December 10, 2013 Guest post by KAVITA KRISHNAN: The footsteps of fascism can be heard – this time in the hallowed hallways of the national capital’s courts. A woman who filed an FIR against a man physically threatening her for her… Continue Reading →
TNN Dec 10, 2013, KENDRAPDA: Anti-land acquisition leader and president of Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS) Abhay Sahoo reached the proposed steel plant site in Jagatsighpur district on Sunday. This was his first visit to the area after being released on bail on… Continue Reading →
A five member team of human rights activists and concerned citizens enquired into three recent cases of alleged crossfire between the police and Maoists in the districts of Koraput and Malkangiri in South Odissa. The three alleged encounters resulted in… Continue Reading →
GENEVA (12 December 2013) – United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday expressed her disappointment at the re-criminalization of consensual same-sex relationships in India following a judgment by the Indian Supreme Court in the case… Continue Reading →
Shambhavi Saxena I remember when the Delhi High Court turned down section 377 of the Indian Penal Code on its head in 2009. I was sixteen and still cautiously trying to figure out where I belonged in the colourful spectrum that is… Continue Reading →
RADHIKA RAMASESHAN, THE TELEGRAPH New Delhi, Dec. 13: BJP president Rajnath Singh today said his party “unambiguously” endorsed the re-criminalisation of gay sex — the first conclusive statement from the party that makes the legislative option difficult for the… Continue Reading →
NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF PEOPLE’S MOVEMENTS National Office : 6/6 Jangpura B, New Delhi – 110 014 . Phone : 011 2437 4535 E-mail: [email protected] | Web : www.napm-india.org For Immediate Release 14th December, 2013 Apex Court verdict re-criminalizing consensual same sex relationships unconstitutional… Continue Reading →
By Express News Service – VELLORE/TIRUVANNAMALAI Published: 14th December 2013 A youth was arrested on Friday for luring a 23-year-old Dalit girl into a physical relationship after promising marriage and later cheating her. Ramya (name changed) of Kagithapattarai in Vellore, and… Continue Reading →
Aneesha Mathur : New Delhi, Sat Dec 14 2013, Noting that allegations under Section 3 of the SC/ST Act were “very serious”, a Delhi court has sent the joint editor, a deputy chief of bureau and an accounts department employee of… Continue Reading →
Lifelong civil liberties and civil rights attorney Lynne Stewart, a staunch feminist and friend of Radical Women, is unjustly imprisoned under draconian Patriot Act rules and fighting for her life against cancer. Below is an appeal from her for help…. Continue Reading →
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