China has emerged as the leading centre for clinical development and testing of a new generation of CAR-T-cell therapies that could eventually be used against cancer and autoimmune diseases, according to an
The Baloch Students Council (BSC) has issued a strong condemnation regarding the alarming increase in enforced disappearances of Baloch students, labeling the situation a serious violation of human rights. In an official
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Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published in The Island as an editorial on October 22, 2024. It is now clear why the JVP/NPP government refused to release the reports of
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Tamil activists have participated in the UN human rights process since July 1983 – activists from the South since 1990. Then, only twice a year – the UN Human Rights Commission in
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When Dr Gamani Corea, a former Secretary-General of the Geneva-based UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) was holding court in the delegate’s lounge, I asked him what he thought of the
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Throughout history, the line between war and politics has often been blurred, encapsulated best in Clausewitz’s famous dictum, “War is merely the continuation of politics by other means.” This idea, central to
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by Luxman Aravind The allegations against Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith surrounding the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks have left a deep scar on the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka. The initial claim that
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Indian High Commissioner Alleges Khalistani Extremists Are “Deep Assets” of Canadian Security Forces
In a recent interview with CTV News, Sanjay Kumar Verma, India’s recalled High Commissioner to Canada, made explosive claims regarding Khalistani extremists, alleging they are “deep assets” of the Canadian Security Intelligence
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“The future is cloth waiting to be cut.”Seamus Heaney (The Burial at Thebes) The point had been made often enough. Without a Gotabaya Rajapaksa presidency, there wouldn’t have been an Anura Kumara
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Chanie Wenjack was a 12-year-old Anishinaabe boy who attended the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School in Kenora, Ontario, in the 1960s. Like many Indigenous children, he was forcibly removed from his family
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It has been a safe assumption for generations that young people tend to be more liberal than their elders. However, in today’s United States, some of the conventional wisdom around age and
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by Yossi Melman No doubt Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar deserved to die. Even in the context and perspective of a terrorist organization he was an exception. Since his twenties as a young
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In this week’s global news dispatches, the U.S. has deployed the THAAD missile defense system to Israel, escalating military support amid regional tensions. Meanwhile, Cuba’s leadership joined a massive march in solidarity
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Reading legacy Western media – which dominates the world information order – is painful. During the genocidal war against Palestinians, for instance, these media outlets (such as CNN, The New York Times, The Guardian, Le Monde, and Bild) have
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As the world will mark World Food Day on Wednesday, millions of Afghans continue to face the grim reality of hunger. For many in Afghanistan, where poverty is widespread, obtaining even a
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The Joe Biden administration confirmed Tuesday that U.S. secretaries of state and defense co-signed a letter Sunday that was sent to their Israeli counterparts, urging Israel to improve the humanitarian situation in
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