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Assyrian, Greek, Armenian Genocide Monument Unveiled In South Australia
Last Sunday May 20, 2012 marked the official unveiling of the Armenian, Assyrian and Pontian Greeks genocide monument in South Australia. The memorial was conducted by three brotherly organisations; the Pontian Brotherhood of South Australia; the Armenian Cultural Association of South Australia; and the Assyrian Universal Alliance-Australian Chapt
Egypt's Christians Outraged By Court Ruling
(AINA) -- The verdict passed by the Minya Criminal Court on May 21 convicting 12 Copts to life imprisonment while acquitting eight accused Muslims in the same case, known as Abu Qurqas sedition, has caused widespread anger among the Copts.
Islam's Cultural Revolution
Mao's Cultural Revolution was one of the darkest chapters of the 20th Century: communist zealots, known as "the Red Guards," attached revolutionary messages to Buddhist statues; seventeen professors from the Shanghai Music Conservatory committed suicide; intellectuals were harassed in public trials during which they had to confess their "sins," knee
Reforming Lebanon's Electoral Law
In recent years, nearly every incoming government in Lebanon has called for comprehensive electoral reform, and with a year left before the next parliamentary elections, the issue is once again center-stage.
Kurdish Oil Pipeline Could Split Iraq
Nearly 10 years of oversight from the U.S. military in Iraq has done little to erase simmering sectarian issues in Iraq. A trilateral democratic government composed of Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish leaders was expected to keep Iraq self-contained and out of trouble.
Turkish Court Convicts Kurdish Politician Over Speeches
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) -- Kurdish parliamentarian Leyla Zana, a former Nobel Peace Prize nominee, was sentenced to 10 years in prison by a Turkish court on Thursday for spreading militant propaganda in a series of speeches she made over four years ago, court officials said.
Anders Behring Breivik and Norway's Illness
The trial of Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik is, in the words of a perceptive Norwegian reporter-blogger, a “media circus.” The killer is being allowed to spout his extremist views on a wide variety of subjects, and although he murdered 77 people with no apparent provocation, he is being permitted by the court to plead sel
Minorities Face Attack As Revolutions Sour in Middle East and North Africa
Syria, Libya, Egypt and Yemen are among the most significant risers in this year's internationally acclaimed global ranking Peoples Under Threat, which lists countries where communities are most at threat of mass killing, Minority Rights Group International (MRG) says.
Egypt's Christians Vote to Keep Out Islamists
CAIRO (AFP) -- Many Egyptian Christians felt marginalised under former president Hosni Mubarak and are voting to keep an Islamist from replacing him out of fear that their community will be further sidelined.
Pakistan Imprisons Key Informant in Bin Laden Raid
A Pakistani court has found Shakil Afridi--the Pakistani physician who was instrumental in helping the CIA confirm the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden--guilty of treason.