The much talked of Sri Lankan External Affairs Minister (EAM), Prof G.L. Peiris’s visit to New Delhi from 15 to 17 May, 2011 to discuss matters of concern and expected to include the possible approach by the two nations on the UN Secretary General’s Advisory Panel Report, is a very conspicuous omission in the Joint… [Read more…]
May 14, 2011
Out of 115 million voters in 05 Indian State assemblies, in four States – Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala and Puducherry – the voters voted against corruption. In Assam they had the opportunity, but did not. They voted “Congress”. In India, assemblies do have their own politics and their own provincial power clans. But the… [Read more…]
April 14, 2011
The US Sate Department Country Reports on HR for 2010, very clearly shows all countries excluding Bhutan has serious issues of human rights violations, carried over to year 2011, from last year – 2010. In Pakistan and Sri Lanka the reports say, security forces have been acting independently, without reporting to civilian authorities. In India… [Read more…]
April 5, 2011
“The Government is withdrawing cases of murder, rape, robbery, corruption, extortion and for keeping illegal arms, by considering those ‘politically motivated cases’, bypassing the judiciary or any judicial process. Those cases have been withdrawn under political consideration and kept for ‘future consideration’; most of them were filed against ruling party leaders and activists. Furthermore, some… [Read more…]
March 28, 2011
“The special security laws in force in Kashmir, continue to fuel a culture of impunity. Even in the rare cases when local authorities show the political will to pursue the perpetrators of gross human rights abuses, these efforts swiftly get lost in the labyrinth of the legal process, which are rendered more complicated by the… [Read more…]
March 23, 2011
The first ever attempt to set a common floor wage for all Asian workers in the apparel industry has been undertaken as a global campaign and the first People’s Tribunal on decent working standards with a common minimum wage is being organised in Sri Lanka’s premier Free Trade Zone area, Katunayake, on 28 and 29… [Read more…]
March 6, 2011
International Catholic Movement for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs and International Movement of Catholic Students known as Pax Romana in consultative status with the UN Human Rights Council has handed over a written submission to the Session 16 of the HR Council in Geneva, in accordance with the Economic and Social Council Resolution 1996/31, asking that… [Read more…]
February 17, 2011
Tunisian Blogger Turned Minister on Egypt’s Revolution Internet, Face Book, Twitter, On Line Petitions, have all come to play the role, at least part of the role, a revolutionary vanguard party was expected to play in the past, from Lenin to Mao, to Ho Chi Minh and Castro to Daniel Ortega. Today, the world is… [Read more…]
January 2, 2011
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is on fire!. Crunchy numbers About 3 million people visit the Taj Mahal every year. This blog was viewed about 27,000 times in 2010. If… [Read more…]
January 2, 2011
South Asia in 2011 would be in world focus, with the Afghan war that is also within Pakistan and Pakistan – India wrangling on cross border terrorism, taking centre stage between the two big powers. There are also other issues that have South Asian countries dragged into common conflicts and bi lateral negotiations. Some are… [Read more…]
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