Communists Discuss Japanese-Chinese Relations
Shii Kazuo, Japanese Communist Party Executive Committee chair, on April 15 met with visiting Chinese National People's Congress Vice-Chairperson Lu Yongxiang at the JCP head office in Tokyo.
Pope Benedict XVI’s Perplexing Logic
What can progressives expect from the new pope? Not much I’m afraid.
Israeli Forces Continue Aggression on Palestinian Territories
Israeli occupation forces continued imposing a tight siege on the occupied Palestinian territories, and escalated their military aggression against Palestinian people, as many civilians were wounded or arrested.
Unpunished Coyotes and Harboring Terrorists
Let´s suppose some coyotes illegally bring terrorist Osama Bin Laden to the US on a boat from Isla Mujeres. Would they be violating any US law?
Report on human rights violations in Occupied Territories
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have launched more attacks on Palestinian civilians and property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT).
SACP's Special National Congress
The SACP has just emerged from a highly successful Special National Congress held in eThekwini between 8-10 April. At this Congress we achieved the major objectives we had set for ourselves.
Jasenovac: Sixty Years after Liberation
The following remarks were made at the unveiling of a monument at the Holocaust Memorial Park in New York City on April 17, 2005.
50th Anniversary Celebration of Bandung Conference Held
An Asia-Africa Summit will be held from April 22-24 in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta. On April 24, the participating leaders will move to Bandung to attend a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1955 Asia-Africa Conference.
Torture was Official US Policy, Says Rights Group
Allegations of mistreatment of US-held prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have prompted numerous lawsuits since 2002 by civil liberties groups in the US, demanding full disclosure by the Pentagon of what has happened there over the last two years.
UN Commission on Human Rights Fails to Address Torture Directly
In its assessment of the 61st Session of the UN Commission Human Rights (UNCHR), international human rights organization Amnesty International criticized the undue influence of the US relationship with Cuba on the overall work of the commission.
