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A Tale of Two Diplomats

Diplomat Ms. Khodragade and Mr. Easton: both diplomats but worlds apart in the miscarriage of justice.

(LONDON) - One diplomat is a 39-year old Indian woman who this week was hauled into a New York City jail, stripped, subjected to a humiliating “full body cavity search,” and charged with a convoluted visa fraud violation which could bring her a 10-year prison sentence.

The other “diplomat” isn’t really a diplomat but an official cover British Secret Intelligence Service (MI-6) working undercover in the British Embassy in Moscow who clearly is afforded more diplomatic protection than the proper Indian diplomat abused by American authorities this week.

Respect Jesus` Teachings and Do Not Include Us in SC Category

Indian Church authority efforts to put Dalit Christians yet again in the scheduled Caste list would promote casteism in Christianity.

(NEW DELHI) - The Poor Christian Liberation Movement (PCLM) and United Christian Democratic Forum (UCDF) have named Church Authorities of conspiring to include them in the Scheduled Caste list, which they said is not acceptable to Dalit Christians.

In an open letter to His Holiness Pope Francis and Church Authorities, the PCLM President R. L. Francis, Advocate George Tomas, Rev. Ashwini Kumar and P. B. Lomeo said that Dalits converted to Christianity prefer to preserve their dignity, and are willing to forgo Scheduled Caste tag.

Farmers vs. Monsanto

Organic Seed Growers, Family Farmers File Brief in Final Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court to Protect Their Crops from Contamination and to Invalidate Monsanto's GMO Patents.

(NEW YORK) - Last week, the Public Patent Foundation filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the landmark case, Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association (OSGATA) et al v. Monsanto, in the hopes that the highest court in the land would hear and reinstate the case of 73 American organic and conventional family farmers, seed businesses and public advocacy groups that seek protection for America's farmers from Monsanto's frivolous patent infringement lawsuits, and their promiscuous genetically engineered pollen.

The groups are also seeking to invalidate the patents on 23 of Monsanto's GMO crops.

Xmas Greetings to the UK Government...

... and a reminder of the misery its inaction perpetuates across the Holy Land "So this is Christmas And what have you done?"

(LONDON) - Hello, the holly­decked halls of Westminster. Be of good cheer, all you chaps in your little festive bubble. I thought you might enjoy this Xmas message from Lennon/Ono... my era but oh so relevant today.

At this important time who can forget how the British government, after its eager support for the Iraq war and its antics in Afghanistan and Libya, was itching to unleash more death and destruction a few weeks ago, this time on the Syrians while simultaneously imposing relentless hardships on the citizens of Iran?

Good Samaritan Interrupts Suspected Financial Elder Abuse

If you have seen suspect Jacki Lynn Newman, a 47 year old white female who stands 5'3" and weighs 120 pounds, or know of her whereabouts, please contact the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office.

(SANDY OR) - An insurance agent acted as a Good Samaritan earlier this year, and interrupted a devastating case of financial elder abuse and identity theft, in which a suspect was allegedly draining an elderly Sandy woman's bank account.

In June 2013, insurance agent Cody Giusto, 27, of Sandy, decided to act.

Moral Monday Service of Redemption

Monday, December 23, 2013, 4:00 PM, Halifax Mall - Behind the NC General Assembly, 16 W. Jones St. Raleigh,

(RALEIGH) - On November 26th, the NC NAACP and the Forward Together Moral Movement delivered a letter to Gov. McCrory signed by 3,000 people of good will calling on him to convene a Special Redemption Session of the legislature by December 23rd to rescind the laws that deny Medicaid to nearly 500,000 North Carolinians and unemployment benefits to 170,000 families.


Since that letter was delivered, over 5,000 more people have signed on.

Egypt: Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights Raided by Security Forces

Five of the six detainees were released on the morning of 19 December 19, at approximately 11:00 a.m., while Mohamed Adel is still in detention and his whereabouts remain unknown.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - William Nicholas Gomes, Human Rights Ambassador for Salem-News.com views the crackdown on ECESR as a part of an escalating harsh campaign to silence human rights defenders in Egypt.

This campaign started with defaming human rights organisations in the media, in the framework of the “war on terrorism”, before escalating to direct and physical attacks against human rights defenders.

Why Did the Army Refuse to Aid Fallen Marines at Ganjgal? (VIDEO)

Never before in American history were U.S. troops intentionally sent on a mission where their "brother" Americans refused to help, allowing them to simply die.

(SALEM) - As a team of Marines were killed at Ganjgal village in 2009, U.S. Army commanders made a conscious decision to leave them to die. This is a stone cold documented fact. They could have been aided and their deaths avoided, but they were left to die.

As the Marine Lieutenant in charge of the team made his final call to the army for artillery and air support, he told the officers he was about to die. The army staff at nearby Camp Joyce replied, "Try Your Best".

Santa is Not Coming to Palestine

What is it that makes our leaders tread the same path over and over and over again, knowing that it can only lead to disaster?

(LONDON) - It’s the Sunday before Christmas. London is wearing its party frock; the lights are glittering, the bells are chiming; the throng of shoppers are streaming up and down the streets. Happy and joyous are they all. And here I am, a Palestinian exile, a grandfather, a father and a husband, trying to bring some of this happy mood into a corner of London that I call my little Palestine.

Amongst all this, my heart and thoughts are with my people back home, going through the most arduous winter on record. Snow has covered the entire Middle East in the last week or so. Palestinians inside Palestine, in the refugee camps dotted around the Arab world are all at the mercy of the elements.

Myanmar`s Religious Segregation and Apartheid Policy Against Minority Muslims

In 2012, two eruptions of violence between Rohingyas and majority Buddhists in Rakhine State in western Myanmar killed at least 192 people and made 140,000 homeless.

(DHAKA, Bangladesh) - The Rohingya Muslim population is mostly concentrated in the three northern townships: Maungdaw, Buthidaung and Rathedaung. The Rohingyas speak a Bengali dialect.

They suffer from several forms of restrictions and human rights violations. The vast majority of them have effectively been denied Myanmar citizenship.