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Independence Day!

Does it matter whether India sings ‘Jana Gana Mana’ or God Save the Queen’?

(NEW DELHI, India) - The British Indians who have never been proud of their own history, culture, civilization, technological achievements, and their own truly nationalist leaders, will celebrate 65th Independence day on 15th August.

The true Indians who feed the British Indians still slave for Rs 28 per day as officially conceded. Rupees 27 means they are poor, one rupee extra means they are not.

U.S., EU Sanctions Have Endangered Lives of Iranian Patients: Iranian Hemophilia Society

Group also cites disruption in the supply of medicines to patients in Iran.

(TEHRAN) - The Iranian hemophilia society sent a letter to the president of the World Federation of Hemophilia and the president of the World Health Organization on July 28, warning about the negative effect of sanctions on the health of hemophiliacs in Iran.

“As you are aware, hemophiliacs and other patients suffering from serious blood coagulation disorders need to regularly take medicines and receive blood products imported from the United States and European countries.

Indian Apathy Towards Tamil Eelam and Tamils of Eelam

As a nation subject to a protracted genocide, the Eelam Tamils’ dignity and freedom can be guaranteed only under a free Tamil Eelam.

(LONDON) - It is high time that the Tamils in India and elsewhere accepted that the formation of Tamil Eelam as the only way forward and actively supported its formation.

Simply crying foul over the socio-political plight of Eelam Tamils won't do and will not bring about any positive outcome.

The War on Iran is Already Underway

Washington's animosity toward Tehran is nothing new or unprecedented, nor is it related to Iran's nuclear program.

(TEHRAN) - Economic sanctions, psychological warfare, media propaganda, threats and assassinations...

what other sort of evidence one may need to believe that the United States, Israel and their European allies have already started their much liked war against Iran and that this unjustifiable war is taking its toll on the innocent, ordinary Iranian citizens?

Supporting Rohingya Human Rights Draws Ugly Attacks

Burma Campaign UK was also fiercely criticized for circulating information from the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK about the recent violence.

(LONDON Mizzima) - Burma Campaign UK (BCUK) supports human rights for the Rohingya people. For Burma Campaign UK to make such a statement shouldn’t be surprising or controversial.

We are a human rights organization working on Burma. How could anyone disagree that the Rohingya people are entitled to full human rights and the normal rights and protections under international law?

People`s Voice Needed to Establish Rule of Law

“...Unless we have such a system it is no use having the best laws in the world,” - Aung San Suu Kyi

(RANGOON Mizzima) - The Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry was told this week that people must understand that the police, courts, public administrators and government staff are all public servants who are bound to serve within the rule and regulations of the government.

It’s necessary for people “to raise their voice over their grievances and dissatisfactions with the legal framework. Only then will there be rule of law and our country will keep up internationally as a democratic country,” Than Maung said.

Iranian Lawmakers Call for Halt to `Massacre,` `Genocide`

The Burmese government refuses to recognize Rohingyas, who it claims are not natives and classifies as illegal migrants, although the Rohingya are said to be Muslim descendants of Persian, Turkish, Bengali, and Pathan origin.

(TEHRAN) - The Iranian Parliament this week condemned the “massacre” of Muslims in Burma, and called on the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) to take action.

“The Human Rights Commission (of the Iranian Parliament) condemns the massacre and genocide (of Muslims) in Myanmar and asks the UNHCHR to enter the scene responsibly and call for a stop to the killings of the Muslims...”

Corporate Profits and Dead Muslims: Burma`s Sticky Trail of Money and Blood

Buddhists are ethnically cleansing a minority population for the second time in 3 years; here's the back story.

(SALEM, Ore.) - People are being ethnically cleansed in Myanmar, while the United States and its corporate hounds are moving in for a different kind of kill.

Some humanitarians the Americans turn out to be; human beings slaughtered in the street by militant Buddhists and as this takes place, the U.S. is in the process of 'normalizing' relations with this former military junta while failing to demand accountability in regard to Burma's terrible record as a Human Rights violator.

The Sinai Peninsula Rejoins the Axis of Resistance

Hamas claims that the Sinai attack was an Israeli “attempt to tamper with Egyptian security and drive a wedge between the Egyptians and the residents of the Gaza Strip.”

(BEIRUT) - The Sinai Peninsula has rejoined the Arab and Islamic Resistance as this great awakening spreads inexorably across the region toppling Western imposed security states and replacing them with governments of greater popular legitimacy.

Egypt and other countries in the region are contributing to righting the historic wrong done to the Palestinian people...

Federal Judge Refuses Bail for Roger Christie After Two Years

The minister sits in a Federal holding cell in Hololulu with no end in sight.

(SALEM) - Two years ago, everything became surreal. In one fail swoop, fourteen people from their church congregation (The Hawai`i Cannabis Ministry) were arrested and charged with marijuana-related crimes. Not assaulting, killing, raping, murdering, robbing, stealing, bribing, child porn, espionage, terrorism or anything of the like. Just pot.

Dubbed “The Hilo 14”, they were charged with conspiracy to manufacture, distribute and possess with intent to distribute 284 marijuana plants.