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Republic Day gallantry award to alleged torturer of Soni Sori!

      Kamayani Bali  Mahabal says she is ashamed that the nation is giving gallantry award to a police officer Ankit Garg on the occassion of our Republic Day who is accused of torturing a tribal woman and the… Continue Reading →

S.P Ankit Garg gets gallantry awards- BLACK REPUBLIC DAY

    January 25, 2012 Anti-Naxal and counter-insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir [ Images ] and the northeast have drawn the maximum number of gallantry awards for police and paramilitary forces this year. As a total of 97 police… Continue Reading →

Press Release–In the name of sovereignty: APDP

25th January 2012:   On 17th October 2011, Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) submitted an application for information under Right to Information Act 2009 to the office of the Public Information Officer of State Department of Home. The… Continue Reading →

ACHR urge GoI to pledge for abolition of death penalty

SHILLONG, JAN :Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) while making its submission urged the Government of India (GoI) t to pledge for the abolition of the death penalty before the UN Human Rights Council when it comes for examination under… Continue Reading →

SC pulls up Centre for prolonged detention of Pak prisoners

Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Press Trust Of India    The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the Union government for prolonged incarceration of several Pakistani prisoners in Indian jails despite their having completed their sentences. “There is total inaction and… Continue Reading →

Caste atrocity in Lathor: Over 50 Dalit homes burnt by upper castes

by-Jadumanilion Boudha & Dhammachari Ratnakumar An incident involving a small boy led to horrific caste violence in Lathor, Balangir district of Odisha, leaving 50 Dalit families homeless and destitute. On January 22, 2012, at around 3.00pm, Ganesh Suna, a 9th… Continue Reading →

Grave concerns over security laws in Kashmir

Two days into 2012, a student was killed and two more were injured in a village in North Kashmir when the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) guarding a hydroelectric plant opened fire on protesters, shattering a tenuous peace. In the… Continue Reading →

URGENT: Villagers Protest Against vedanta Red Mud Pond

Activist Satyabadi Naik’s shocking video of police crackdown on a peaceful protest by women of Rengopalli and other villages against Vedanta’s toxic Red Mud Pond in Lanjigarh. This video was recorded on 23 Jan 2012. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgIBmN7HCeA&feature=player_embedded] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3FZX5DrccU&feature=player_embedded] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq-dbJYTrdM&feature=player_embedded]

Munija says No to Child Marriage

Sixteen year old Munija Khatun reads in Class X and lives with her parents Samsul Momin & Rumela Bibi in Mahisasthali village of Samshergunj Block of Murshidbad district. As Munija is a beautiful looking girl, on the way to school… Continue Reading →

Manipur and its search for elusive justice

  Manipuris want impunity to end.Not only has it shattered any existing faith in the justice system, many feel it has emboldened the security forces to commit further abuses. Manipuris will soon stand in line to vote for a new… Continue Reading →

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