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Rwanda Urged to End Clampdown on Dissent as Charles Ntakirutinka Released

New opposition parties were prevented from contesting the elections.

(NEW YORK) - The release today of a former government minister following a decade in prison has prompted Amnesty International to call for an end to the ongoing persecution of political opponents and journalists in Rwanda.

"Charles Ntakirutinka spent 10 years of his life in prison because he formed a political party," said Erwin van der Borght, Amnesty International's Africa Director.

How to End Rwanda`s PR Problem

If Rwanda can reconcile and rebuild after the genocide, Rwanda can also make this final leap of faith.

(KIGALI, Rwanda) - The time has come for Kigali’s most powerful to make a loud and public cry for security for all Rwandans, even those who are critical of them.

As the festive season comes to an end and Valentine’s flowers begin to wither, the year’s first heavy rains have fallen on Kigali.

Asma Al-Assad, Diana of the Middle East: Syria`s First Lady on Gaza

The reason America continually attacks nations that didn't provoke its wrath, is that they don't get in line and accept Israeli war crimes.

(SALEM) - There is a common theme among America's real and created enemies in the Middle east.

They all are or were unwilling to accept Israel's apartheid politics that subject all who are not Jewish to separate laws and even roads.

Sri Lanka: A Two-Act Drama Unfolding in Colombo

Old father clock is grinding forward with determination and the Rajapakses are with their backs to the wall.

(NOIDA, India) - The large and quite unexpected hike in all prices that Sri Lanka woke up to in the first week of February set off protest movements that are growing and could swell into something very serious.

Then, the government unleashed a wave of street protests against “the imperialist plot to destabilise Sri Lanka and undermine its sovereignty” as the UNHCR sessions opened in Geneva.

US & Blake Opposes Sri Lankan General Silva as UN Adviser, French PR Araud No Comments & Worse

France is the home of human rights? Hardly.

(UNITED NATIONS) - France is not one of the countries trying to help the UN's image by urging that Sri Lankan general Shavendra Silva, suspected in war crimes, be removed from UN Peacekeeping Operations.

Tweets from Tamil Eelam

A little bird told us the island nation of Sri Lanka is in big trouble...

(SALEM / LONDON) - Described by many activists as the ‘final medium for free speech’, Twitter and Facebook quickly became both highly influential, and vitally important communication tools in this world.

These mediums allow words, thoughts and updates to emerge from war zones and embattled regions, putting victims, journalists and humanitarian activists, on a single page.

Sri Lanka- No Hurry to Implement Recommendations of War Commission

The LLRC report contained several recommendations.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - Implementation of all the recommendations of a war commission appointed by Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa will not be rushed, a Sri Lankan envoy said on Sunday.

Their Ambassador to the United States said the government also stood strongly against a U.S. resolution to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva calling on the government to adopt the recommendations of the Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission.

SRI LANKA: A Tamil man of Indian origin Arrested, Tortured & Laid With Fabricated Charges

Salem-News.com Eye on the World Report.

(SAYDABAD, Bangladesh) - Police began arresting Tamil youths of Indian origin in the Ukuwela area during the summer of 2008, over mere suspicion due to their ethnicity and detained indefinitely.

One individual who was arrested, Navajeevan, was tortured by police officers who at times, hung him from the ceiling while severely beating the youth with poles.

Marie Colvin`s Conference Call Recording on White Flag Surrender Safe

Exclusive report from Sri Lanka Guardian...

(LONDON) - Marie Colvin, she is said to have preserved her notes and recording of telephone conversations including that of her conference call on her negotiations to get the senior LTTE men surrendered in May 2009.

Marie Colvin was murdered by the Syrian forces in their targeted bombing of the media hideout of the rebels.

`India Should Raise UN Report on Lanka Rights Violations`: CPI

D. Raja said the international community was shocked to witness such "war crimes and gross violations of human rights" committed during the civil war in Sri Lanka.

(DELHI, India) - The Communist Party of India on Saturday demanded that India should raise the issue of the United Nations report on the last phase of the civil war in Sri Lanka.

The conflict is a hotbed of allegations of human rights violations by the Army, during the meeting of UN Human Rights Commission at Geneva.