Armenia’s Government Delays in Passing Conscientious Objection Law
Region: ArmeniaDespite international court ruling, Jehovah’s Witnesses who refuse to perform alternative service under military command risk prosecution. By Gayane Mkrtchyan Armenia’s government ap... more
Views: 553Brazil, the Next Fukushima?
Region: Brazil
26 years ago, Chernobyl (Ukraine, Soviet Union). Last year, Fukushima (Japan). Could Brazil, boosted both by its new position as the world’s sixth largest economy and its current vibran... more
Views: 1114Russia: Demographic Crisis Means “No One Left To Draft”
Region: Russian Federation
Russia: Demographic Crisis Means “No One Left To Draft” By Donna Welles, Global Voices Russia is endowed with some of the greatest stores of natural resources in the world, and yet the demographic crisis that... more
Views: 1943Press Gallery: Wolves Lurk on Roads, chatter resounds in parliament
Region: Pakistan
Press Gallery Will sanity ever prevail amongst political and military leadership? Saeed Minhas Islamabad: An Increasing sense of paranoia continues to creep into the society where unknown faces ranging f... more
Views: 1044Press Gallery: First Military, then a Mullah and finally Attiqa Odho
Region: Pakistan
Press Gallery First Military, then a Mullah and finally the Odho Saeed Minhas Islamabad: If national assembly was echoing with military bashing and verbal brawl was on in senate over a Mullah, budget and its ram... more
Views: 1209Wikileaks' leaker faces 22 additional charges and life inprisonment
Region: United StatesWikileaks' leaker faces 22 additional charges and life inprisonment After what it described as an intense investigation that's in its seventh month, the United States Army's Criminal Investigation Comm... more
Views: 1013Kuwaiti officials take steps to insure military loyalty
Region: KuwaitWith civil unrest occurring in several Arab and Muslim nations -- including Egypt, Lebanon, Tunisia, and others -- the government of Kuwait led by the Amir is attempting to strengthen it's control over it... more
Views: 1863Diversion of funds in the military
Region: Philippines
After so many decades, a retired Philippine military general had finally come out in the open to divulge in a Senate public hearing the shenanigans in the military hierarchy--an illegal practice that had enriched the... more
Views: 1730US-backed elite Indonesian forces target churchmen and civilians
Region: Indonesia
A leading churchman in West Papua has called on President Obama to withdraw US cooperation with Indonesia’s elite ‘Kopassus’ forces, after finding himself on a military ‘enemies’ list. Kopa... more
Views: 2285Israel's Duty to Defend Its Citizens
Region: Israel
This opinion piece is a response to Dean Walker's piece, Is Israel a Terrorist State? I recently encountered the article "Is Israel a Terrorist State?" by Mr. Dean Walker, published by GroundReport, concerning the al... more
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