Category Minority Rights
Sukhbir Siwach, TNN Jun 2, 2012, (Cases of ragging in any university,…) CHANDIGARH: Cases of ragging in any university, college or school may now land vice-chancellors and principals behind bars for six months, according to an ordinance introduced by the Haryana… Continue Reading →
4th June 2012, Pioneer India did not have many convincing replies to questions that it faced at a recently held UN human rights meet. Its representative was either evasive or simply did not respond to specific queries on caste and… Continue Reading →
By Mel Frykberg In the forefront at Tahrir Square a year back, women continue to struggle for rights. Credit:Mohammed Omer/IPS. CAIRO, Jun 2, 2012 (IPS) – “It was so frustrating but so exciting at the same time,” recalls 15-year-old Mariam… Continue Reading →
What’s Going to Last Chellis Glendinning interviews Juan Claudio Lechín May 31, 2012 The Bolivian writer Juan Claudio Lechín on the conditions that predicate fascism and the morality of anarchism. GURENICA, a magazine on arts and politics guernicamag.com Photo courtesy… Continue Reading →
by Freny Manecksha, CorpWatch Blog May 30th, 2012 Vedanta Resources, a UK based mining and metals company with numerous projects in India, is attempting to claim to be social responsible via a huge advertising campaign. However activists have struck back by effectively… Continue Reading →
I Dare you S.P .Ankit Garg, Rape Me Do you have the Balls ? Stripping Soni Sori in Prison. Inserting stones in her vagina and rectum Showing off your Manhood in a Prison You called her a whore,… Continue Reading →
Bathani Tola and the Cartoon Controversy Vol – XLVII No. 22, June 02, 2012, economic and political weekely | Anand Teltumbde Why has there been such a silence from dalit leaders over the Bathani Tola judgment acquitting all those accused of killing… Continue Reading →
By Sarah Ditum WeNews correspondent Thursday, May 31, 2012 Polls show most U.K. citizens support a woman’s right to choose abortion. But U.S.-style anti-choice tactics are picking up speed and fostering an aggressive activism movement marked by website hacking and… Continue Reading →
S. P. Udayakumar [email protected] Idinthakarai May 30, 2012 [Newspaper Reports: Having exhausted all options to end opposition to the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant, the Indian government now plans to get a peek into the protesters’ minds and remove any fears with… Continue Reading →
By Karla Adam, Wednesday, May 30 LONDON — Britain’s Supreme Court on Wednesday denied WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s appeal against extradition to Swedento face questions about allegations of rape, sexual assault and unlawful coercion.At a short hearing in central London, the president of… Continue Reading →