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New Newsic Video: `One More for Gaza`

The goal is not security, it's systematic Genocide.

(SACRAMENTO / BOSTON) - How Many Kids in Gaza have to die before Americans open their eyes to this unfolding religious/political tragedy?

The images used in the creation of this new video by Agron Belica are shocking to Americans, but not to Palestinians, they are routinely treated like animals...

Various Religions Come Together in Nevada in a Tribute to Connecticut Victims

Tributes to all victims, their families, teachers, administrators, and first responders touched by this tragedy.

(RENO, NV) - Christian-Muslim-Hindu-Buddhist-Jewish-Baha’i leaders came together in Nevada today in a community-wide multi-faith memorial service in honor of Connecticut shooting victims.

They recited prayers and read from scriptures in Arabic-Sanskrit-Hebrew-Aramaic besides English and lighted candles at Reno First Congregational Church (RFCC), paying tributes to all victims...

From Misogyny to Murder: A Feminist Perspective on the Connecticut Shootings

To kill a mother, you have to learn how to hate her.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Misogyny is not funny or harmless any more than racism: it’s serious, even deadly.

It’s a warning signal of more violence on the way. When we catch it, we can heal it.

The Nightmare at Newtown: Open Letter to Our President

We must move forward with resolve.

(SALEM) - The Newtown Massacre of innocent kindergarten kids follows on the heels of the less-heinous mall shootings here in Oregon, where your brother coaches at OSU.

Yet both of these tragedies strike home for one and all.

Alex Thomson Report from Inside Syria - Was there a `Massacre Committed by the Regime` in Aqrab?

We do not say what follows is the truth. But we can say it is the first independently observed story of Aqrab from the first outside journalist to reach this area.

(AQRAB, Syria) - To reach Aqrab is to penetrate deep into the badlands of central Syria, where many of the worst atrocities of the war have taken place.

It is not a journey undertaken lightly...

Salem-News.com: For those who Have the Balls

Do You Want to Help Save the World? Start by Learning the Truth at Salem-News.com.

(SALEM) - It might sound strange but I think we are among the most praised, feared, and simultaneously, underfunded media group in the world.

Our timing has been good in many respects, but we constantly have to find new band aids to slow the bleeding. Our supporters are the kindest; we are flown around the country and given awards, (two this year) but we constantly fight the unraveling that tries to end what we are doing as a human rights news agency.

Elderly Australian Doctor Deported by Singapore

Dr Senewiratne, who is Sinhalese but actively supports the Tamil cause, believes he was arrested in Singapore because he was going to speak to an “invitation-only” forum in Malaysia about the humanitarian crisis with refugees.

(MELBOURNE ) - An 81-year-old Brisbane doctor was locked in a small cell without food, water or toilet access for more than five hours yesterday in Singapore.

Dr Brian Senewiratne has been a long-time critic of the Sri Lankan Government over its treatment of Tamils...

Salem-News.com Human Rights Ambassador`s Efforts Take Effect in India

Indian National Human Rights commission responds to Salem-News.com’s Human Rights Ambassador regarding Omkareshwar and Indira Sagar Dams.

(SALEM) - Complaints cited by our Human Rights Ambassador William Nicholas Gomes, over water levels being raised to the point that they literally drowned a local community, have been recognized by the National Human Rights Commission in India.

It is another wonderful accomplishment for this our working journalist and human rights activist originally from Bangladesh, and another big step forward in the relationship between media and the needs of human beings.

Palestine - A Blessed Land Led by Incompetent Leaders

“Indeed, Allah (God) will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves.” (Qur’an: 13:11)

(WASHINGTON DC) - Palestine, a holy land blessed by God in the three Abrahamic Faiths – Judaism, Christianity, and Islam –but unblessed with incompetent leaders since Zionists began immigrating and invading the land in the late 19^th Century.

No more so than today when beloved Palestine has two unelected parties, Fatah ruling the West Bank, and Hamas ruling Gaza.

`Remorseless and Impenitent`

Here Baloch intellectuals, journalists, poets, human rights activists and lawyers have been killed but there has so far never been a single prosecution.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The days assigned by the UN to help protect human rights will remain quite meaningless and ineffective as long as the culture of impunity is allowed to prevail.

Pakistan’s "commitment" to human rights on every International Human Rights Day, sound hollow, nay obscene, to the victims of its remorseless violence.