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BURMA: Security Personnel (Nasaka) Squeezing Money from Rohingya CItizens

Humiliation and theft are everyday reminders of the Rohingya struggle.

(RANGOON Mayu Press) - Nasaka officers entered the home of Mv. Mohib Ullah, and found a child playing with a used hypodermic syringe.

The kid found it at a rural clinic where their mother received medical treatment.

Committee for Unity, Peace and Reconciliation in Rwanda

Rwandans in general have not been granted freedom and independence of thought in order to contribute to the betterment of their nation.

(WASHINGTON DC) - In the previous century, the history of Rwanda has been characterized by divisions and destructive wars. Rwandans have clashed and killed each other’s brothers and sisters.

The root of such evil has been the struggle for power, poor governance using terror, ethnic discrimination, regional discrimination, persecution, dictatorship, as well as lack of respect for human rights and taking Rwandan people hostage by successive governments.

Jewish Voice for Weizmann

JVP, like any other Jews-only ‘progressive’ organisation, may speak universal but it still thinks tribal.

(LONDON) - I just came across a JVP press release (Jewish Voice for Peace) reporting a 
massive advertising campaign to counter the AIPAC Annual Conference in Washington.

Apparently, from today 100 billboards will be stationed in DC Metro bearing a simple but important message.

Film Accuses Sri Lanka of War Crimes

President rejects alleged actions by military forces.

(GENEVA/NEW DELHI AFP-JIJI) - The Sri Lankan military committed numerous war crimes during the final months of the country’s civil war, according to a documentary aired for the first time Friday, amid vigorous protests from Colombo.

However, in an interview published Saturday, President Mahinda Rajapaksa firmly denied the allegations made in the documentary...

Second Death Anniversary of the Slain Bhahbaz Bhatti Observed

The problems faced by Christians in Pakistan are serious and consistent.

(ISLAMABAD, Pakistan) - Members of civil society, friends and representatives of religious communities gathered at the place, where two years ago, Shahbaz Bhatti former federal minister, was assassinated in sector I-8 Islamabad Pakistan.

Shahbaz didn’t like injustice so he became the voice of those being wronged.

Hindus Urge New Ethiopian Church Patriarch to Promote Interfaith Dialogue

Ethiopia is home to one of the world’s greatest Christian religious-historical sites.

(RENO) - Abune Mathias was elected as the sixth Patriarch of Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church headquartered in Addis Ababa.

As leader of largest of Oriental Orthodox churches and Ethiopia's about 45 million Orthodox Christians, Hindus hope that he would promote interfaith dialogue in the world.

The Uncommon Courage of Bradley Manning

Before contacting WikiLeaks, Bradley tried to interest the *Washington Post* in publishing the documents but the newspaper was unresponsive.

(SAN DIEGO) - Bradley Manning has pleaded guilty to 10 charges including possessing and willfully communicating to an unauthorized person all the main elements of the WikiLeaks disclosure.

The charges carry a total of 20 years in prison.

The 700 Club is Full of Crap

One Christian group calls them a "woeful group of clairvoyant con-artists".

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - One of the saddest examples of misused Christianity is called the 700 Club. It happened to be on tonight before I could change the channel, and the wrinkly old man hosting the show began by stating that the White House declared that millions would die, homeless people would take over the streets....and on and on.

He ends by stating that the mandated cuts are just fine.

The Oft-Predicted Fickle Syrian `Tipping Point` Has Tipped

But not the tipping point that the rebel promoters were hoping for, including the NATO countries.

(DAMASCUS) - This observer lost count more than a year ago of the sheer number of predictions by analysts and lobbyists that the “tipping point” signaling the Assad government’s collapse was a sure thing and would happen any time now.

“It’s just a matter of days, not weeks” President Obama declared back in 2011.

Who Makes War Against Children?

Article by Dr. Paul Newman of the United Nations Human Rights Council.

(GENEVA) - On the 24th of February, 2013, a panicky letter addressed to the President of the 22nd UN Human Rights Council was sent by Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha.

It urged him to stop the screening the of the Channel 4 documentary ‘No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka’, co-sponsored by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.