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Aggrieved Sri Lankan Families Request for UN Help Over `Abductions` of Relatives

Enforced disappearances stretch back to the 1980s.

(LONDON ANI) - Family members of missing people in Sri Lanka have urged the UN Secretary-General to intervene and help find disappeared relatives.

They have reportedly sent their appeal to Ki-Moon, marking 1,000 days since the disappearance of an anti-establishment cartoonist-cum-journalist, Prageeth Ekneligoda.

Man Behind Rimsha`s Release Targeted by Threats and Smear Campaign

A man who has worked tirelessly to protect others comes under threat for helping a little girl named Rimsha.

(ISLAMABAD, Pakistan) - A few days back I went to Karachi on a trip funded by the British Pakistani Christian Association (BPCA) to cover a couple of sad incidents that happened there.

A young boy was entwined in a blasphemy case and some extremists attacked a church.

Côte d`Ivoire: Break-in at Offices of Human Rights Organisation Transparency Justice

Ivory Coast group has five desktop computers and cash stolen stolen during early morning break in.

(SALEM) - It is amazing how in this day and age, so many people in so many countries are still dealing with human rights violations.

Sadly, the African nation we Americans call Ivory Coast is no exception.

Parliament Approves Deal with Israel to Ease Trade in Medicines

The agreement will apply to all pharmaceuticals except for advanced therapy products.

(STRASBOURG) - EU-certified pharmaceuticals will be exported to Israel and vice-versa without requiring additional certification in the importing country.

This, under a deal endorsed by Parliament on Tuesday, despite reservations that easing trade with Israel could send it the wrong political signal at this time.

Kyaukpro Mosque Burnt Down by Buddhists in Burma

Muslim association in Yangon announces they will not observe Eid-ul-Azha in protest of killing and torching Rohingyas and their houses

(DHAKA, Bangladesh) - I just learned that yesterday, the Rakhines torched the historic Mosque (Biggest of Kyaukpro) and most of the parts of it burnt down.

The Rakhines tried to torch Muslim houses in Kyaukpro, but in vain due to the intervention of the army. A tense situation continues to prevail in Kyaukpro.

Monk group Calls on Locals to Target `Rohingya Sympathisers`

Ethnic tensions flared again this weekend with reports of casualties following fresh clashes between Arakanese Buddhists and Muslim Rohingyas

(RANGOON, Burma) - A group of Arakanese monks have called for Rohingya “sympathisers” to be targeted and exposed as “national traitors”.

This, while tensions again flare between Buddhists and Muslims in Burma’s westernmost state.

Myanmar: Witnesses Say 100 Rohingyas were Killed & Ten Girls Raped by Police in Latest Attacks

Burma's Muslims brace for further attacks by angry Buddhist mobs in Minbya and other townships in Arakan.

(YANGON, Myanmar) - Today 440 houses belonging to Rohingya Muslims were set on fire by Rakhine terrorists & Rakhine Nationalities Development Party (RNDP) party members.

In this attack, 100 Rohingyas were killed, and ten Rohingya girls were raped by policemen.

Uganda: Continued Police Harassment of Human Rights Defenders of the Twerwaneho Listeners Radio Club

Calling out for the political freedom of Ugandans...

(SALEM) - Gerald Kankya spends a lot of time these days in court in his native Uganda.

In recent weeks Gerald Kankya, who is part of a group known as the Twerwaneho Listeners Radio Club (TLC), was interrogated over criminal allegations pertaining to “incitement to violence” and “sectarianism”.

Come Back President Carter!

In Israel, Carter said Netanyahu was not interested in a two-state solution.

(LONDON) - The U.S. Presidential debate was so lacking in real and relevant substance about foreign affairs that I had to struggle, several times, to resist the temptation to turn it off and go back to bed.

Romney’s message to America’s voters seemed to be something very like, “On foreign policy I’m not the ignorant, belligerent guy I had to pretend to be in order to secure my party’s nomination.”

Sri Lanka: Public Threats and Harassment Against Human Rights Defender Dr Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu

William Gomes asks Sri Lanka's President to aid longtime human rights activist.

(SALEM) - Posters in Colombo contain threats against Human Rights Defender, Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu.

He is one of those who attended the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva to speak out over human rights abuses committed in Sri Lanka.