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Day December 11, 2013

#India – Sexual Harassment at Workplace Law comes into force #Vaw #Download

The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal)- Act and the Rules, 2013 have come into force with effect from December 09, 2013. Now it will be this law and not vishakha guidelines which will be operational… Continue Reading →

#India- Gems from the SC order on #Sec377 – Download

Those who indulge in carnal intercourse in the ordinary course and those  who indulge in carnal intercourse against the order of nature constitute different  classes and the people falling in the later category cannot claim that Section 377 suffers from the… Continue Reading →

#India – SC verdict on gay sex: Today India gave birth to millions of criminals #Sec377

Representational image This isn’t a nuanced review of the Supreme Court’s decision to criminalise homosexuality. It can’t be, because this is personal. This, honourable Supreme Court, is very very personal. Today, on 11/12/13, you’ve bypassed the public spaces and living… Continue Reading →

#India -Fifth schedule of the Indian constitution invoked , Garudeshwar weir “illegal”

– Wednesday, December 11, 2013, Rajiv Shah, Counterview   Narmada dam By Our Representative Giving a fresh twist to its opposition to the Narmada project, the Sitter Gaam Adivasi Sangathan, representing 70 villages around the Narmada dam, has taken strong… Continue Reading →

Indian legal system would never attend to sexual minorities with any urgency #Sec377

 This is an extract from Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East (Random House, Rs 350), a book by Australian non-fiction author Benjamin Law. Law has written extensively for Australian and international publications. One chapter in Gaysia is devoted to India… Continue Reading →

#India – Beyond Tehelka , Tarun Tejpal and Shoma Chaudhury #Vaw

  The Tehelka debacle may yet serve a constructive purpose if it catalyses action within the media towards establishing in-house mechanisms as mandated by the law. By AMMU JOSEPH in Frontline IF Tehelka had been more conscientious about observing the… Continue Reading →

India- Supreme Court reinstates ban on gay sex #Sec377 #WTFnews

  (AFP) – New Delhi — India‘s Supreme Court reinstated a colonial-era ban on gay sex on Wednesday that could see homosexuals jailed for up to 10 years in a major setback for rights campaigners in the world’s biggest democracy…. Continue Reading →

WAKE UP CALL- Two billion at risk from nuclear famine

New report from IPPNW: December 10, 2013 International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) and its US affiliate Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) today released a new report concluding that more than two billion people—a quarter of the… Continue Reading →

#India – Indefinite Hunger Strike on suicides at University of Hyderabad

S Swaroop Sirapangi I As a response to the non-stop suicides in the campus, especially among the Dalit students, over the past few years, various student organisations and concerned active University students have come under the platform of ‘Raju-Venkatesh Solidarity… Continue Reading →

PRESS RELEASE- Black Day for Human Rights, Queer Rights in #India #Sec377

    11 December 2013 at 13:40   We are deeply disappointed at the decision of the Supreme Court in Suresh Kumar Kaushal v. Naz Foundation. The decision by overturning the historic Delhi High Court judgment which recognized that LGBT persons are… Continue Reading →

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