While the world observes the 66th International Human Rights Day on 10 December, the family members of more than 1,000 disappeared Nepalis have not obtained any information about where their nearest and dearest are. They have been questioning the state about the status of their disappeared family members for eight years—since the beginning of the […]
AIDS Crisis, Security and Development Concerns in Sub Saharan Regions
Introduction Since its appearance in 1981, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, more commonly known as AIDS, has claimed the lives of over 33.2 million people—over 4.3 million of them have been children. According to the UN, AIDS “threatens development, social cohesion, political stability, food security and life expectancy and imposes a devastating economic burden that requires […]
‘REAL PEACE’ IN SRI LANKA (SL) AFTER HISTORICAL INJUSTICE TO TAMILS?
‘REAL PEACE’ IN SRI LANKA (SL) AFTER HISTORICAL INJUSTICE TO TAMILS? The logical answer to this question has to be in the negative; more so when even the highly learned and eminent persons like a Lee Kuan Yew, a Desmond Tutu and others of Elders status are convinced on the decades long brutal […]
Is Absolute Power on its Last Legs?
Posted by Liz Colville to findingDulcinea Several nations long ruled by monarchies are abandoning them, many in favor of democracy. Other dictatorships have weakened. But a few strongholds of absolute power do remain. Many countries long seen as oppressed have been freed recently from the dictatorial grasp of their leaders, indicating that absolute power as […]
Indo-US Strategy in South Asia
Those interested in international relations are familiar with the age-old Middle East plight. Different forces active there have been exercising their own interests while to them the value of human life has meant little. Among the prominent players in the Middle East, the United States has clearly sided with Israel, the chief buyer of US […]