Day December 17, 2014
[a short compilation of statements from Human Rights organisations and Media Commentary and Editorials] HRCP slams killing of children in Taliban attack December 16, 2014 Lahore, December 16: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called the killing… Continue Reading →
By Juhie Bhatia and Hajer Naili Monday, December 15, 2014 Last month, a French delegation went to Geneva with the European Women’s Lobby to push an abortion-related resolution at the upcoming Beijing+20 Summit. With this and other efforts France is… Continue Reading →
ये बच्चे हमारे ही थे- धर्मोन्मादी आतंकवाद अपनों पर ही सबसे पहले वार करता है Posted by: पलाश विश्वास 2014/12/16 in आजकल Leave a comment पेशावर में तालिबान ने सौ बच्चों को मौत के घाट उतार दिये और गौरतलब यह है कि इस्लाम के नाम… Continue Reading →
Physical attacks against journalists are nothing new but the increase in defamation suits and notices has emerged as the new tool of choice for those who want to silence the media. A report on free speech in India by THE… Continue Reading →
Ram Puniyani Propaganda around conversions has been one of the major political tools during last few decades. It was Niyogi Commission report which investigated the conversions in Adivasi areas in 1950s, then the Meenaxipuram conversions of Dalits… Continue Reading →
Time to Ban the Bomb by Alice Slater (Credit: ICAN) Global Momentum is building for a treaty to ban nuclear weapons. While the world has banned chemical and biological weapons, there is no explicit legal prohibition of nuclear weapons, although… Continue Reading →
Author(s): Anupam Chakravartty Dec 31, 2014 | Farmers in Chhattisgarh’s coal-rich Gare village have floated a company to assert their rights over natural resources and resist land acquisiton by mining giants More than 700 Gare residents collected coal pieces from an… Continue Reading →
Mrigank Tiwari,TNN | Dec 16, 2014, 09.42 PM IST A school principal in Bareilly first thrashed a student to death and then dumped his body on highway. BAREILLY: Angry at a child’s parents delaying the school fees, a school principal in Bareilly beat the 7-year-old… Continue Reading →
The BBC’s Shaimaa Khalil reports from Peshawar: ”It started as a normal school day… but it turned into a massacre” nts How it unfolded Militants from the Pakistani Taliban have attacked an army-run school in Peshawar, killing 141 people, 132… Continue Reading →
Muslim activist alleges plot to kill him Social activist and Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind Legal Cell secretary Gulzar A. Azmi has lodged a complaint with the Mumbai police alleging death threats from the mafia, here Monday. A member of the Maharashtra… Continue Reading →