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Day March 22, 2015

Man freed 39 years after #deathpenalty is awarded $1m in compensation

Ricky Jackson was put on death row in 1975 for killing of businessman but key witness, who was 13 at the time, eventually admitted lying under police pressure  Ricky Jackson leaving jail in 2014. Photograph: Associated Press Associated Press in… Continue Reading →

#India – Disabled athletes treated inhumanly, put up in pitiable conditions #WTFnews

Callous babus set disabled athletes an obstacle course Ayaskant Das,TNN | Mar 22, 2015, 08.06 AM IST   In the absence of proper ramps, athletes are forced to abandon their wheelchairs. (TOI photo: Umesh Kumar) GHAZIABAD: Over 600 disabled athletes from across… Continue Reading →

#Sundayreading – ‘In Joy Or In Pain, Women Must Talk’- Maria Da Penha #Vaw

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‘In Joy Or In Pain, Women Must Talk’ Kamayani Bali-Mahabal FORTALEZA( BRAZIL)- Maria da Penha Maia Fernandes was fast asleep when her husband, Antonio Heredia Vivero, a teacher, shot at her. Though she was rushed to the hospital, the attack… Continue Reading →

#Sundayreading Modi Govt seems bent on subverting the #RTI Act

Cover StoriesMAGAZINE | MAR 30, 2015 NARENDRA BISHT RTI ACT When The Haze Takes Over The NDA seems bent on subverting the RTI Act. Is the slow dismembering of the CIC part of the plan? PAVITHRA S. RANGAN We Have… Continue Reading →

Mother Shaves Off 13 year old Child’s Hair to Prevent Rape #Vaw #WTFnews

Mother Shaves Off Rape Survivor Child’s Hair to Prevent Further Attack THANE | MAR 20, 2015   Fearing that her daughter would be raped again, a lady from Kalwa tonsured her daughter to make her look ugly a couple of days… Continue Reading →

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