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The Naxalite Rebellion: Social Inequality and Violence in India #mustwatch

by raimdenver An objective look at the social, political, and economic conditions in India which have given rise to the Naxalite insurgency. Despite economic growth, overall poverty in India has increased due to uneven economic development. The Naxals consist of various… Continue Reading →

International rights group urges Indian PM to repeal #sedition law #Justice

By Abu Zafar 12/21/12   New Delhi – An international organization, which works to promote press freedom and to defend rights of journalists worldwide, has approached the Indian authorities including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to demand the repeal of Indian… Continue Reading →

#INDIA- Mental Health Law Reform: Challenges Ahead

Posted on December 23, 2012by jilsblognujs by Aditya Ayachit Mental disorders are complex physiological infirmities of the nervous system. While they continue be the tough riddles in the field of medical research, they pose even more daunting challenges in the socio-economic and… Continue Reading →

Ex-judges not in favour of #deathpenalty to rapists #Justice #Vaw

By Debashis Konar, TNN | Dec 26, 2012, 03.14 AM IST KOLKATA: With protesters in Delhi demanding death penalty to rapists, the Centre has appointed former Chief Justice of India JS Verma to head a committee that will review laws related to sexual assault. While… Continue Reading →

#India-Jharkhand: Muffling dissent #Aparnamarandi #Dayamanibarla

  MANOB CHOWDHURY  Aparna Marandiwith her son in Ranchi after Frontline-, Dec 2012 JHARKHAND is leading from the front to shackle the many democratic people’s movements which have raised their voices against private mining and land acquisition in the State. In… Continue Reading →

Journalist Victimized by the Karnataka police #FOE #mediagag

  In jail for the past 50 days for covering the Mangalore homestay raid, Naveen Soorinje’s bail application comes up tomorrow.      Posted Tuesday, Dec 25, 2012, http://www.thehoot.org/ On November 7, 2012, Kannada TV channel Kasturi’s reporter in Mangalore, Naveen Soorinje, 28, was… Continue Reading →

#India- Unable to feed poor, Maharashtra makes them vanish #Wtfnews

Published: Monday, Dec 24, 2012, 7:00 IST By Yogesh Pawar | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA The Maharashtra government continues to use a 2002 list denying over 50 lakh of below poverty line (BPL) people who barely earn enough for one meal… Continue Reading →

IMMEDIATE RELEASE- Statement condemning sexual violence and opposing #deathpenalty

STATEMENT BY WOMEN’S AND PROGRESSIVE GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS CONDEMNING SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND OPPOSING DEATH PENALTY On 16 December, 2012, a 23-year old woman and her friend hailed a bus at a crossing in South Delhi. In the bus, they were… Continue Reading →

#India- Why is Aparna Marandi in jail?

In 2009, they branded her husband a Maoist and threw him in jail. Now they are after her. Shazia Nigar on the blatant witch-hunt of a rights activist Shazia NigarMore by the author > December 21, 2012, Issue 52 Volume… Continue Reading →

#India- Mobile Gender Courts ? #Vaw #Rape #delhiGangrape

Mobile Gender Courts: Delivering Justice in the DRC Can mobile gender courts’ swift justice tackle impunity in the DRC’s remote regions?  | 30 JULY 2012 – 12:03PM | BY LILY PORTER Kamombo, South Kivu. Photograph by Radio Okapi. Since 1996, as many as500,000 people… Continue Reading →

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