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Nobel Peace Prize to European Union Criticized in View of Gypsy Apartheid

Roma are Europe’s most persecuted and discriminated community.

(RENO, NV) - Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed has strongly criticized awarding of Nobel Peace Prize to European Union (EU).

He calls it highly “illogical and irrational” in view of continuing apartheid conditions of its about 15-million Roma (Gypsy) populace.

A Good Question about American Interests in the Middle East But What is the Answer?

The U.S. has always had two predominant interests in the Middle East.

(LONDON) - In an article for TomDispatch, Peter Van Buren (a U.S. Foreign Service Officer for many years) posed what he described as Six Critical Foreign Policy Questions That Won’t Be Raised in Presidential Debates.

Free Gaza`s New Board - We Support Justice in Palestine not Demonizing Each Other

"It’s time to continue all united supporting Palestinian people instead of trying to find any flaw among us..." - Maria del Mar Fernandez, Board Member

(WASHINGTON DC) - In the past few days, Free Gaza and Greta Berlin have been viciously attacked for a mistake that Greta made when she posted a video to her Facebook page instead of sending it to her small group for discussion.

During that time, dozens of people have come to the defense of Greta and Free Gaza.

The Broken Survivors of Sri Lanka`s Civil War

It is a story of atrocities that was not fully told at the time - journalists and aid workers were barred from the war zone.

(LONDON) - The Sri Lankan civil war - which claimed 100,000 lives - ended in 2009 when government forces finally crushed a near-40-year-long insurgency by the Tamil Tiger rebel group.

The final months were especially brutal and survivors will not easily forget what happened to them.

War in Syria: No Sign of a Revolution Yet

It is quite ironical; but where do all conspiracy theorists go/vanish when we need them most?

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - While the world was not even watching and shortly after the Tunisian uprising ended, swiftly and quite unexpectedly actually, with the ousting of President Zin Elabdine Ben Ali, too many conspiracy theories began to hatch up all over the cyber space claiming that the Tunisian revolution has been choreographed by foreign/western powers and pulled off by secret agencies.

Police in Burma Accused of Raping Muslim Women in Pretext of Checking Family Lists

Activists say it is necessary to stop this level of police misconduct immediately.

(LONDON) - Some elders from Burma's Maungdaw advised over the telephone that police from Maungdaw town in Arakan state, are raiding Muslim villages almost every day.

They are not only surrounding Maungaw town, but also communities south and north of Maungdaw.

Texas Schools Punish Students who Refuse to be Tracked with Microchips

Students who refuse to walk the school halls with the card in their pocket or around their neck claim they are being tormented by instructors, and are barred from participating in certain school functions.

(SAN ANTONIO RTV) - A school district in Texas came under fire earlier this year when it announced that it would require students to wear microchip-embedded ID cards at all times.

Take Action to Free Tun Aung! No Political Prisoner Should be Left Behind in Burma¹s Jails

Tun Aung M.D. is also a chairman of the Islamic Religious Affairs Council in Burma.

(LONDON) - The military-backed government in Burma still continues to use torture and arbitrary arrest against its civilians despite carrying out a limited reform process in the country.

Tun Aung is a respected community leader who has been arrested and jailed for political reasons.

Root Cause of the Rimsha Case is Yet to be Solved

It is clear to see that there are some people in the country who claim ownership, while forgetting that people from other religions are Pakistani too.

(ISLAMABAD, Pakistan) - Islamabad court granted the bail for Cleric Muhammad Khalid Chishti Jadoon on submission of a surety bond worth Rs. 200,000/.

Wajid Gilani, his lawyer maintained that since all the witnesses against his client backtracked from their statements, police now have no evidence of his involvement in the case.

Confessions of a California Goth Girl

Sexy? Strange? Shocking? All of that and then some...

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Perusing definitions of the term 'goth' on Google brings just what I suspected, a lot of different meanings and uses for the word.