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Sri Lanka`s Missing Thousands

Three years after a debilitating civil war, people continue to disappear.

(HONG KONG) - Three years after the government of Sri Lanka declared an end to decades of civil conflict with separatist rebels, thousands of people are still missing, according to the United Nations and Sri Lankan activists.

Even in the wake of this tragedy, more continue to disappear.

William Gomes, a Poet with Power

Our revolutionary poet is causing a stir in his native country of Bangladesh, where human rights are often nonexistent.

(SALEM) - William Nicholas Gomes; a promising name, a poet, journalist and human rights activist.

He is well known for his outspoken, impartial, uncompromising position on the issues of human rights violations.

The Illusion of Corruption

People are not evil or corrupt; institutions are.

(CHENNAI, India) - Since 1995 an institution called the ‘Transparency International’ [TI] has been publishing data on countries ranked from least to most corrupt based on “perceived levels of corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys. Their definition:

Corruption is essentially "the misuse of public power for private benefit."

Bangladesh Government Blocks Website for Publishing `Anti State` Poem

Examining the past record of Bangladesh, we find a history of media censorship.

(SALEM) - The Bangladesh government has blocked the website of journalist and human rights activist William Gomes, for having published the poem, “Anti state”.

In the poem, this human rights activist made plain his grievance against the corruption and injustice that is going on in Bangladesh.

Madame D.E.M. O`Cracy: Terminally Ill in India, also Worldwide

Basically, even the largely illiterate villagers in India know what these dregs are.

(CHENNAI, India) - India's government passed an executive order on Information Technology that needs a discussion in the Parliament.

If six Parliamentary sessions pass without discussion, an executive order automatically becomes law.

Sri Lankan Peace Process to be Expedited

Clinton and Singh agree to work closely.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Ceylon Today) - The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh have agreed to work closely in expediting the Sri Lankan peace process.

Hillary Clinton who was on a three day visit to India met the Indian Premier at his residence in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Brewing A Conflict With China

Why is Washington ramping up a new cold war?

(WASHINGTON DC) - Washington has pressured the Philippines, whose government it owns, into conducting joint military exercises in the South China Sea.

Washington’s excuse is that China has territorial disputes with the Philippines, Indonesia and other countries concerning island and sea rights in the South China Sea.

Blind Lawyer Spurs News Blackout in China

Will censorship help the authorities keep this story quiet?

(HONG KONG) - News of blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng has been censored for months.

International news reports of his escape last week from incarceration in his home in Linyi, Shandong--apparently to U.S. protection--has only intensified that censorship.

Sedition Charges Against Journalist in Bangladesh?

Pro-government activists campaign to file very serious charges against William Gomes over Facebook allegations...

(SALEM) - Salem-News is contacting elected officials with the U.S. government, seeking their intervention to protect our Human Rights Ambassador and featured writer, William Gomes of Bangladesh.

Salem-News is asking Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, who is due to visit Bangladesh on the 5th of May 2012, to please take time to discuss the security of William Gomes.

US: Eliminate Forced Labor and Forced Child Labor in Uzbekistan

Salem-News Human Rights Ambassador William Gomes contacts Hillary Clinton over forced labor in Uzbsikstan.

(HONG KONG) - Child labor in Uzbekistan... a problem that its own government seems to have no interest in controlling. Children as young as 10 are forced to participate in a mandated cotton production system. The U.S. government should raise a voice in this matter and call for an end to this practice.

Year after year, the Uzbek govt. mandates that farmers grow cotton, and children plant, weed and harvest to meet their assigned quotas.