Assault rifles, shotguns and pistols worth over $3.8 million were revealed to be among the goods the UK has exported to Sri Lanka – a country accused of repeated human rights violations by the UN, and London itself. The export report for the second half of 2012, published by the Department for Business Innovation and [...]
UK Exports Arms To Sri Lanka Despite Widespread Rights Violations
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Chavez Returns To Venezuela From Cuba – Twitter, Local Press
Reports that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has returned home after more than two months of cancer treatment in Cuba surfaced Monday via the president’s Twitter account and local media. “We have arrived again in our land of Venezuela. Thank you, my God!! Thank you, beloved people!! We will continue treatment here,” said a post on [...]
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Egypt: Soccer Fans Defy Emergency Rule, Force Work Stoppage In Port Said – Analysis
Thousands of militant soccer fans, in an indication that emergency rule will not squash mass protests, blocked government buildings as part of a general strike in the Suez Canal city of Port Said that is at the center of mounting anger at the brutality of police and security forces and demands that those responsible for [...]
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Al Qaeda In Iraq Claims Responsibility For Car Bombings
Al Qaeda in Iraq claimed responsibility on Monday for several car bombs that killed 28 people in Shia areas of Baghdad on Sunday. The group said the attacks were in response to the perceived repression of Sunni Muslims at the hands of Shia Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s government, Reuters reported. “We say to the Sunnis [...]
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Kremlin Says Russian Boy Killed By Adoptive Mother In U.S.
(RFE/RL) — Russian officials claim that a 3-year-old Russian boy has been killed by his American adoptive mother in Texas. The Russian Foreign Ministry’s official for human rights, Konstantin Dolgov, said on February 18 that Russian authorities will be monitoring investigations of Maksim Kuzmin’s death, which occurred on January 21. Russia’s children’s rights ombudsman Pavel [...]
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Punjab Heading Towards Educated Illiterates – OpEd
By Dr. Gursharan Singh Kainth The Right to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, is considered a landmark in India’s quest to provide every Indian child aged between 6 and 14 years with free education. It is now not just a promise made by the Government of India but also a right for the [...]
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China: Post-Party Congress Scenario And Policy Indicators In Two Speeches Of Xi Jinping – Analysis
By D. S. Rajan With an eye on discerning any policy indications, the rest of the world is paying attention to the two speeches made by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Xi Jinping in the post-Party Congress period – first in early December 2012 and the second on late January 2013. Full texts [...]
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Myanmar’s Economic Reforms: Imperatives And Opportunities – Analysis
By Nayantara Shaunik Since 2011, Myanmar has embarked upon a series of reforms, including political, economic, and administrative amendments. Progress has been made on the economic front with reforms initiated to address issues of corruption, currency exchange rates, and integrated foreign investment and taxation laws. However, the pace and extent of economic reforms in the [...]
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Afghanistan: Troubling Prospects – Analysis
By Ajit Kumar Singh Addressing the Congress during the annual State of the Union speech in the night of February 12, 2013, United States (US) President Barack Obama declared, “America will complete its mission in Afghanistan and achieve our objective of defeating the core of al Qaida”. Outlining his latest Afghan policy he stated, Already [...]
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India: Another Faultline In Assam – Analysis
By Giriraj Bhattacharjee On February 12, 2013, at least 20 persons were killed in Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council (RHAC) areas in Goalpara District, Assam, as violence engulfed the region during the third and final phase of Panchayat (village Self-Governing body) elections in Assam. While 13 people died as a result of Police firing, when violent [...]
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India: Maoist: Odisha Assessment 2013 – Analysis
Speaking in the State Assembly on December 3, 2012, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik claimed that situation was improving in Naxal [Left Wing Extremism (LWE)]-afflicted Districts due to “strong action” taken by Security Forces (SFs). “Districts such as Jajpur, Dhenkanal, Nayagarh, Deogarh, Mayurbhanj, Sambalpur and Gajapati have not witnessed any Maoist [Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)] [...]
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Parliament Ready To Negotiate On EU Long-Term Budget
Leading MEPs set the stage for negotiations on the EU’s long-term budget in a debate with the European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and Commission President José Manuel Barroso on Monday. Most parliamentarians consider the recent deal on the Union’s seven-year budget unacceptable. Parliament has the power to veto the proposal. The EU’s next long-term [...]
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New EU Initiative To Fight Organised Crime And Human Trafficking At EU Borders
A new €1.5 million project that will boost the fight against organised crime and human trafficking in Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Moldova and Turkey has been launched by the European Union. This innovative pilot project will help countries to be better equipped to deal with human trafficking, for example through sharing data on trafficking and providing training [...]
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The EU’s Free Trade Agreements – Where Are We?
Over the next two years, 90% of world demand will be generated outside the EU. That’s why it is a key priority for the EU to open up more market opportunities for European businesses by negotiating new Free Trade Agreements with key countries, according to the European Commission. “If we were to complete all our [...]
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Kashmir-A Bruised Paradise: Paraphrasing The Fallout Of Afzal Guru’s Execution – OpEd
How will you feel if your Cell phone network is deliberately put off on your own nation’s Republic or Independence Day? How will you feel if your contact to outer world via internet is blocked for weeks together, in the name of security or law and order measures? How will you feel when you are always [...]
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Iran Says France Claims Are Meddlesome And Baseless
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast has condemned as “meddlesome and baseless” the recent allegations by the French defense minister about Iran’s nuclear energy activities. “Instead of interfering in the internal affairs of other countries, French officials should consider reforming the deplorable situation of human rights in their own country,” Mehmanparast said. The Iranian official [...]
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The Right To Remain Invisible And Assume Fictitious Identities – OpEd
When online communication first took shape, it often involved exchanges between individuals who had professional reasons to want to conceal their identities. Software engineers, who tend to be libertarian by nature, wanted to be able to engage in freewheeling discussions with like-minded cyber-adventurers without being constrained too much by overbearing managers or corporate dictates. Free [...]
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Ron Paul: Extra-Juridical Killing Is the Opposite Of Justice In A Free Society – OpEd
Last week, Senators threatened to put a “hold” on the nomination of John Brennan to be CIA director over his refusal to answer questions about the use of drones to kill Americans on US soil. That the president’s nominee to head the agency that has used drones to kill perhaps thousands overseas could not deny [...]
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Ecuador’s Election A “Referendum On Economic Policies”
Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa’s victory in the first round of elections and the election of a majority of his Alianza País party to the National Assembly presents a “clear mandate” for the continuation of Correa’s economic policies, Center for Economic and Policy Research Co-Director Mark Weisbrot said. Correa was re-elected with 57 percent of the [...]
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EU Extends Sanctions Against Syria For 3 Months
European Union governments agreed on Monday, February 18 to extend sanctions against Syria for three months but said they would amend an arms embargo to provide more non-lethal support and technical assistance to protect civilians, Reuters said. The decision, taken at an EU foreign ministers’ meeting, was a compromise after weeks of disagreement between Britain, [...]
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