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Day October 31, 2017

Why are people angry about Kevin Spacey coming out?

By Steven McIntosh Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionKevin Spacey at the European premiere of Baby Driver in London earlier this year If Kevin Spacey had come out as gay a year ago, the reactions would’ve been very different to those seen… Continue Reading →

“मेरा भारत महान” #Vaw

  By- Lingaram Kodopi मेरे भारत देश में एक ऐसा राज्य हैं, जहाँ आये दिन बलात्कार , हत्या, और आदिवासियों पर नक्सली होने का आरोप लगाया जाता हैं व जेल भेजा जाता हैं। अधिकारी और कर्मचारी कोई अपराध करें तो… Continue Reading →

India – Hadiya has the right to love and marry whoever she wants

We have a constitution which guarantees freedom of religion which includes the right to convert to any religion. Why then must Hadiya be denied agency to convert? Indira Jaising Kerala offers very famous cases of Hindus who have converted to… Continue Reading →

Maharashtra – Thousands of crores diverted from SC/ST allocation in recent years

By Prachee Kulkarni, The workshop held over Oct 29 and 30 on the new law demanded. PIC: MAHENDRA KOLHE DA3 study finds that Rs 6,77,000 crore was rejected in Union Budget; members urge for a law to ensure money reaches the… Continue Reading →

India – Right to privacy is deeply linked to national security

Admittedly, EVMs too have a UID number and any convergence of data can make the secret ballot system a party of history, warns Dr Gopal Krishna in the 5th part of his series against Aadhaar.    Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com. In… Continue Reading →

Catalonia: The Right to Secede and the Right to Self-Determination

Daniel Grütters In an address to the Parliament of Catalonia on 10th October 2017, the President of Catalonia issued a ‘suspended’ unilateral declaration of independence (“UDI”) from Spain. The ‘suspended’ UDI followed a controversial independence referendum on 1st October 2017. The referendum, which was mired… Continue Reading →

‘Love-Jihad’, NIA, And Democratic Rights

As the Hadiya-Shefin matter comes up for hearing today, PUDR urges the Apex court to take note of the serious violation of democratic rights of the parties involved in this so-called case of ‘Love-Jihad’. PUDR believes that the case is… Continue Reading →

Statement condemning the appropriation of women’s movement and muslim women’s voices by the BJP Government

We, as Bebaak Collective (Voices of the Fearless), are writing this statement univocally condemning  the comment made by the BJP leader Subramanian Swamy in an event in Mumbai on Friday, 27th October that the party could win in Uttar Pradesh… Continue Reading →

UN Special Rapporteur: Healthcare among the most corrupt sectors

  The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, Dainius Puras, has called on States to provide bold leadership to confront corruption and its severe impact on the right to health, including more protection for ‘whistleblowers’ and empowering… Continue Reading →

The challenge of rooting out Weinsteins from our workplace #Vaw

By Gurbir Singh  | The #Metoo campaign opened the flood gates. Twitter said the hashtag was shared a million times in 48 hours. A bit of the glad eye or some sexual play by the boss with his female employees was considered… Continue Reading →

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