Human Rights

Palestinians need a one-state solution

Palestinians need a one-state solution Palestinian autonomy is an illusion. A plan B involving a struggle for equal rights would expose the reality of occupation by Israel by Ghada Karmi The Guardian, Thursday 20 September 2012 It is one year this week since the Palestinians applied for UN membership. President […]

Please save my future generation

Source: The Daily Star Inam Ahmed and Julfikar Ali Manik, from Ramu, Cox’s Bazar The Buddha statues made of gold are lost forever. The intrinsic designs of Khadi wood are lost in the inferno. The Tripitak is lost too. But for Shreemad Satyapriya Mohathero, who had just turned 83, the […]

The Global War On Islam

Source: Strategy Page August 25, 2012: The June ethnic and religious violence in the northwest (Rakhine State, the northwestern coast just south of Bangladesh) caused an uproar in Moslem countries, with calls for retribution against Myanmar for allowing it to happen. Long simmering tensions between the Moslem migrants from Bangladesh […]

Burmese Muslims find refuge in Hyderabad

Source: The Pioneer The echoes of ethnic violence in Myanmar have reached Hyderabad as dozens of people fleeing the violence have reached Hyderabad to take refuge. About 30 families of Rohingyas, as the Burmese Muslims are called, have taken shelter in the old city areas of Balapur, Shaheen Nagar and […]

Bangladesh rights record faces US scrutiny

Source: AP By: MATTHEW PENNINGTON | Associated Press Published: July 19, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) Accusations of extrajudicial killings by Bangladeshi paramilitary forces and the South Asian nation’s refusal to grant refuge to fleeing refugees faced scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers Thursday. The congressional hearing also examined allegations of abuses against labor […]

Who Will Speak for the Ahmadi Muslims?

Source: GATESTONE INSTITUTE International Policy Council by Arsen Ostrovsky Such slaughter, however, does not occur in a vacuum. It is the direct result of a pervasive state-sponsored, indoctrinated hate – with a nation using all the force of both its exchequer and communications infrastructure to incite violence. The United Nations […]

Fiji lifts media ban

ifts ban on public meetings From:AFP  June 02, 2012 11:37PM Increase Text Size Decrease Text Size Print Email Share http://api.tweetmeme.com/button.js?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heraldsun.com.au%2Fipad%2Ffiji-lifts-ban-on-public-meetings%2Fstory-fn6s850w-1226381557636%3Fsv%3Df943ddedbd9ed67cf072c48504f079ac&style=compact&apikey=R_c50c04b2cdfa518fbc5e4a1f15e215d6&service_api=R_c50c04b2cdfa518fbc5e4a1f15e215d6&source=TheHeraldSun EASING UP: FIJI WILL ALLOW PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE COMMODORE FRANK BAINIMARAMA SEIZED POWER IN 2006. PICTURE: AFP AFP FIJI has re-instated the right to hold public meetings, which […]