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Tribal student at AIIMS hangs self

Durgesh Nandan Jha, TNN | Mar 5, 2012 NEW DELHI: A first-year MBBS student at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, who hailed from a village in Rajasthan and was the second topper in the Scheduled Tribe category at… Continue Reading →

Anti POSCO activist shot and arrested in Odisha

DHINKIA – Umakant Biswal a young anti POSCO activist and a farmer from Dhinkia was shot and arrested yesterday when he was working on the farm near the village. Police came on motor cycle in civil dress to arrest him,… Continue Reading →

Immediate Release-Women’s Organisations Condemn the Arrest of Paraplegic woman in Jaipur

Dharna at the Vidhan Sabha on 1st March, 2012 Women’s Organisations Condemn the Arrest Of Seema who Is 80% Disabled And Hold A Protest Outside The Vidhan Sabha. Probably the First Case in the State where a Person Leading a… Continue Reading →

Call for Written Submission to CEDAW Committee

Inviting Written Submissions – The Committee on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW Committee) Asia Pacific Regional Consultation for the Proposed General Recommendation on Human Rights of Women in Situations of Conflict and Post Conflict Dear Friends, CEDAW Committee’s Asia… Continue Reading →

In India, a ‘Blame the Victim’ Mentality

By NILANJANA S. ROY “She has two children, and so far as I know, she is separated from her husband,” Mr. Mitra said on a national television show. “What was she doing at a nightclub so late at night?” The… Continue Reading →

104 Journalists and 30 Distributors in Prison in Turkey- BIA Media Monitoring Report 2011

March1, 2012 One hundred and four journalists and 30 distributors/members of the media were imprisoned as we entered the year 2012. In 2010, there were a total of 30 journalists in prison.- Bia Media Monitoring Report The year 2011 was… Continue Reading →

Free Soni Sori Demo and Protest Videos- Mumbai

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAlqK_LJ8QU] When we Thunder  for Soni Sori [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJwFG1rjyvw] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOipTpTwUtU] Related articles Soni Sori’s letter to the Nation-( English and Hindi) (kractivist.wordpress.com) Republic Day gallantry award to alleged torturer of Soni Sori! (kractivist.wordpress.com) Save Soni Sori and Punish Chattisgarh police for… Continue Reading →

Shehla murder case: Zahida alleges torture by CBI

Mar 1, 2012 ,Indore: Interior designer Zahida Parvez, an accused of hiring contract killers to bump off Shehla Masood, denied the charge that her husband had any relationship with the slain RTI activist. “I have not spoken to Shehla.., never… Continue Reading →

Open letter to Mamta Bannerji- ‘ Fake- Rapes’

18-02-2012 Madam Chief Minister, We, the members of Maitree, a women’s rights network in West Bengal, are writing to protest against the manner in which the complaint of rape of a woman in a car in Kolkata on Feb 5,… Continue Reading →

Vedanta told to get public nod in Orissa for expansion

Vedanta Aluminium Ltd has been asked by the government to seek public consent afresh in Kalahandi district of Orissa as a precursor to getting environmental clearance for expanding its alumina refinery and power plant, a move the company wants to… Continue Reading →

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