The Tehelka debacle may yet serve a constructive purpose if it catalyses action within the media towards establishing in-house mechanisms as mandated by the law. By AMMU JOSEPH in Frontline IF Tehelka had been more conscientious about observing the… Continue Reading →
(AFP) – New Delhi — India‘s Supreme Court reinstated a colonial-era ban on gay sex on Wednesday that could see homosexuals jailed for up to 10 years in a major setback for rights campaigners in the world’s biggest democracy…. Continue Reading →
New report from IPPNW: December 10, 2013 International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) and its US affiliate Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) today released a new report concluding that more than two billion people—a quarter of the… Continue Reading →
S Swaroop Sirapangi I As a response to the non-stop suicides in the campus, especially among the Dalit students, over the past few years, various student organisations and concerned active University students have come under the platform of ‘Raju-Venkatesh Solidarity… Continue Reading →
11 December 2013 at 13:40 We are deeply disappointed at the decision of the Supreme Court in Suresh Kumar Kaushal v. Naz Foundation. The decision by overturning the historic Delhi High Court judgment which recognized that LGBT persons are… Continue Reading →
Sweta Dutta : Sun Dec 08 2013, Bhanwari, 55, is aware that the guidelines are in the news, as aware as she is about what these still lack. It took the December 16, 2012, Delhi gangrape for the recommendations to take… Continue Reading →
December 8, 2013 | Filed under: News | Posted by: Amanda Froelich Image Credit: Political Blind Spot (Only in Thailand) By: Amanda Froelich, True Activist. Earlier this week in Thailand, a shocking turn of events took place. Ordered to harass and block protestors , policemen… Continue Reading →
By Frances Astbury On 10 December 1948, world leaders congregated at the United Nations General Assembly to affirm the principles which have remained at the very heart of the human rights movement for over six decades. In adopting the Universal Declaration… Continue Reading →
and Expose Failure of Rights Institutions and the State Mumbai / Nagpur / Delhi, December 10 : Today is Human Rights Day. It is a recognition of the rights of the people but will mean nothing if people across the globe… Continue Reading →
MIT‘s dalit girl student refuses to withdraw case Priti Nath Jha, TNN Dec 7, 2013, MUZAFFARPUR: The Dalit student of MIT, Shomna Sagar, on Friday refused to withdraw the case against eight girl students and the hostel warden as the college… Continue Reading →
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