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Statement of Transitional Justice Coordination Group on Chicago Conference

اعلامیه گروه هماهنگی عدالت انتقالی در پیوند با کنفرانس شیکاگو/ د شيکاګو د کنفرانس په تړاو د انتقالي عدالت د ډلې اعلاميه/

(KABUL, Afghanistan ) - The Transitional Justice Coordination Group appreciates the ten-year achievements in government-building, and other fields that have been reached with the participation of the people by the government and the international community for fulfillment of democracy.

However, those trends have not taken root in our country...

Israel`s Hidden Hand Behind Pakistan`s Disasters

The continual bloodbath in Pakistan will continue, even if the Americans vacate their forces...

(LONDON) - Suspicions are aroused when the founder of the discredited group Quilliam Foundation, Majid Nawaz who has strong pro Israeli supporters, heads off to Pakistan:

“…to counter the spread of extremist ideology within Pakistan, predominantly amongst younger generations of Pakistanis, who now constitute 63% of the total population”.

US/Burma: Safeguards Needed Before Allowing Investment, Financial Services

Human Rights Ambassador William Nicholas Gomes outlines a strategy for funding Burma.

(SALEM) - The goal of promoting peace in Burma is a noble one, but the process should not be a free for all, and it is imperative that individuals involved in crimes against humanity are not among those receiving funding.

It is a simple fact we can't take our eye off this ball when it comes to funding Burma.

Never Forget That Bradley Manning, Not Gay Marriage, Is The Issue

Obama's historic achievement as president of the United States has been to silence the anti-war and social justice movement associated with the Democratic Party.

(SYDNEY ) - In the week Barack Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, he ordered bombing attacks on Yemen, killing a reported 63 people, 28 of them children.

When Obama recently announced he supported same-sex marriage, American planes had not long blown 14 Afghan civilians to bits.

Palestinian Prisoners` Mass Hunger Strike Concludes After Agreement is Reached

Supporters around the globe stand in solidarity with the prisoners. Perhaps Israel got the message.

(RAMALLAH, Palestine) - After nearly a full month of fasting, 2,000 Palestinian political prisoners ended their mass hunger strike, reaching an agreement with the Israeli Prison Service to attain certain core demands, according to Addameer.

Supporters laud the achievements of the prisoners’ movement and can only hope that Israel will implement any policy changes in good faith.

64 and Counting: Another Sad Anniversary

I cannot seem to have the words to express fully what I feel now.

(LONDON) - It is the dawn of yet another sad anniversary. Today, every Palestinian around the globe remembers the day we were all made homeless. When will it ever end?

Much has been said and written about the so-called “Arab Spring.” Some of it welcoming, some hopeful and others down right hostile.

Top SL Military Hand Allegedly Connected to Murder of Canadian Tamil in Vanni

Anthonippillai Mahendrarajah arrived in Vanni from Canada to negotiate getting back his properties from the occupying Sinhala Military.

(KI'LINOCHCHI TOWN, Sri LankaTamilNet) - Circumstantial evidences point to top level Sri Lanka military in the brutal killing of a Canadian Eezham Tamil who came to Vanni to claim his properties appropriated by the occupying military, news sources in Vanni revealed to TamilNet.

The victim owned 8 commercially valuable buildings in line in Ki’linochchi town that were appropriated by the Sinhala military to be given in turn to a Colombo-based chain store that now dominates food business in the north.

Abandoning Afghanistan, Great Job America

It isn't truth making American Navy SEAL's celebrities.

(SALEM) - Does America do anything these days with a sincere purpose? Afghanistan's violence is our doing; it is a result of the contrast between stated intentions and reality.

It's strangely sad that the only time of peace that this country has known in modern time, was a result of Communism.

Editorial: President Must Break his Silence on the Masjid Attack!

It is sad to see the complicity of the Muslims in the failures of Sri Lanka.

(LONDON The Guardian) - The Dambulla Masjid was stormed by the Buddhist monks on Friday the 20th April. It sent shivers through the Muslim community who are collectively a coalition partner in the President Mahinda Rajapakse government.

The attack on the mosque took place when President Mahinda Rajapakse was on an official visit to South Korea.

Gota-in Fear - The Scared Gota

Gota-Baye - The Baya-Gota

(COLOMBO Sri Lanka Guardian) - Dear GataBaye- The Baya-Gota: Please read this advise as it will help you halt making very confusing and angry statements.

Your latest lambasting, levelled against the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Muthuvelu Karunanithy for is dream of a separate state for the Tamil people in Sri Lanka is very interesting.