WILL THE UNHRC INITIATIVES END THE LANKAN GENOCIDE DESPITE THE RE-INVIGOURATED SOUTH BLOCK CAPTIVE DELHI? Colombo boastfully hawks its National Action Plan (NAP) implementing all the inconsequentials in the LLRC’s proposals but omits the crucial political element. The NAP is a diversion to tire out the international community away from efforts to hold Lanka […]
Freedom Flotilla Two: Another Massacre Looms?
Originally published at the Daily Censored for Project Censored. On June 21, 2011 some 40 to 50 American peace activists will gather in Athens Greece to join up with the 2nd International Freedom Flotilla headed to Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid and essential building materials. The Americans have named their ship “The Audacity of […]
Despite ‘Winning,’ Mugabe Intends To Make Opponents Bend To His Will
The June 27 runoff election has come and went. Robert Mugabe and his Zanu-PF Party supporters have managed to rig the polls and steal the election, maintaining their grip on power. Still, it does not seem that Mugabe is fully satisfied with being “reelected” as Zimbabwe’s president. So far, it looks that he intends to […]
BJP captured power in Karnataka
In the Karnataka assembly elections people voted in favour of BJP giving them 110 assembly seats, just 3 seats short of the requisite 113 seats for a simple majority in a house of 224 seats. While the Congress I managed to get 80 seats, the Janata Dal (S) won 28 seats and the independents won […]
Anger at Mbeki’s “No Crisis” Claim in Zimbabwe
By Joseph Sithole in Harare. Zimbabweans calling for the release of the long-delayed result of the presidential election have voiced anger and disappointment at South African president Thabo Mbeki’s statement that there is no crisis in their country. The South African leader, who has always claimed that his policy of “quiet diplomacy” is the most […]
Zimbabwe Election Violence Predicted for Second Round
By Meshack Ndodana in Harare. With a run-off between Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai looking increasingly likely, there are signs that the Zimbabwean regime will launch a crackdown to ensure victory for the incumbent at all costs. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, ZEC, is dragging its feet on announcing the official result of the […]