Brazil: killing of human rights defender Diego Luiz Berbare Bandeira

Presidente Dilma Rousseff, Gabinete da Presidente, Brasíl Your Excellency, I am William Nicholas Gomes, Human Rights Ambassador for Salem-News.com. I came to know about the KILLING OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER DIEGO LUIZ BERBARE BANDEIRA from Front Line Defenders the International Foundation for the protection of human rights defenders. On 23 August 2012 lawyer and human [...]

Gag order on shooting of Embassy personnel?

A week after a van with diplomatic plates was ambushed by Mexican Federal Police members, wounding two CIA agents, neither the U.S. or Mexican governments have much to say about the incident. State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland treated a question on the attack like the political hot potato it is. She seemed to plead for [...]

The struggle for the Political Support of the Surinamese Diaspora

Introduction Ze hebben 50,000 gegeven om hun verhaal aan de Diapora in Nederland te verkopen. Maar de steun die ze in NL aanboren is onstabiel en labiel, een groep die nergens geworteld is, en die zich nergens thuis voelt…..Wat ze doen is de mensen afhouden van de samenleving waaruit ze nooit meer vertrekken, om ze [...]

Mining Paradise: The Police and Army visit Junin- on the same day

Mining Paradise: The police and military harass Junin. In the same day! Within hours of each other, first a squad of 20 anti-narcotics police take to hills above Junin supposedly based on a denunciation of a plantation of coca. Hours later- and I am not making this up- a squad of 8 military personnel, all [...]

Mining Paradise, August 2012: I WAS WRONG ABOUT CORREA

I admit it, I thought he would wait until after the elections- due to take place in Februrary- before sending in the mining thugs to try to impose the government’s mining agenda on Intag’s communities. Yet, as I recall, I think I mentioned the fact that when it comes to mining, very little would surprise [...]

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Stop the Madness of Hatred

Palestinian-Dutch “Disarming Design” project inspired by artwork in captivity

Food speaks the language of Tradition and Culture

Execution of at least 10 prisoners postponed until Saturday

Aeras, GSK deal to Advance TB Vaccine research

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Urgent: 10 prisoners scheduled for execution today

Questions about lack of democracy, freedom of speech and corruption mar Ugandan’s Golden Independence Jubilee

Human rights groups urge UN to cease anti-drug trafficking funding until Islamic Republic renounces use of death penalty for drug-related offences

Kenya’s Professionals call for a supreme natural resource law

Africans innovators called to participate in Project Incubator Award

Israel goes to the polls in two or three months

Morsi’s 100 days, a performance which is viewed with mixed feelings

Syria: Arrest of prominent human rights defender Mr Khalil Matouk

Tanzania: Miners plead for time to make positive contribution

Six and Sixty

- First bags of Conflict-Free Tin leave a Congolese mine
  October 24, 2012
- Netherlands discusses closer cooperation with Egypt
  October 21, 2012
- Knapen welcomes steps to modernise World Bank
  October 17, 2012
- EU and Malawi to work together to help the poorest and improve agricultural production
- European Commission and UN Women launch new partnership on women’s empowerment
- EU and Malawi to work together to help the poorest and improve agricultural production