The global Slavery index is out highlighting the living standards, condition and human rights issue of people living and working all over the world. Modern slavery takes many forms, and is known by many names: slavery, forced labour or human trafficking. The Index provides a quantitative ranking of 162 countries around the world according to the […]
Presence of US marines in Darwin –a shift in US foreign policy in the region.
Presence of US marines in Darwin poses question on US foreign policy in the region. In an interview with The Australian, Edgard Kagan, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Department reiterated that the thought of shift in the US foreign policy has emerged due to over reaction to the presence of US marines in Darwin. The US […]
Anti-Whaling Activists Provoke Japanese Authorities
Anti-Whaling Activists Provoke Japanese Authorities Written by Keiko Tanaka Japanese whaling authorities and anti-whaling activists are trading blame after a harpoon ship collided with two vessels from the marine conservation group Sea Shepherd [1] in Antarctic waters on February 20, 2013. The incident offered a glimpse into the country’s complicated relationship with whaling as many […]
Will Delhi’s South Block “Friends of the Rajapakses” encourage Sri Lanka (SL) to defy the UNHR
Sri Lanka’s track record of over indulging in deception with impunity on the international community over the last six decades long genocide backfired when the UNHRC-SL resolution was adopted recently. Yet the Rajapakses chose to defy the Resolution and the UNHRC, the mandated body to bring rogue human rights abusers into line though the Resolution […]
Would Rajapakses/Sri Lanka (SL) continue to act with impunity despite the recent UNHRC resolution?
Sri Lanka’s track record of over indulging in deceptions with impunity on the international community over the last six decades long genocide backfired when the UNHRC-SL resolution was adopted recently. Yet the Rajapakses chose to defy the Resolution and the UNHRC, the mandated body to bring rogue human rights abusers into line though the […]
Jealousy at the Heart of Australian Labor Party’s Implosion
There are miles of words written these past few days about the battle royal for the Prime Ministership of Australia. Commentators from every angle are parsing every shred of the evidence they have about Kevin Rudd’s behavior and Julia Gillard’s. And in reading many of them the cynicism about politics is the dominant coloring, and […]