By Pauline Tucker-Christie The word illegal says it all. You are breaking the law; therefore you should be punished not rewarded under the guise of “reform”. Sen. Rubio lays out three keys areas all of which point back to the very definition of illegal. First, he states that we need a modern immigration system that [...]
In Response To Sen. Rubio’s Plan For Illegal Immigration – OpEd
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Continuous Hemorrhage Weakens The Polisario – OpEd
The Polisario isolation at the international level has become even worse. This is due to Barbados’s recent decision to withdraw its recognition of the Sahrawi republic – an entity strongly recommended by the Polisario and supported by Algeria, but which has never been recognized by the UN, neither by any European State or any state [...]
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Problem Of Discrimination Against Women In India Requires Complex Social And Political Decisions – Analysis
President of India Pranab Mukherjee signed an ordinance, which tightens punishment for crimes against women. It enhances the ten-year sentence for those convicted of rape to 20 years and includes the death penalty for the rape that leads to death or serious injury of the victim. The changes to the criminal law of the country [...]
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Nepal: State Sovereignty Vs. Human Rights – OpEd
By Dr. Gyan Basnet Human rights help to define the inherent dignity of every human being: they belong to us all in equal measure because we are all human – male or female, young or old, rich or poor, atheist or believer. They are a set of minimum standards that one may expect by virtue [...]
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Indra Renews India’s Radar Surveillance Network
Indra said Tuesday it has completed the deployment and commissioning of the secondary monopulse radar network with modeS technology in India, which will be used to support the country’s air traffic management system. India’s Airport Authority (AAI) has accepted the nine secondary radar systems with modeS technology supplied and installed by the company, which are [...]
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Pakistan: At Least Eight Militants Killed In TTP And AI Clashes
According to the latest news at least eight militants belonging to two banned outfits Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Ansarul Islam (AI) have been killed during fresh clashes that erupted in Khyber tribal region’s Drey Stani area of Tirah valley. There are reports that many have been critically injured and the death toll is expected to [...]
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Iran Urges To Destroy All Atomic Weapons After North Korea Nuclear Test
Iran has confirmed that its higher-grade enriched uranium is being converted into reactor fuel, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced. He also called for destruction of all nuclear arms following N. Korea’s third nuclear test. “We need to come to the point where no country has any nuclear weapons and at the same time all [...]
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General Elections Pakistan 2013: Rendezvous With Monster Or Messiah – Analysis
Introduction Seldom has a country gone through an agonising period of trial and tribulation more severely than Pakistan for last about a decade and half. Fall of the dictator in March 2008 ordinarily should have ushered in a new era of peace and prosperity at the dawn of democracy but the dream remained elusive. It [...]
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Patrick Buchanan: A Godly Man In An Ungodly Age – OpEd
“To govern the bark of Saint Peter and proclaim the Gospel, both strength of mind and body are ncessary, strength which in the last few months, has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me.” With those brave, wise, simple words, [...]
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Anonymous Promises To Disrupt Obama’s State Of The Union Speech
Eyes and ears will be on US President Barack Obama Tuesday evening as he presents the State of the Union address from Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Hacktivists aligned with the Anonymous movement have other plans, however. A call to arms has been issued by Anonymous, the shadowy underground collective of hackers and activists, and [...]
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Burma: Arakan Officials Instructed To Restrict Muslims’ Travel
Immigration officials in Burma’s restive Arakan state have been instructed by authorities to prevent all Muslims from travelling outside of their townships, according to local sources. An immigration official in Sandoway township in southern Arakan state told DVB that authorities from the state government had called their department on the phone on Monday to pass [...]
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Kuwait: Rights Setbacks Amid Political Crisis
Human rights conditions deteriorated in Kuwait in 2012 during an ongoing political crisis, Human Rights Watch said today at a news conference for its World Report 2013. The security forces used what appeared to be excessive force to disperse stateless bidun residents and anti-government demonstrators on multiple occasions, and authorities briefly banned protests in October. [...]
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Bangladesh: International Investigation Demanded In Journalists’ Murders
Reporters Without Borders said Tuesday that it urges an international investigative commission be formed to identify those responsible for the murder of a journalist couple last year. Sagar Sarowar and his wife, Meherun Runi, were stabbed to death in their apartment in the capital city of Dhaka on February 11, 2012. Sarowar was news editor [...]
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Rise Of China And India: Global Game Changer? – Analysis
Relations between China and India have grown apace including in military cooperation. As they become the largest economies in the world this century they will together be the main drivers of the global economy. By Sajjad Ashraf IN A parallel development with the rise of Asia, bilateral relations between the two largest countries, China and [...]
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A New China Policy For South Korea: Options For President-Elect Park – Analysis
President-elect Park Geun Hye will need a new approach towards North Korea and China that differs from her predecessor’s hard-line policy. The new administration must reengage with Pyongyang as part of a broader strategic détente with China, whilst remaining close to the US. By Sukjoon Yoon NORTHEAST ASIA seems to have had enough of confrontation [...]
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North Korea Informed US Of Nuclear Test Plans: State Dept.
North Korea had informed the United States that it planned to conduct a nuclear test prior to its underground detonation of an atomic device Tuesday, a US State Department spokeswoman said. The North Korean government “did inform us at the State Department of their intention to conduct a nuclear test, without citing any specific timing [...]
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Abe’s Defence Policy: Leveraging The ‘Senkaku Effect’? – Analysis
Since returning to power Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has made defence central to his policy platform. To what extent does this mark a new departure for Japan, and how significant are current tensions with China as a driver? By Euan Graham JAPAN’S PRIME Minister Shinzo Abe, since returning to power, has made defence central to [...]
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Burning Down The House – OpEd
“Burn that fxxxxx’ house down…Fxxxxxx burn this motherfxxxxr!!” –Voices overheard on police radio at the scene of the cabin where Chris Dorner was trapped and burned to death by the cops It was clear from the outset when fired LAPD cop Chris Dorner began wreaking his campaign of vengeance and terror against his former employer that the California [...]
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Religious Intolerance Exists In Indonesia, But So Does The Opposite – OpEd
By Juliana Harsianti A new survey by the Setara Institute for Democracy and Peace identifies which Indonesian provinces have the most instances of religious intolerance, demonstrating that religious intolerance is unfortunately a real problem in the country. However I, as an Indonesian, have reasons to believe that the opposite is also true. While travelling with [...]
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India: Rule Of Law Remains A Dream On Paper – OpEd
The recent gang-rape of a female physiotherapist in Delhi was the latest in a row of disasters that occur as a rule. That it was followed by emotional outbursts in the Parliament with MPs ‘demanding death penalty for rapists in feverish pitches’ was expected; a rhetoric peppered with theatrics for the galleries was a given [...]
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