Demand raised in US to declare 1984 Sikh riot as 'genocide'
Tweet To recognize the organized violence perpetrated against Sikhs during 1984 as'genocide', a petition with more than 46,000 signatures, including 29,000 online has been submitted to the Obama...
View ArticleUS asked to term 1984 anti-Sikh violence a genocide
WASHINGTON: A petition with more than 46,000 signatures, including 29,000 online, submitted to the Obama administration urges it to recognize the organized violence perpetrated...
View ArticleObama on gun violence: 'We hear you.'
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says his administration has received an outpouring of support for stricter gun laws following last week's elementary school massacre in Connecticut, telling...
View ArticleAt UN Rwanda genocide tribunal, former government minister sentenced to 35...
20 December 2012 A trial chamber of the United Nations war crimes tribunal set up in the wake of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda today sentenced a former government minister, Augustin Ngirabatware, to...
View ArticleUN anti-genocide envoy: Syrian Alawites, other minorities face reprisal risk
The UN anti-genocide envoy warned on Thursday that minority groups in Syria, including Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's fellow Alawites, are at risk of major reprisal attacks as the 21-month-old...
View ArticleFormer Rwanda minister gets 35-year term for genocide
December 20, 2012 -- Updated 1451 GMT (2251 HKT) The skulls of victims of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide at the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Kigali, Rwanda on April 7, 2012. (CNN) -- A former Rwandan...
View ArticleRwandan genocide: UN war crime tribunal orders ex-minister to 35-year jail
Rwandan former minister Augustin Ngirabatware was sentenced to 35 years in jail by the UN war crimes tribunal on Thursday for incitement and involvement in the country's 1994 genocide. The...
View ArticleRwandan ex-minister jailed for 35 years for genocide
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Rwandan former minister Augustin Ngirabatware was sentenced to 35 years in jail by the U.N. war crimes tribunal on Thursday for incitement and involvement in the country's...
View ArticleU.N. anti-genocide envoy: Syria minorities face reprisal risk
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. anti-genocide envoy warned on Thursday that minority groups in Syria, including Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's fellow Alawites, are at risk of major reprisal...
View ArticleSikh group submits petition on 1984 riots to Obama administration
A Sikh rights group here has submitted a petition to the Obama administration seeking that the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in India be recognised as "genocide." The 'Sikh Genocide Petition' with 46,000...
View ArticleSikh Genocide Petition with 46,000 signatures tabled before Obama...
Jalandhar: A Petition, with over 46,000 signatures, has been tabled before Obama Administration urging it to recognize the organized violence perpetrated against Sikhs during November 1984 as...
View ArticleUN genocide adviser warns of increasing risk of sectarian violence in Syria
Print 21 December 2012 The United Nations top official on the issue of genocide has warned of the increasing risk of sectarian violence in Syria, and called on all parties to the conflict to refrain...
View ArticleUN genocide adviser warns of increasing risk of sectarian violence in Syria...
(Source: UN - United Nations) UN genocide adviser warns of increasing risk of sectarian violence in Syria Syrian children outside their UNHCR tent at Jordan's Za'atri refugee camp. Photo: UNHCR/M. Abu...
View ArticleWe hear you: Obama on gun violence
Washington: President Barack Obama says his administration has received an outpouring of support for stricter gun laws following last week's school shooting in Connecticut, telling respondents to an...
View Article>Obama on gun violence: 'We hear you.'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says his administration has received an outpouring of support for stricter gun laws following last week's elementary school massacre in Connecticut, telling...
View ArticleIncreasing Risk of Sectarian Violence in Syria
Saturday, 22 December 2012, 2:16 pm Press Release: United Nations UN Genocide Adviser Warns of Increasing Risk of Sectarian Violence in Syria New York, Dec 21 2012 12:00PM The United Nations top...
View ArticleWhy the Self-Defense Doctrine Doesn’t Legitimize Israel’s Assault...
Supporting all aspects of the Israeli assault on Gaza in November, “We are fully supportive of Israel’s right to defend itself.” Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu defended Israel’s targeting of civilian...
View ArticleThe War Party and the Israel Lobby Wish for War With Iran in 2013
As we begin 2013, the War Party and its ally, the Israel lobby, are pushing hard to make sure that they get their wish for the New Year, namely, a devastating war with Iran. To them, it is not enough...
View ArticleRwanda genocide: ICTR jails Augustin Ngirabatware
A UN war crimes court has sentenced a key organiser of the 1994 Rwandan genocide to 35 years in prison. The sentence was imposed on Augustin Ngirabatware, a former government minister in Rwanda. He is...
View ArticleDeath of Indian rape victim spurs reflection, calls for reform
The gang rape that took the life of a 23-year-old Indian medical student has catapulted the young woman into martyrdom and galvanized an outraged nation to demand better protection of its women. In...
View ArticleViolent economic 'reforms' and the growing violence against women
The brave and courageous Delhi gang rape victim breathed her last on December 30, 2012. This article is a tribute to her and other victims of violence against women. Violence against women is as old as...
View ArticleRights group announces reward of $10,000 for identification of each rapist of...
JALANDHAR: As there is strong anger in the country against the rape and rapists, Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), an international human rights group advocating justice for the victims of November 1984, while...
View ArticleSikh rights group decries “silence” over 1984 victims
Rights group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), while sending its “deepest condolences” to the family of the Delhi gang rape victim, has questioned the silence of the administration, politicians and the justice...
View ArticleSC notice on centre's plea to clarify banned group member order
Tweet New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the alleged ULFA activists Arup Bhuyan and Sri Indra Das on a petition by the central government seeking clarification of the...
View ArticleApex court notice to Centre on cervical cancer vaccines
Medicines given licence without appropriate trials The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre on a PIL seeking direction to cancel licence of two vaccines, which had been used on 24,000...
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