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Target Killing, Mass Murder of Shia Minority in Pakistan

Doctor Syed Naimatullah is the 419th victim of targeted killings since January 2012.

(TEHRAN) - With thousands of Shia Muslims killed over the past few years in Pakistan and over 400 murdered in recent months, the killings have practically amounted to genocide.

The story raises more-than-sectarian alarm bells not only in Pakistan but also across the Muslim world.

Marijuana Vs. Methadone: Methadone Kills - Marijuana Saves

[NOTE: I was a Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology for 25 years.]

(PORTLAND, OR) - My recent article on this subject, July 24th 2012, brought in the most curious comment, inferring that I didn’t know what I was talking about regarding Methadone.

Some Organizations Exploiting and Commercializing the Tragic Case of Rimsha

"I don't understand why charitable organizations such as LEAD and VOM don't help people..." - Kimberly Culpen USA

(ISLAMABAD, Pakistan) - On 16th August, 2012, a 14 year-girl old girl named Rimsha was arrested in a Blasphemy Case in Islamabad Pakistan. It was late evening, when Muslim extremists apparently got together.

Called by cleric Qari Mohammad Khalid Chashti, they shouted against Christians living in that vicinity.

PUCM Calls to Pakistani Christians Leadership to Stand Together

Rimsha’s lawyer, Tahir Naveed Chaudhry, has accused the prosecuting team of delaying tactics.

(ISLAMABAD, Pakistan) - Rimsha has been held in prison since the accusation was made against her couple of weeks ago. Her family says she has Down’s syndrome.

Her case was due to be heard over the weekend but it was postponed by judge Muhammad Azam Khan after the lawyer Rao Abdul Raheem requested of lawyers strike imposed by Punjab Bar Council.

No Real Will to Account: Shortcomings in Sri Lanka`s National Plan of Action to Implement Recommendations of the LLRC

Written statement to the 21st session of the UN Human Rights Council (10-28 September 2012)

(WASHINGTON DC Amnesty Intl) - Sri Lanka’s failure to account for serious violations of human rights has created a climate of impunity where arbitrary detentions, torture and other ill-treatment, enforced disappearances, and custodial killings continue unchecked.

More than three years after the armed conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ended, these violations continue to be reported.

Israel: Concern About the Health of Hunger Strikers Samer Al-Barq and Hassan Safadi

Israel must respect the agreements reached on 14 and 15 May 2012.

(SALEM) - Samer Al-Barq, one of three hunger strikers from Palestine making headlines, is now the longest hunger striker in Palestinian history.

Israel not only insists on the injustice of depriving them of their right to fair trial, but also continues to administer severe treatment.

Help a Human Rights Activist Who Matters

Winter is upon us and one reporter doing important work can use a little assistance.

(SALEM) - I know people are dealing with their own struggles, but I also know that some would not mind supporting the important Human Rights mission of William Gomes. He writes about state terrorism.

His articles and letters to public officials have alerted officials to rogue behavior in their own government at least twice that we know of.

Pakistani Death Squads Only Energize Balochistan Resistance

BRP announces three days mourning and calls for shutter-down strike against killings of its activists.

(OCCUPIED Balochistan) - The Baloch Republican Party has announced three days of mourning and calls for a complete shutter-down strike all over Balochistan against the brutal target killing of its political activists by Pakistani death squads in Khuzdar, Balochistan.

The occupying state continues its genocidal policies in Balochistan.

The Election, the Market, the Fed and the Irish Bookies...
Now Poll This

The Republicans are predicted to prevail in both Congress and the Senate, winning clear majorities in both. The White House is something else.

(DAYTONA BEACH, FLA) - With the launching of the second week of the Convention Circus, the main question on most people's minds is:

"What will the Democrats come up with to offset Clint Eastwood putting bad words in the President's mouth?"

Let`s Talk About the Salem Police Department

What's it going to take to get police in Oregon's capitol city to treat media with respect?

(SALEM) - It seems to me that any police department seeking good public relations would start by building good media rapport.

But my experience with the Salem Police Department as a news photographer covering the area for Portland television stations and Salem-News.com, has been one of them demanding my cooperation and respect, and in far too many cases offering no respect in return.