Radio Free Asia: ‘Wave of arrests’ in Burma

Iran: Overturn Death Sentences, Other Unfair Convictions

By: chnarendra

The Iranian Judiciary should immediately quash the convictions that have been handed down by the Revolutionary Court in Tehran since the end of September against defendants accused of inciting post-election unrest, Human Rights Watch said today. The convictions all stem from unfair trials in which the accused were denied access to lawyers. The ...

about 1 month ago

India, US and Burma's Unity

By: dustgeer

India has every reason to welcome US President Barack Obama's new engagement with the Burmese government that could help end the prolonged international isolation of our eastern neighbour so critical to our internal security and Asian strategy.   For years now Delhi had cautioned Washington against the policy of isolating Burma ...

15 days ago

Security forces arrest 75 persons in Bajaur Agency.

By: AfridiIhsan

KHYBER AGENCY: The security forces arrested 75 persons during a search operation in various areas in Khar tehsil while 21 illegal Afghan nationals were deported by political administration.The sources said that the security forces and political administration jointly launched a crackdown on militants and miscreants and arrested 75 persons in Fajja,...

24 days ago

Black Panthers in the Age of Obama

By: Ernchamp

Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000167 EndHTML:0000006434 StartFragment:0000000544 EndFragment:0000006418 Black Panthers in the time of Obama.     Hundreds of newspapers, magazines and websites have examined the recent election of President Barack Obama. Many of those articles focused on the historic significance of the election ...

5 days ago