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Day April 25, 2015

Land, development and democracy 

MIHIR SHAH The Hindu Private projects coming up in urbans lands on the outskirts of Hyderabad as the Union Government passed the Land Acquisition and Resettlement Bill 2013 on Thursday in the Lok Sabha. — Photo: P.V. Sivakumar India cannot… Continue Reading →

Modi Sarkar and Strategy to Quash Dissent

Published on Economic and Political Weekly (http://www.epw.in) Home > Editorials > Vol – L No. 17, April 25, 2015 Is the Narendra Modi government cherry-picking which non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to target and destroy or at least paralyse? Or is it raising legitimate questions about the… Continue Reading →

Soni Sori voice of Tribals in Bastar

Rashmi Drolia,TNN | Apr 25, 2015, 12.16 PM IST GEEDAM, BASTAR: A tribal school teacher born in Jabeli village of Dantewada who was arrested in 2011 on charges of acting as conduit for Maoists and released later in 2013, Soni Sori had… Continue Reading →

El Salvador must respond to human rights violations of imprisoned women under criminal abortion ban

  Source: ESCR rights  EL SALVADOR MUST RESPOND TO CHARGES OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS RELATED TO WOMAN’S IMPRISONMENT AND DEATH UNDER CRIMINAL ABORTION BAN   Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Demands Response to Petition Filed By Reproductive Health, Rights, and… Continue Reading →

Two Maoists go on hunger strike in Berhampur jail

STAFF REPORTER Dandapani Mohanty- Photo: PTI Dandapani Mohanty, Sabyasachi Panda demand political prisoner status : Dandapani Mohanty, former mediator between the Maoists and the government, started a hunger strike in Berhampur circle jail on Friday demanding political prisoner status. Arrested… Continue Reading →

Mumbai: Cops fight over jurisdiction as 5-yr-old rape victim bleeds #Vaw #WTFnews

IndiaToday.in  Mumbai, April 25, 2015 | UPDATED 10:19 IST TV grab where the alleged rape accused is carrying the victimMumbai police suspended two officers from two different police stations for wrangling over the ‘jurisdiction’ and delaying registration of a rape case even as the… Continue Reading →

Mumbai – cops held for gang rape of model #Vaw

Mumbai:  Two assistant police inspectors and a constable were arrested yesterday on the charge of raping a 28-year-old model, the second time in nine months that Mumbai policemen have been accused of rape.   Five other men were arrested today… Continue Reading →

Patriarchal Killing – 19-Year-Old Dalit Girl Murdered for having an affair #Vaw

JALANDHAR – A 19-year-old Dalit girl of Shahkot, located 45 km from here, was allegedly murdered by her parents as she chose to have an affair with a boy from Nakodar who was outside the family’s caste. The victim, Kajol,… Continue Reading →

Sabeen Mahmud, Pakistani human rights activist, shot dead in Karachi

A policeman and security officer inspect a car after a shooting incident in Karachi, Pakistan, April 25, 2015. Gunmen shot dead a Pakistani human rights activist on Friday after she hosted a talk on the politics of Baluchistan province, where… Continue Reading →

Malaria kills over 1,200 children a day: UNICEF #healthcare

Malaria kills over 1,200 children a day: UNICEF IANS | Apr 24, 2015, 10.45 AM IST Malaria kills over 1,200 children a day: UNICEF (Getty Images) t The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday that malaria kills more than 1,200… Continue Reading →

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