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UN Secretary-General to visit Sri Lanka
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced yesterday that he will be visiting Sri Lanka this coming Friday and Saturday, May 22-23, to visit the conflict zone and the camps for the…
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UN Human Rights Council to hold special session on Sri Lanka
Good news! The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold a special session in Geneva on Monday, May 25, on the human rights situation in Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan government…
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President Obama Needs to Turn Words Into Action
Today President Obama said the right words about returning to the rule of law and reclaiming America’s moral authority. Now he needs to ensure his actions reflect American values and…
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Death of POC Fathi al-Jahmi
Fathi Al-Jahmi became an activist for democracy in the 1970s. When he was a provincial governor in 2002, he criticized Muammar al-Gadhafi’s authoritarian regime, calling for free elections, a free…
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Zimbabwe is the new Pakistan?
[caption id="attachment_2128" align="alignnone" width="207" caption="Alec Muchadehama in his office, 19 August 2008"][/caption] Remember two years ago when then President Musharraf removed the Chief Justice of Pakistan’s Supreme Court, setting off…
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International access needed to Sri Lankan former war zone
For those who haven't already heard, the Sri Lankan government announced today that its forces had defeated the opposition Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), with all the LTTE leaders…
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Sri Lanka arrests three doctors
I'm very worried. In the final days of the war between the Sri Lankan government and the opposition Tamil Tigers, it had been hard to get reliable information as to…
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Global Day of Action for Troy Davis – Today!
Today is the Global Day of Action for Troy Davis. Over 150 events in 45 state, DC, Puerto Rico, and 28 countries overseas have been scheduled, demonstrating as clearly as…
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Red Cross: Sri Lankan war zone a "humanitarian catastrophe"
The International Committee of the Red Cross today described the Sri Lankan war zone as "an unimaginable humanitarian catastrophe."Â For the third consecutive day, the ICRC has been unable to…
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Disappearance of Sri Lankan human rights defender
It's not only the war zone in northern Sri Lanka where people are at risk.  On May 7, Stephen Sunthararaj was abducted in Colombo, the capital, by five men dressed in military uniform…
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Life for Darfuri Refugees in Chad Still Desperate
Amnesty International researchers just completed a mission to Chad to investigate the growing number of Darfuri refugees there. Alex Neve, Secretary General of Amnesty Canada, has been documenting the mission:…
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The Hits Keep Coming from Obama
(As originally posted on Daily Kos) And the hits just keep coming. Despite its pledge to reintroduce greater transparency to government the Obama administration reversed itself again this week, announcing…