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21st Century UN Human Rights Mechanisms And The Tamils In Ceylon (Island of Sri Lanka)

The birth of the 21st century has changed the human rights mechanisms within the UN.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - During my University time, I supported the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, which was an important issue during the 70s and 80s.

My involvement on human rights in Sri Lanka started during the time of widespread disappearances in the South, of Singhalese youth summarily executed in their tens of thousands in the late 80s.

Sri Lanka`s Shavendra Silva Removed from UN Group

Silva was a top military commander.

(GENEVA) - Sri Lanka’s deputy U.N. ambassador has been dropped from a group advising the Secretary-General on payment to troops participating in peacekeeping operations.

According to the report, Louise Frechette, said she had advised Major General Shavendra Silva “that his participation is not appropriate or helpful.”

Paul Kagame`s Endless Diplomatic Gambles

Kagame is on the way out, and has become a disruption to progress in Rwanda and the Great Lakes region.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The saga between Kagame and France continues. It is a familiar story that sometimes sounds like a children's fairy tale. The latest is France recalling its Ambassador to Kigali, whom many have referred to as a French RPF cadre. But what is the reason behind this decision?

Kagame does not want the new French nominee to the diplomatic post in Kigali because "she is too close to the French Foreign Minister", Alain Juppe, whom Kagame considers "hostile to Rwanda's interests!"

G.L. Peiris Dropped from UNHRC Speakers` List

Sri Lanka Daily Mirror's Asoka Jayawardena, reports from Geneva.

(GENEVA) - Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Prof. Gamini Lakshman Peiris, who arrived in Geneva two days ago, has been dropped from the speakers' list at the high level segment of 19th session of the UNHRC.

A week ago UNHRC extranet published Mr. Peiris as the speaker from Sri Lanka at the high level segment. By yesterday (Feb. 21), however, Minister of Plantation Industries, Mahinda Samarasinghe has replaced Minister G.L. Peiris.

In Sri Lanka, Marie Colvin Mediating Role in White Flag Killings Recalled as Suspects Surge at UN

The outrage of Silva's nomination, which Sri Lanka got through the Asia Group not by election but by getting Nepal and Saudi Arabia to withdraw, has spread to other regional groups and major member states.

(UNITED NATIONS) - The death of journalist Marie Colvin in Homs in Syria calls to mind her work in another war zone: Sri Lanka.

Based on her reporting in 2001 forward, she became an well meaning humanitarian intermediary in attempted surrenders that ended in the murder of those surrendering.

SRI LANKA: Calls Mount for Government Action on War Inquiry

Thousands of prisoners who went missing during the war remain unaccounted for.

(COLOMBO IRIN) - As Sri Lanka comes under increasing international pressure to implement war commission recommendations, IRIN asked analysts which recommendations were most easily achievable.

Human rights groups and governments have widely criticized the lack of accountability in the report by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission.

Judi Rudoren, Another Member of the Family: Meet the New York Times` New Israel - Palestine News Chief

Let us hope Rudoren understands that good reporting does not equate a false narrative with a factual one...

(SACRAMENTO) - Michael Lerner, the editor of Tikkun Magazine, is known for his frequent condemnations of Israeli violence against Palestinians.

He is labeled “pro-Palestinian” for such statements and is regularly attacked by pro-Israel zealots who charge that he is disloyal to the Jewish state.

Israel-Palestine Talks in Windsor, Ontario, Canada and Throughout Oregon

Rich Forer's talks will focus on the psycho-spiritual dimensions of the Israel-Palestine conflict.

(SALEM) - Throughout the month of March I will be speaking at venues in Canada, only minutes away from the Detroit, MI area, and Oregon.

If you're in the area I hope you can attend. If you know people in those areas please make this information available to them.

A Criminal Monk To The Police Commission

It is clear that in this (as in any other) opportunistic alliance between politician and monk, it was the politician who reaped the long-term advantages.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - The recent appointment of Elle Gunawanse to the Police Commission shows just how unacceptable the new framework for independent bodies is.

Gunawanse was a firebrand Buddhist monk who played an important role in the events of July 1983, that led to the Murders of 1000's of Tamils.

Iran Crisis: 10 Questions Hague Won`t Answer

Why does he say "Iran is threatening to spark a nuclear arms race" when Israel has already destabilized the region with its nuclear arsenal?

(LONDON) - In an interview with The Daily Telegraph Britain’s Foreign Secretary, William Hague, claims that Iran is threatening to spark a nuclear arms race in the Middle East which could be more dangerous than the original East-West Cold War.

"It is a crisis coming down the tracks,” he says.