The first five months of 2009 brought immense and unprecedented pain to the people of northern Sri Lanka, and to their many Tamil relatives outside the country who looked on and received daily reports of death and injury and misery. Their efforts, and the efforts of concerned people in the rest of Sri Lanka and the world to bring a humanitarian pause to the war to limit the loss of life, ultimately failed. They failed due to the determination of the Sri Lankan government to destroy the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and their civilian support base once and for all, regardless of the human cost. And they failed thanks to the support the government’s military strategy received from key regional and global powers with only tentative resistance towards the end.
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Dharamshala, India “The Central Tibetan Administration strongly urges the Chinese government to immediately and unconditionally release the 11th Panchen Lama, his parents, and Chadrel Rinpoche. We also urge China to respect his religious freedom and allow him to carry forward the 10th Panchen Lama’s legacy,” said the Kashag.
Solomon Islands Voted Against its Own Values
Like other democratic governments, Solomon Islands should be calling on China to provide meaningful and unfettered access to the United Nations and other independent observers to ascertain the situation.
Source: The Conversation Friday, 14 May 2021 09:49 AM
Less than a year after Solomon Islands switched to China the government was pressured to vote against its own democratic values and principles.
On the 1st of July 2020, during the 44th session of the United Nation’s Human Rights Council, our democratic values were traded when Solomon Islands stood with China on the issue of the Uyghur people in China s Xinjiang region.
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Reporters demonstrate outside the Paraguayan Labor Ministry demanding higher salaries, greater job security and improved safety conditions on National Journalists’ Day in Asunción, 26 April 2017, NORBERTO DUARTE/AFP via Getty Images On 5 May, Paraguay will be evaluated within the third cycle of the UPR. IFEX member in Paraguay SPP and the IFEX-ALC network have proposed recommendations regarding freedom of expression in the country. Hear what Santiago Ortiz, José María Costa, Dante Leguizamón, and Flavia Borja have to say about the progress to date, and the potential for change.
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