Updates from Press Secretary SAAPK who posts from his public twitter account … tweets are listed in reverse order (i.e. latest first): Saleem ud Din @SaleemudDinAA @Hi_Its_Annie No but they were working […]
Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga has presented the first National Action Plan Against Human Trafficking at a forum attended by 250 representatives of the federal administration, cantons and civil society. Human […]
The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has urged the central government and the West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) provincial administration to begin the resolution of humanitarian issues faced […]
UPDATE: According to Press Secretary SAAPK, Riaz Ahmad of Ghatialian, Sialkot also martyred. “We have to understand that a new family has been destroyed as Saad Farooq was starting his […]
JASSIM ABUZAID ARABNEWS Thursday 18 October 2012 JEDDAH: Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said the OIC had not received formal notification from the government of Myanmar that it will not open an OIC humanitarian office in Myanmar. He noted that the OIC, once this issue […]
CAIRO – Libyan rebels appear to have “summarily executed” scores of fighters loyal to Moammar Qaddafi, and probably the dictator himself, when they overran his hometown a year ago, a […]
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 […]
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 […]
It has been three years since the US government approved a list of Guantanamo Bay detainees for release. On Friday, the names of those 55 inmates who had been authorized for transfer were made public. The Department of Justice stated that there was no longer a “need to withhold” the […]
Margareth S. Aritonang, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Headlines | Tue, September 18 2012, 9:30 AM The country will likely register a bleak record in the protection of religious minorities in the next four years following the government’s decision to reject a recommendation from the United Nations Human Rights Council […]
Source: reuters // Reuters AlertNet GENEVA, Sept 17 (Reuters) – United Nations human rights investigators said on Monday that they had drawn up a new secret list of Syrians and […]
KARACHI: With the country torn apart by religious extremism and intolerance, the metropolitan city is also witnessing a rise in hate crimes against minorities. In the latest incident, a 23-year-old Ahmadi shopkeeper, Muhammad Ahmad, was gunned down in Gulistan-e-Jauhar late Saturday night. Source: Tribune, Pakistan http://tribune.com.pk/story/437786/ahmadi-shopkeeper-gunned-down/ Within a span of […]
Chris McGreal in Washington THE GUARDIAN Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the US government of covering up the extent of waterboarding at secret CIA prisons, alleging that Libyan opponents […]
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 […]
Source: AlJazeera Ramallah, occupied Palestinian territories – A dirty mattress fills up a space barely two metres long and one metre wide. A suffocating stench emanating from the toilet hovers over the windowless room, and a light turned on 24/7 means sleep is a distant dream. This is the infamous […]
Source: UN News Center 7 August 2012 – The United Nations refugee agency today urged Bangladeshi authorities to ensure that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can continue to provide assistance to unregistered people who have fled the violence in neighbouring Myanmar’s Rakhine state, after reports emerged of Government authorities banning them […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]