SINGAPORE (IDN) – Making a statement during its latest session in Geneva, UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein lamented that many of their member states do not tolerate
…American Forces Bombed Hospital in Kunduz?
Air strikes on a hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz that killed 19 people were “tragic, inexcusable and possibly even criminal”, the UN human rights chief says.
High Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein …
Screening for terrorists isn’t fear-mongering
The cargo ship MV Sun Sea, carrying about 500 hundred Tamil migrants sits in harbour at the Canadian naval base at Esquimalt on Vancouver Island after being escorted by the Navy, Aug.
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David Ochmanek, who, as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, stated on Monday that “Russia’s future looked to be increasingly integrated with the West.” That statement is no longer true. In fact, not …
With a pro-Indian government in Colombo, New Delhi is taking its advantage to building a harbour in Jaffna to combat China’s maritime presence in the Indian Ocean region.
So far, India had been biding its time on putting pressure on …
The foreign ministry has posted on their official website the English language text of the US sponsored draft resolution on Sri Lanka which has been tabled before …
It’s a mere change of venue – instead of Geneva or New York; the US-Sri Lanka joint resolution shifts the backdrop to Colombo to cast a false sense of domestication. Circus moves on with foreign actors in starring roles. The …
After a flurry of diplomatic activity in Geneva, the UN Human Rights Council resolution on Sri Lanka has finally been tabled.
On September 24, the U.S.-led UN Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution on Sri Lanka was tabled. This would …