Guatemala: Squeezed between Crime and Impunity

Fourteen years after the end of its civil war, Guatemala has become a paradise for crime that is deeply entrenched in the state and society, undermines institutions and thrives on extreme levels of impunity.

Guatemala: Squeezed between Crime and Impunity , the latest report from the International Crisis Group, warns that failure to address the root causes of the lengthy armed conflict, implement the 1996 peace agreement and dismantle clandestine security apparatuses has seriously corroded the country’s fundamental structures and opened the door to skyrocketing violent crime. An ineffective overhaul of the security forces after the civil war produced a corrupt and weak police force. Guatemala is one of the world’s most dangerous countries, with some 6,500 murders in 2009, more than the average yearly killings during the conflict and roughly twice the homicide rate of neighbouring Mexico. Read more>>>

Britain’s Forged Role in the World

In the week Britain’s three political parties clashed over the nations role in the world, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), who represents the views one of the most influential bodies in Britain, found 88% of its members composed of diplomats, defence and academic analysts believe that the UK needs “a radical reassessment of the position it wants, and is able, to play in the world.”

Britain’s foreign policy and role in the world usually centres on nuclear weapons, terrorism and that special relationship with the US, however in reality Britain’s global interests revolve around another set of ideals, colonialism, expediency and hyperbole which successive governments have constantly pursued. Read more>>>

Joint Letter to the UN Security Council Regarding the Ongoing Crisis in Kyrgyzstan

We urge the United Nations Security Council to take immediate steps to address the ongoing crisis in Kyrgyzstan. With a death toll likely to reach far higher than the official count of 200 and an estimated 400,000 displaced in Kyrgyzstan and across the border in Uzbekistan, the situation poses a significant threat to international peace and security. The Kyrgyz authorities have primary responsibility for halting the violence and resolving this crisis, but reports from the ground provide ample evidence that the government is unable to protect those in need, and Kyrgyz authorities have already acknowledged that they need substantial assistance.

In the past week, violence along ethnic lines has engulfed Osh and Jalal-Abad, resulting in killings, rapes, beatings, and widespread burning and looting of homes and other properties. There are a growing number of reports that Kyrgyz military and other security personnel not only failed to stop the violence, but in some cases may have been active participants. Read more>>>

As America and Russia Struggle for Influence in Kyrgyzstan, more Innocent Muslims Die

Over 1000 people have been injured, and almost 100 killed this week in Kyrgyzstan following ‘ethnic’ riots in the southern cities of Osh and Jalalabad. Only two months ago over 80 people were killed as Kyrgyzstan underwent a bloody revolution where the former President Bakiyev was overthrown and replaced by Roza Otunbayeva as Interim Prime Minister.

The deaths and unrest in Kyrgyzstan cannot be seen in isolation from the on-going struggle between Russia and the United States in the region. In response to the recent unrest, the interim government of Kyrgyzstan has called for Russian military assistance. After the coup in April 2010, Russia was first to welcome the new administration, whilst Washington initially expressed shock. In a few weeks time a constitutional referendum is scheduled to legitimize this change of government. Read more>>>

The Day (28 Rajab 1342) the Muslim Ummah lost her leadership,

The recent unleashing of Israeli state terrorism leading to the killing of 9 innocent Turkish Muslim civilians on board the Gaza bound flotilla ship once again painfully demonstrated how the Muslim Ummah has no one to defend her or protect her.  The Turkish and Arab rulers responded in their usual spineless manner. Not a single ruler had the courage to sever all relations with the illegitimate Israeli state and release the Muslim armies to defend the Muslims.

Whether it is in Gaza or on the Afghanistan Pakistan border, the Muslim Ummah continues to be mercilessly massacred by the vicious Western powers. This situation begun the day the Muslim Ummah lost her shield, her leader, the Khalifah. It was 89 years ago this month on the 28th Rajab 1342 (3rd March 1924) that the last Islamic Khilafah was destroyed. A meeting of the National Assembly in Ankara passed a resolution that turned the Uthmaniyah Khilafah in Turkey into a secular state. The institution that represented the leadership and unity of the Muslim Ummah from the time of the Prophet (salallahu alaihi wasallam) for 1300 years was finally abolished. Read more>>>

European bank increases sovereign debt risk

More details are emerging as to how the European Central Bank (ECB) plans to use its 750bn Euro bailout package, announced March 2010, to rescue stricken states like Greece avoid sovereign default.

According to the Financial Times, the ECB will use ‘special purpose vehicles’ to issue Eurozone bonds using almost 60% of the 750bn Euros.

Funds raised will then be used to support bankrupt countries who would otherwise find it impossible or extremely costly to raise finance on the open market. Read more>>>

Sri Lankans' London Demonstration on 06th Sunday in UK

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Demonstration


Sunday, 06th June 2010, 2.30pm
at Paddington Green, London UK



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