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As Protests Sharpen Along Religious Lines, Government Should Not Curtail Free Speech APRIL 15, 2013, hrw.org “By targeting peaceful critics in the media and blogosphere and promising more arrests, the government is abandoning any serious claim that it is committed… Continue Reading →
Deepender Deswal, TNN | Apr 16, 2013, 0 More than 100 Dalits fled a small Haryana village after being chased by upper caste goons, angry that a Dalit man had dared to marry one of their girls. KAITHAL: As politicians and administrators… Continue Reading →
Dear Indians Do you want a daughter ? No of course not, why will you want a girl child , she is such a burden and a son will only carry on the family name etc etc… blah blah. Oh… Continue Reading →
THE WHOLE TRUTH ABOUT WOMEN IN GUJARAT – Ila Pathak Dear Madams of FICCI, From reports in media we have understood that our Chief Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi has impressed you all with his hard-hitting eloquence. On reading and hearing… Continue Reading →
Counterpunch Weekend Edition April 12-14, 2013 Contaminated Nation by JOHN LaFORGE This year marks the 20th anniversary of the declassification of top secret studies, done over a period of 60 years, in which the US… Continue Reading →
18 March 2013 To The Chairman National Human Rights Commission Faridkot House Copernicus Marg New Delhi-110001 Respected Sir, I want to draw your kind attention regarding a gruesome killing of a person in front of his wife and… Continue Reading →
Pervez Iqbal Siddiqui, TNN | Mar 23, 2013, 03.47 AM IST A Dalit woman, who petitioned a senior Uttar Pradesh Police officer seeking registration of her rape complaint, was told that her’s was not an age to be raped. Caught on camera:… Continue Reading →
( PIC COURTSEY- desicomments.com ) To The Hon’ble Chief Justice, Mohit S Shah Subject- An Appeal under Art 51 A of the Indian Constitution I write to you as a Citizen Of India under my fundamental duty , mentioned in Article 51-A… Continue Reading →
ByVijay V Singh, TNN | Mar 15, 2013, 01.07 AM IST MUMBAI: A 23-year-old woman was raped by four men through Wednesday night in the presence of her male friend at his home in Vile Parle (E). Her torture continued for more… Continue Reading →
– 8 March 2001 is the 91st anniversary of the International Women’s Day (IWD), which was first declared in 1910. In that year, Clara Zetkin, inspired by the working class women’s movement in America, proposed to the Second International Conference… Continue Reading →