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  • UN: Sri Lanka second after Iraq for disappearances

    UN: Sri Lanka second after Iraq for disappearances SRI LANKA has the second highest number of disappearances in the world, ranking only behind Iraq, according to the UN Commission on Human Rights, reported in the March 28 London Sunday Times. The

  • More charges thrown at Pinochet

    More charges thrown at Pinochet ON APRIL 7, Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon decided to accuse Augusto Pinochet of 11 more cases of torture allegedly committed between 1988 and 1990. The latest charges bring to 60 the total number of charges pending

  • Eyewitness account from Liquisa

    Eyewitness account from Liquica Following is an eyewitness account from Liquica priest RAFAEL DOS SANTOS. It is a translation by Human Rights Watch of a report in the Dili daily paper Suata Timor Timur on April 8. At about 13:00, members of Besi

  • Militarisation vs democratisation in India and Pakistan

    Militarisation vs democratisation in India and Pakistan DELHI — India's April 11 test of an Agni-II missile, which is capable of carrying nuclear warheads, was answered by Pakistan on April 14-15 by the firing of Ghauri-II intermediate-range

  • Timorese meet to plan development policies

    Timorese meet to plan development policiesMELBOURNE — About 100 people representing East Timorese communities, non-government organisations and international aid agencies met from April 5 to 9 to discuss policies to be put

  • Cops obstruct 'Millions for Mumia' march

    Cops obstruct 'Millions for Mumia' march Mayor Ed Rendell and the Philadelphia Police Department are attempting to interfere with the April 24 "Millions for Mumia" march. The Millions for Mumia Mobilisation, a coalition of more than 500

  • 'Fear stalks Dili'

    "Fear still stalks Dili", Australian activist JON LAND told Green Left Weekly by phone from Dili on April 16. "There are more and more reports of an impending attack on independence activists here by militias backed by the military.

  • Timorese demonstrate against Liquica massacre

    Timorese demonstrate against Liquica massacreMELBOURNE — On the steps of the Victorian Parliament House on April 10, around 120 people demonstrated against the massacre in Liquica, East Timor. The protest was organised by

  • US/NATO hypocrisy exposed as Turkey attacks Kurds

    US/NATO hypocrisy exposed as Turkey attacks KurdsTurkey, a member of the US-led NATO alliance that is bombing Serbia with the claimed aim of ending the oppression of the Kosovar people, is viciously escalating its attacks on the

  • Picket calls for disarming of militia

    Picket calls for disarming of militiaSYDNEY — A picket outside the Sydney offices of Garuda Airlines on April 15 demanded that the Indonesian government disarm the pro-integration militias responsible for massacres in Liquica

  • Pakistan's left unity conference breaks new ground

    Pakistan's left unity conference breaks new groundLAHORE — The left in Pakistan took an important step towards unity on March 23 with a ground-breaking Left Unity Workers' Conference here in which more than 230 movement leaders

  • Ireland: impasse on the Good Friday agreement

    Ireland: impasse on the Good Friday agreement The Irish peace process is again in crisis following the failure to meet a third deadline for the formation of a power-sharing executive before Easter. Loyalists are refusing to agree to the formation