations by a Chronic Litigant in Person Aged 66

(LONDON) - Maurice J Kirk BVSc[1] was arrested in Tottenham Police Station in London on 21st September 2011, when he witnessed a street fight and tried to recuperate two mobile phones. The Police had confiscated the phones as evidence, when Mr Kirk tried to help the Nigerian couple whose six children were kidnapped by Haringey Council in April 2010.

He was transferred to HMP Cardiff where he has been harassed by South Wales Police for years.

Questions from a `Loyal American`

U.S. military spending equals that of all the rest of the countries in the world combined.

(TEHRAN Tehran Times) - “Islam is a violent religion. That is why we are punishing them and will continue to do so for many years until they reform their idiotic aggressive and violent religion,” writes one “loyal American citizen”, unleashing a virulent polemic against Islam and Muslims.

Where`s the support for the WikiLeaks whistleblower?

Today Obama has still done nothing about the massacre. And he is still holding Bradley Manning without trial.

(RICHMOND, R.I.) - The whistleblowers who exposed the mishandling of remains of deceased American soldiers were rightly praised for revealing the outrage.

Compare this to President Obama’s treatment of a suspected whistleblower in an earlier crime. Instead of requiring an investigation of a massacre outed in a WikiLeaks video, Obama ordered the arrest of 22-year-old PFC Bradley Manning.

Six Americans Were Held Against their Will in Norway

"I was kidnapped and terrorized by another country" - Mike Kondash of Salem, Oregon

(SALEM) - Six Americans traveling to Norway for a five-day vacation were immediately taken into custody after landing at the Stavanger airport last week.

Occupy Tahrir Square vs. Occupy America

“... make no mistake, the thousands in Tahrir square will not lose hope nor can they afford to.”

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - Egypt, a land embedded in ancient history with an old legacy of oppression and abuse of power, its people are awakening and refusing to yield to any kind of tyranny or autocracy be it of civilian or military authority.

But obviously somebody, and that somebody is unfortunately in command right now, doesn’t seem to get this message.

Salem Occupies Oregon State Parks

Any rewards for an Occupy movement that fully complied with officials?

(SALEM, Ore.) - Occupy Salem has been given a limited number of days to occupy Willson Park which is adjacent to the Oregon State capitol building.

What sets the Salem camp apart is the fact that relations have been good, the occupiers have not disrupted traffic patterns, they haven't been confrontational, but as expected in Oregon's capitol city, they have been very politically organized.

A Call to Boycott trade investment in Rwanda

The RPP are calling to an end to this unfortunate support of a regime that has gone off rail

(MALMO, Sweden) - As you are all aware Rwanda is now at a cross-roads as the people of Rwanda continue to experience the most gruesome, inhumane and degrading abuses under the current dictatorial regime of President Kagame whose wild behaviours are beyond comprehension.

Indeed, these relentless man-made tragedies could be avoidable if the international community would continue to encourage and support a democratic and peaceful political settlement in order to allow the country to return to normalcy...

London Calling: Time for Sri Lanka`s Release of Post-Conflict Report

Foreign Office Minister calls on Rajapaksa regime to take the opportunity to show cooperation.

(SALEM) - Britain's Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt is calling on Sri Lanka's government to publicly release the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Committee's report on post conflict issues in Sri Lanka.

A long-running feud between the minority Tamil population in the country's north coastal region, and the Sinhalese Buddhist government, came to a head two summers ago and culminated in the brutal extinction of large numbers of Hindu and Christian Tamils.