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“Honor Killing”, Girl Disappears in UK

“Honor Killing”, Girl Disappears in UK

Tulay Goren, 15 year old teenager is from Woodford Green, in the north of London. This Kurdish Turk went missing in 1999 after her affair with her boyfriend Halil Unal, 41. Her body was never found after her mysterious disappearance. The father of the girl, Mehmet Goren, 49 has been alleged to murder his daughter in the name of “honor killing”. [...]
Aung San Suu Kyi Sentenced to 18 months of House Arrest

Aung San Suu Kyi Sentenced to 18 months of House Arrest

Burmese Court and Burma’s military dictatorship did what the world and Aung San Suu Kyi herself had been speculating. They found her guilty of violating terms of previous house arrest and sentenced her to 18 more months of house arrest. She had committed ‘crime’ of giving shelter to an eccentric American. Meanwhile American John Yettaw too will [...]
Will Aung San Suu Kyi be Denied Freedom Again?

Will Aung San Suu Kyi be Denied Freedom Again?

This question seems totally meaningless. Aung San Suu Kyi has spent most of her life between prison and house-arrest. The verdict at the end of this week will again be one of the two. Freedom and justice will again be denied to world’s most popular brave Burmese opposition leader and to the people of Burma. The trial of Burmese opposition leader Aung [...]
Trial of Aung San Suu Kyi Continues

Trial of Aung San Suu Kyi Continues

Burma’s military leaders are extending trial of Burmese leader and Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and trying to dispel all the criticisms and making it all appear as fair trial. They have even allowed outside observers to attend the trial. But yet it seems to be futile attempt since the trial itself is unfair and unjust. British Ambassador in Burma, [...]
Nobel Laureates Speak For Aung San Suu Kyi

Nobel Laureates Speak For Aung San Suu Kyi

Nine Nobel Peace prize winners including Costa Rican President Oscar Arias and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, have sent a letter to U.N.Secretary General Ban Ki-moon demanding his immediate intervention in the ongoing unjust trial of Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Myanmar opposition democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Aung San Suu Kyi has been under house [...]
Three Years of Imprisonment for Iraqi Shoe-thrower

Three Years of Imprisonment for Iraqi Shoe-thrower

The infamous journalist Muntazer-al-Zaidi who demonstrated his protest against US occupation of Iraq by throwing his pair of shoes at George Bush has been sentenced to three years of imprisonment. The sentence comes for assaulting a foreign head of state during official visit. The 30 year old journalist had gained huge popularity by his act of defiance [...]