Bigger threat: Edward Snowden or NSA?
By Dean Obeidallah, Special to CNN updated 8:44 AM EDT, Sat June 15, 2013 Editor’s note: Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is a political comedian and frequent commentator on various TV networks […]
European Commission demands answers about Prism data requests
Source: BBC The EU’s Justice Commissioner has written to the US attorney general, questioning him about America’s data surveillance programme, Prism. Viviane Reding wrote that she was concerned America’s efforts […]
Russia Says It Would Consider Asylum For Edward Snowden
Source: The Huffington Post Russia would consider granting asylum to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday. Snowden fled the United States after leaking information about […]
Jamat Ahmadiyah Indonesia (JAI) sues Bekasi mayor
Arya Dipa, The Jakarta Post, The amir (leader) of the Indonesian Ahmadiyah Congregation (JAI), Abdul Basit, filed a lawsuit against Bekasi Mayor Rahmat Effendi for the issue of a decree […]
Dhaka: A life=Tk 1 lakh
Source: The Daily Star By SUSHMITA S PREETHA Workers of Outwear Fashions Ltd take to the streets in Sheorapara in the capital demanding better pay and longer maternity leave. They blocked Rokeya Sarani and called on garment workers of other factories to join them. The workers of other factories, however, refused. […]
‘Govt needs to act against 13-point’
Source: BD News 24 United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women Rashida Manjoo has said the demands of Hifazat-e Islam over women’s’ rights in Bangladesh run counter to the constitution. She says it is the government that needs to act against the 13-point charter of demands the Islamic organisation […]
Cardinal George Pell Admits Abuse Cover-Up To Protect Australian Catholic Church
Source: The Huffington Post By Agence France Presse | Posted: 05/27/2013 7:44 am EDT | Updated: 05/27/2013 6:08 am EDT Fear of scandal prompted the cover-up of child sex abuse allegations within the […]
National Repentance Begins With Guantanamo
Epigraph: “And when you meet in regular battle those who rebel, smite their necks; and, when you have overcome them, by causing great slaughter among them, bind fast the fetters […]
Bangladesh Garment Industry Tragedy’s Solution by Nobel Laureate Dr. Yunus
Courtesy: The Daily Star Thursday, May 09, 2013 Savar tragedy, garments industry and Bangladesh Muhammad Yunus Photo: AFP THE Savar tragedy is a symbol of our failure as a nation. The crack in Rana Plaza that caused the collapse of the building has only shown us that if we […]
Majority of the Americans say the Muslims Face Significant Discrimination
Source: The PEW Research Center After Boston, Little Change in Views of Islam and Violence The public’s views of whether Islam is more likely than other religions to encourage violence […]
Imran Khan, can he be an exemplary prime minister? — Mike Ghouse
Daily Times: The fitna was started by Maulana Maududi; had it not been for him, Ziaul Haq and Bhutto, the Pakistanis would not have been belligerent towards fellow Pakistanis Khan’s statement that he has not asked the Ahmadiyya Muslims to vote for him is disturbing. Shouldn’t the future head of […]
Guantanamo is a Blot on the Glorious Face of America
By Saeed Qureshi In his press conference on April 30 President Obama reaffirmed his resolve to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp by repatriating the left over detainees to their respective countries or to other destinations. The President’s press conference was in response to the grave situation propped up following […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Bags Presidential Gold Award
Sierra.Express.Media: By Alhaji Mohamed Wusha-Conteh. To mark the Country’s 52nd Independence Anniversary, it has graciously pleased His Excellency Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone to recognize […]
Myanmar’s Muslims: Kicked in the teeth
Courtesy: The Economist Myanmar’s Muslims Kicked in the teeth May 3rd 2013, 12:17 by R.C. | PENANG <:aside sizset=”91″ sizcache=”4″> I AM in Malaysia for the election on May 5th, and up here in the north of the country quite a lot of the political to-and-fro is about […]
President Barack Obama Believes in Human Rights of Guantanamo Bay Inmates and Republicans Don’t
President Barrack Obama held a Press Conference today. Here I share with you the transcript of a portion of the Press Conference about Guantanamo Bay. The video should soon become available […]
Reflections on Boston: The best response to terror is to refuse to be terrorized
Source: Amnesty International Blog By Zeke Johnson April 23, 2013 at 1:56 PM My cousin lives in Boston and I was worried that he was somehow affected by the attacks. It immediately brought me back to 9/11 and the memory of how powerless I felt watching the Twin Towers […]
Human rights activists taught online tactics
Source: BBC By Sean Coughlan: BBC News education correspondent An international training institute to teach online tactics for human rights campaigners is being set up in the Italian city of […]
US ‘turns blind eye to human rights’
Source: China Daily By Cheng Guangjin and Pu Zhendong (China Daily) China slammed the human rights record of the United States on Sunday in response to a Washington report, saying the […]