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Akha Sail for Freedom

Your donation will make a world of difference fo young people.

(NEWPORT, OR) - The "Sail for Freedom" is a project to provide sail and human rights training for Akha people from SE Asia teamed up with young people from the US.

The tall ship will be based out of Newport, Oregon. The cost of the ship is $700,000. Refitting will cost $400,000.

Will a Rohingya Armed Struggle Be Legitimate?

A great lesson in how resistance armies are formed in this world and why.

(BUFFALO, NY) - What should the Rohingyas do now as the victims of ethnic cleansing and inhuman atrocities being identified as Bangali foreigners in our own ancestral homeland by our own Government?

Think about the legitimacy of the armed struggle of the Rohingya people.

** Determination`s Demise - The Tragedy in Dreams Coming Alive **

[Determination - Dreams – Realities]

(LOS ANGELES) - It’s rather easy to dream a dream, and it may not even be a ‘task’ by any means, to do so.

True enough, that great notions,
discoveries, and all significant and worthy entities saw daylight, as inceptions, in the form of dreams in one’s mind. Nothing may have arrived by means of “magic”.

Tibet: Another Teen Self-Immolates, Burnings Rise To 70

It took longer than usual for local Tibetans to relay the news of the self-immolation due to communication curbs imposed by Chinese authorities.

(HONG KONG) - Another Tibetan teenager burned himself to death this month in protest against Chinese rule in Gansu province in the eighth self-immolation this week, sources said.

SRI LANKA: Saliya Wewa Police Collude With Murderer of Young Girl Who Died of Severe Burn Injuries

Story of cruelty and injustice is one of the worst we have ever heard.

(SALEM) - This is one of the saddest, most distressing and generally upsetting letters Mr. Gomes has written so far; it is about a girl in Sri Lanka who was robbed of her childhood and life in the cruelest way, literally.

Muddara Sandamali was 14-years old when she was first kidnapped and raped, by the man who would later kill her.

On World Fisheries Day: A Call for Nuclear Free Oceans

Wind Energy, Solar Energy, and Bio-Mass Energy can be used to produce electricity. They are all renewable resource energy as well.

(TAMIL NADU, India) - It has been proved on 13th March 2011, through the Fukushima Disaster in Japan, that there is no safety against Nuclear Plants in the World.

Nobody knows how to handle the situation in and around Japan, the coast and the sea.

Cambodia: Civil society Events Disrupted by Authorities Ahead of ASEAN Summit

Calling the Cambodian govt out over violations of rights.

(SALEM) - The Cambodian government must cease all disruptions of peaceful and legitimate civil society events.

Colombia: Death Threats Against Human Rights Defender Martha Díaz

This chilling level of intimidation and threat is particularly revolting as these are family members of murder victims. Colombia has its work cut out...

(SALEM) - Colombia must take proactive steps to protect its population of human rights defenders.

A prominent activist named Martha Diaz recently had her life threatened and she is not the only one.

Religious Leader Jailed for Stirring Arakan Strife

Local people believe that Htun Aung could be granted a presidential amnest

(YANGON, Myanmar) - Sittwe Provincial Court sentenced religious leader Dr. Htun Aung (aka Nu Hauk) to 12 years imprisonment on Wednesday for his role in the communal strife which erupted in Maungdaw, Arakan state 8 June.

Htun Aung faced six charges, stemming from a request he made to hold a gathering to pray for 10 Muslims killed by an Arakanese mob.

War or Peace in Mexico?

The newest narco-banners promise the continuation of violent rivalries honed during the past six years into the period of incoming President Enrique Pena Nieto.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - Do messages attributed to three Mexican underworld organizations portend war or peace?

Three so-called narco-banners displayed in Guerrero are purportedly signed by three groups not only a truce among the signatories, but also a new “brotherhood” against the rival Los Zetas organization.