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#India-A dalit’s family on brink of extinction #humanrights #torture #Vaw

Ms. Chintamoni Mondal & her son 1 February 2013   To The Chairman National Human Rights Commission Faridkot House Copernicus Marg New Delhi   Respected Sir   I want to draw your attention on our complaint dated 20.4.2012, about  ghastly torture… Continue Reading →

Indian Govt’s sell off plan may hit Vedanta

 Sidhartha, TNN | Feb 4, 2013, 05.06AM IST NEW DELHI: In what may come as a setback for Vedanta Group, the government is considering offloading its stake in Balco and Hindustan Zinc (HZL) in the stock market instead of selling the shares to metals tycoon Anil Agarwal. The… Continue Reading →

High court issues notice to Congress, BJP on taking donations from #Vedanta

IANS | Feb 4, 2013, 03.42 PM IST NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court issued notice to the Congress and the BJP on Monday on a plea seeking directive for a CBI or SIT probe for allegedly taking donations from subsidiaries of Britain-based Vedanta Group…. Continue Reading →

#India-27 steps to prevent crime against women ? #Vaw #Womenrights

TNN | Feb 5, 2013, 01.14 AM IST NEW DELHI: Sensing that the Ordinance prescribing harsher punishment for offenders is not enough to prevent crime against women, the government on Monday unveiled 27 measures like setting up crisis response centres in 100… Continue Reading →

PRESS RELEASE-Oppose Selective Manner in Implementation of Justice Verma Committee Recommendations #Vaw #discrimination #disability

  National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled 4, Ashoka Road, New Delhi 110 001   February 4, 2013 Press Statement   The National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled condemns the opaque manner in which the Government… Continue Reading →

Adrienne Rich`s #Rape- but the hysteria in your voice pleases him best #poem #Vaw

Rape By Adrienne Rich The main character who the speaker is talking to first is a woman who has been sexually violated. She is a victim of a heinous and very private, embarrassing crime. The officer that she has reported… Continue Reading →

#India -Make gender sensitivity part of police appraisal #Vaw #womenrights

VijaitaSingh : New Delhi, Mon Feb 04 2013, 02:32 hrs A high-level meeting headed by Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth last month cleared a series of measures to check cases of crime against women in the wake of the Delhi gangrape incident,… Continue Reading →

PRESS RELEASE- #India – President urged not to Sign the Ordinance by Women’s Organizations

  New Delhi, 2 Feb 2013:  We, as representatives of women’s organizations, civil society groups, and activists committed to women’s rights, convey our strong opposition to the Government’s decision to move an Ordinance on the criminal law amendments related to sexual violence. We… Continue Reading →

#India – Changes in Criminal Law vs Justice Verma Recommendations #Vaw

Changes to law will clearly define unwelcome sexual acts TNN | Feb 2, 2013, 04.25 AM IST NEW DELHI: Changes to the criminal law dealing with offences against women cleared by the Cabinet aim to not only add specific new crimes but… Continue Reading →

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay applauds Indian movement to eradicate ‘manual scavenging’

GENEVA (31 January 2013) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay today welcomed the strong movement that has been developing over the past few months in India to eradicate the practice known as ‘manual scavenging’ which, because… Continue Reading →

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