Three protesters have been killed and reportedly 65 injured in Cairo as outraged crowds protest both in the Egyptian capital and the city of Port Said over the latest erdict on the deadly Port Said stadium riot in February 2012. Security sources have reported that the protester died from the effects of tear gas. Meanwhile, [...]
Cairo Violence Rages After Port Said Verdict, 3 Killed
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Suicide Bomber Attacks Nearby During Hagel ISAF Meeting
By Karen Parrish Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel was in a briefing at a NATO International Security Assistance Force facility here today when a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb outside the Afghan Defense Ministry just before 9 a.m. local time. The attack killed nine and injured 14, according to first reports from Afghan officials. The [...]
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Yemen: Halt Execution Of Alleged Juvenile Offender, Says HRW
President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi of Yemen should immediately halt the scheduled execution of a man who may have been under 18 at the time of the alleged crime, Human Rights Watch said. Mohammad Abd al-karim Mohammad Haza`a is due to face a firing squad on the morning of March 9, 2013. International treaties to [...]
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Sri Lanka: UNHRC In Geneva And After – Analysis
By Kumar David Sri Lanka has become the centrepiece of action in Geneva this March at the 22-nd UN Human Rights Commission sessions now in progress. The betting at the moment is that the US resolution critical of the Lankan government will secure about 33 votes and the remaining 14 will split between pro-Rajapakse votes [...]
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Sri Lanka: Comments On India And Resolution In UNHRC – Analysis
By Col R Hariharan [This summary contains comments made by Col Hariharan to different print and TV media from 5 to 7 March 2013 on specific issues raised by them on India’s response to the U.S. draft resolution on Sri Lanka’s accountability now under consideration at the UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva.] Information [...]
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Corruption Charges Bolster Hopes In Kosovo
By Linda Karadaku Kosovo citizens hope that the corruption charges against Prizren Mayor Ramadan Muja and five other senior municipality officials signal positive changes in the country’s judicial system. “Citizens are fed up with abuses of authority. We expect justice to do its part, and if the charges against Muja are proven, we hope for [...]
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Iran To Test Fire 3 New Missiles
Iran’s army will test-fire three new types of missiles during an upcoming military drill, a top military commander said on Saturday. The missiles, which have undergone lab tests, will be test-fired by the end of the current Persian calendar year (ending on March 20, 2013), Ground Forces deputy chief Gen. Kiomars Heidari was quoted by [...]
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North Korea Demands South Korea Apologize For ‘Open Declaration Of War’
Recent statements by Seoul have angered Pyongyang to the extent that the latter considers them a cry for war. This follows North Korea’s nullifying all non-aggression pacts and cutting the hotline with its southern neighbor. According to North Korea’s official news agency KCNA, Pyongyang’s senior official with the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea [...]
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Bolivian President Morales Says “Almost Certain” Chavez Was Poisoned
Bolivian President Evo Morales said Saturday he was “almost certain” that “the empire” (the United States) had poisoned his political ally, late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, regional media reported. President Chavez, who led Venezuela for 14 years, died Tuesday at the age of 58 after a two-year-long fight against cancer. Nicolas Maduro, who had been [...]
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What Is Office Of High Commissioner Of Human Rights (OHCHR) Doing About US/NATO Atrocities? – OpEd
By Shenali Waduge The British medical journal Lancet reported that the US-led unprovoked 2003 bombing, invasion and military take-over of Iraq—which NATO officially joined in 2004 in a ‘training’ capacity—had resulted in over 665,000 civilian deaths by 2006, and 200,000 in the UN-authorized, 1991 Desert Storm massacre led primarily by the US with several NATO [...]
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Are U.S. Anti-Money Laundering Efforts Effective? – OpEd
Since Sept. 11, 2001, the United States has established tools to address the threats of money laundering and terrorist financing to the U.S. financial system. One such tool is Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, which authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to prohibit U.S. financial institutions from maintaining certain accounts for [...]
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Somali Pirates Release Tanker Hijacked Year Ago
Somali pirates have released a chemical tanker they hijacked a year ago with more than 20 crew on board after receiving a ransom, the pirates and a minister from the semi-autonomous Puntland region said on Saturday, March 9, according to Reuters. The pirates said they had abandoned the UAE-owned MT Royal Grace, which was seized [...]
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Mandela Hospitalized But ‘No Cause For Alarm’
By Anita Powell Former South African president Nelson Mandela is in a hospital again for the second time since December. Members of President Jacob Zuma’s office say it is a scheduled checkup and there is no cause for alarm. Nelson Mandela checked into the hospital in Pretoria Saturday afternoon. The anti-apartheid icon is 94 years [...]
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New Theory ‘Rewrites’ Stonehenge History
New research has shed fresh light on Stonehenge’s past, suggesting that it was originally a graveyard and then a venue for mass celebrations that unified the whole of pre-historic Britain. According to the team of researchers led by archeologist Professor Mike Parker Pearson of University College London, the historic site was in fact older than [...]
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Kosovo: Remembering What The Ahtisaari Plan Says – Analysis
The latest round of talks between Belgrade and Pristina appears not to have reached agreement, with the north still remaining the issue. Yet, the Ahtisaari Plan recognized that the conflict in Kosovo between Serbs and Albanians could only be peacefully resolved if a way were found to allow the two groups to co-exist in a [...]
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US-Britain Backed Militants Launch An All-Out War On Malaysia – OpEd
By Nile Bowie Tension is high in Malaysia’s eastern state of Sabah following an ongoing standoff between militants from the nearby southern Philippines and Malaysian security forces. 235-armed militants landed in eastern Sabah in early February and occupied several villages in an effort to assert a centuries-old claim over the territory. Both sides accuse the [...]
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Iran: Activists Condemn Sunni Death Sentences
A group of political and religious activists has issued a statement calling for a halt to the death sentences handed to Rask Imam, Molavi Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi and 11 other Sunni activists. The Melli Mazhabi Website reports that in a statement signed by 82 activists and 14 political and human rights organizations, voices of concern [...]
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Electric Cars Safe To Drive For Patients With Implanted Cardiac Devices
Patients with implanted cardiac devices such as pacemakers and defibrillators can safely drive or ride in an electric car without risk of electromagnetic interference (EMI). These are the findings of a study by the Mayo Clinic, titled “Hybrid Cars and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators: Is It Safe?”, which is the first of its kind to address [...]
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Xinjiang Raids Point To Religious Controls
An unrelenting police campaign of conducting raids on Muslim Uyghur homes for religious materials has raised concerns about a crackdown on religion in China’s restive northwestern Xinjiang region. Uyghur residents in counties across the region, which is home to China’s mostly Muslim minority Uyghur ethnic group, have complained that their homes are subject to constant [...]
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Gender Quotas: Bad For Business Or A ‘Necessary Evil’?
(EurActiv) — As Europe marks International Women’s Day, politicians remain divided over a European Commission proposal to impose a 40% quota for women sitting on company boards. The European Parliament on March 7 organised a debate on ‘Women’s Responses to the Crisis’. The event bore significance as European politicians remain divided over a proposal concerning [...]
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