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Pakistani Christian Family in Hiding Pleads for UN Help, Fears for Lives

"We are so helpless, I can't explain (how much.) Can you imagine, two governments are after us" - 29-year old Sadia Khan

(COLOMBO The Christian Post ) - A Pakistani Christian family currently in hiding and living in poor condition in Sri Lanka are pleading with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to grant them refugee status, as they fear they might be killed if they are brought back to Pakistan.

"We need help," 29-year old Sadia Khan directly stated to The Christian Post in a phone interview on Tuesday. "We are now seven months in hiding."

Myanmar Human Rights Panel Members Meet Rakhine Residents

Clashes between the two groups last year in the northwestern Myanmar state left more than 200 dead and 140,000 displaced, mostly Rohingya Muslims...

(SITTWE RFA) - Myanmar government human rights officials met community leaders and other residents of riot-torn Rakhine state on Wednesday.

They want them to help contain communal violence in a bid to uphold human rights following deadly clashes last year.

Soldiers Expose the Underside of Occupation During N. American Tour

Former Israeli combat soldiers are on a North American tour to promote their book of soldier testimonies, "Our Harsh Logic."

(BOSTON Ha'aretz) - In an oak-paneled Harvard Law School hall, two former Israeli combat soldiers turned anti-occupation activists listened as a prominent professor compared their role to those of American soldiers of another era, the “Winter Investigation Soldiers” who spoke out against atrocities they saw or took part in during the Vietnam War.

“That you too were foot soldiers is part of what gives such moral gravity to this project,” said Janet Halley, a Harvard law professor, as she introduced the two young men...

Oregon State Bar Continues to Fight For More Judicial Funding

Following “Day in the Capitol,” the Multnomah Bar Association hires Robeson Communications to spearhead the MBA Court Funding Committee’s public relations efforts

(PORTLAND, OR) - On May 1, 2013, the Oregon State Bar (OSB) and Citizen’s Campaign for Court Funding organized “Day in the Capitol.” It was an opportunity for members of the OSB to voice their displeasure and concern with the current court funding situation.

Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Balmer attended, and outlined the impact of Oregon’s inadequate judicial budget.

White Van Stories: a Film by Leena Manimekalai

Nobody knows where you are. You are no longer a recorded statistic of society. You just don’t exist anymore.

(CHENNAI) - They hijack your lives. By the shadows of night; by the piercing light of day. They come for you in aggressive military green. Sometimes in cunning civilian shades. They grab you by the throat without reason; they collar your shoulder without a warrant. Like slaves to savages you are led against your will.

You are forced to leave behind a home of broken spirits to lament your loss; loved ones who will tirelessly look for you.

Day 2 - 2013 Florida Veterans Medical Cannabis Whistle-Stop Tour

No rainbows today.. Police encounters instead.

(ORLANDO) - Unlike day 1 we started out today under clear skies. The weather afforded us the ability to take a few group snap shots before heading out to the [bigger] Orlando Veterans Hospital.

The crush of cars in the parking lot at the Orlando VA hospital made us wonder if our truck with the large banner depicting the “We Never Leave a Veteran Behind” tour logo was even noticed as we roved the lot assessing the best access point for our team to enter the facility.

Marijuana: Best Therapy for PTSD

Better than alcohol, and most drugs: It will prevent millions of deaths

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - When I first started being a marijuana doctor, I had a lot of combat veterans with all kinds of physical wounds. These patients were eligible for medical marijuana permits. Many of them told me that they also had PTSD and they found out for themselves in Viet Nam that marijuana was good for combat terrors related to battle fatigue or shell shock, from WWI and WWII.

PTSD is related to battle fatigue, but it is far more serious and certainly more insidious. These early combat veterans were perplexed that they could not legally or medically obtain marijuana which worked “miraculously” for the extremes of combat stress.

Scientists Fear Results of Fishing Near Fukushima

“What Greenpeace wants is that the government really gets in international advice, gets as much support as possible to try to find the right solution for this problem.” - Rianne Teule, nuclear expert with Greenpeace

(TOKYO VOA News) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has insisted that seafood caught near the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is safe to eat.

Scientists have voiced concerns, however, that radioactive isotopes could accumulate in fish and pose a danger to human health.

`Withholding Information is the Essence of Tyranny`

The government of Rwanda has a long and consistent history of diabolizing and harassing any dissident voices inside and outside the country.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - “The control of information is something the elite always does, particularly in a despotic form of government. Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people.”

On October 25, 2013, former Rwandan Presidential bodyguard and RDF soldier, Lt. Joel Mutabazi, was abducted from a UNHCR safe house in Uganda where he was in hiding from the Rwandan government. He was under the protection of the UNHCR.

State Department Offers $5 Million Reward in Enrique `Kiki` Camarena Murder

Two retired DEA agents say Kiki uncovered the connection between the cocaine and the crack epidemic and the CIA operation to support the Contra rebels fighting to overthrow the Nicaragua's govt.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - The AP reported today that the State Department is “offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and conviction of freed Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero.”

The timing of the reward and the breaking news story in early October 2013 from two Mexican reporters that Kiki’s death was ordered by the CIA and not done by Rafael Quintero may not be just a coincidence.