Rights groups and victims’ families allege officers carried out extrajudicial killings. By Joseph Akwiri Outside his home on the outskirts of Mombasa, 29-year-old Swaleh Rama holds up a dry, bloodstained bedsheet. He has vowed to keep it as evidence of what he says was the illegal shooting of his elder brother, Salim Mohammed Nyiro, by […]
Governance: The North Caucasus
Russia has opted for authoritarian local leaders, rather than risk losing control of its southern frontier. By IWPR Caucasus – As reports emerge that Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the elder of two brothers accused of the April 15 Boston bombings, visited the North Caucasus last year, media attention has turned to that underreported region in search of […]
Attack on American Embassy in Tunis
Police eventually disperse crowd after embassy invasion. By IWPR Tunisia Crowds have attacked the United States embassy in Tunis an a repetition of scenes played out in other Arab capitals in protest at an American-made film that has outraged Muslims. Over 2,000 people took to the streets of the capital on Friday, September 14, […]
Piracy “Business” is Booming – for pirates, navies and merchenaries
From the SMCM (Somali Marine and Coastal Monitor): (and with a view on news with an impact on Somalia) The continuing plight of the sailors Efforts must be stepped up to free them (DailyStar) The state of uncertainty over the fate of the crew of MV Jahan Moni continues. There is little sign of […]
End Sri Lanka’s genocide behavior to end flow of Asylum seekers
A SL apologist labelled asylum seekers in boats off the Canadian and Australian shores as Sri Lanka’s unwanted exports. The objective of SL and its apologists is shift the focus of debate internationally away from war crimes and sanctions for SL’s genocide to the fate of a few asylum seekers (78 and 208) forgetting that the […]
DELHI’S PATRONAGE ENCOURAGES SRI LANKAN WAR CRIMES TO GO INTERNATIONAL
Excerpts of the SBS Lateline 18 October panel discussion reveal a belligerent Sri Lanka (SL) targeting specifically the diaspora, threatening to use the much dreaded weapon in its portfolio namely ‘disappearances’ (kidnapping/rendition). One Prof Rohan Gunaratne strongly advocates its use though the panel pointed out that the act. ’..is.. unlawful and violates international law..’. Rohan’s […]