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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 →

Faking Happiness- Vedanta Khushi vs Vedanta ki Vedana #socialmedia #CSR

Corporate mining giant  Vedanta has been violating the human rights of tribals in Odisha for  many  years now. The Dongria Kondhs, a primitive tribe, has been forced to relinquish their rights over their homeland, and cultural and livelihood resources to accommodate… Continue Reading →

Dalit forum seeks ban on ‘made snana’ in all forms

pci courtesy – express SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, The Hindu Managalore, Dec 16.,2012 ‘Ede snana’ is also a symbol of slavery of the downtrodden: Shivaramu Karnataka Rajya Hindulida Vargagala Jagrutha Vedike president K.S. Shivaramu has sought an end to made snana (rolling on the… Continue Reading →

#India- a ray of hope for Afzal, other death-row prisoners

V. VENKATESAN , The Hindu, New Delhi Dec 17, 2012 The HinduA recent Supreme Court ruling could make the government give the benefit of the doubt to 14 death-row convicts including Afzal Guru. File photo Supreme Court ruling gives the… Continue Reading →

#India Tribal undertrials cry injustice, go on hunger strike #protest

DNA, Mumbai- Yogesh Pawar- Dec 16, 2012 Around 50 adivasis of Gadchiroli district incarcerated at the Nagpur central prison as political prisoners have commenced a hunger strike from December 10, which is International Human Rights Day. For the past two… Continue Reading →

Call for action: Kick #Vedanta out of London for it’s corporate crimes, murder and destruction. @Jan 11, 2013

Declare solidarity with grassroots movements fighting Vedanta in India, Africa and elsewhere! Kick Vedanta out of London for it’s corporate crimes, murder and destruction. Noise demonstration and picket at Vedanta headquarters, 16 Berkeley Street. Mayfair, W1J 8DZ . Green Park… Continue Reading →

JU students take out first ever street protest in Kolkata to free Soni Sori

Piyush Guha, who was also arrested on charges of sedition and released in 2011, says that the government wants the people on the periphery not to speak, not to think Ajachi Chakrabarti December 13, 2012, TEHELKA Jadavpur University students take… Continue Reading →

#India- Bombay HC -‘Something is wrong somewhere’ #Vaw #Acidattack

xourtesy- rishabh arrora illustration -tehelka By Rosy Sequeira, TNN | Dec 13, 2012, MUMBAI: Referring to the recent attack on a Kandivli woman with an insecticide spray, the Bombay high court on Wednesday lamented the general lack of fear of the law-and-order machinery,… Continue Reading →

After release, Pak scientist Dr Khalil Chisti ‘thanks India’

Dailybhaskar.com | Dec 12, 2012, 11:54AM IST   New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday freed Pakistani vitologist Dr Khalil Chisti in connection with a murder case. The court found Dr Chishti guilty of the offence of voluntarily causing hurt but… Continue Reading →

#India- SC appalled by ‘lynching-like’ #deathpenalty

By Dhananjay Mahapatra, TNN | Dec 12, 2012, The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed its deep distress and displeasure while censuring a “lynching-inspired” Tamil Nadu trial court for awarding death penalty to a person accused in a dacoity-cum-murder case as a deterrent to… Continue Reading →

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