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Day January 9, 2015

Sri Lanka: New government must support human rights defenders and cooperate with the UN 

(Geneva) – The new government in Sri Lanka must prevent, investigate and ensure accountability for attacks against journalists, lawyers and human rights defenders, the International Service for Human Rights said today. ‘The election of a new government in Sri Lanka,… Continue Reading →

URGENT ALERT – Families of workers of ACC-Holcim at Jamul, Chhattisgarh may face REPRESSION

URGENT ALERT – Families of workers are blockading all 3 gates of the new expansion plant of ACC-Holcim at Jamul, District Durg, Chhattisgarh (India) demanding absorption and permancy of contract workers working for decades in the old plant. They may… Continue Reading →

‪#‎RIP‬ ‪- ‎Jashodhara Bagchi‬ – leading Indian feminist critic , writer and activist

Jashodhara Bagchi, passed away this morning , She was 77 She was born in 1937 and educated at Presidency College, Kolkata which was then affiliated with the University of Calcutta, Somerville College, Oxford, and New Hall, Cambridge. The larger part of her working life was… Continue Reading →

Charlie Hebdo- Not anti-Islam, but anti-religion 

VASUNDHARA SIRNATE We need to understand  Charlie Hebdo not as an anti-Islamic publication, but as an anti-religion, anti-institutional, anti-extremist publication The French satirical publication, Charlie Hebdo, is an equal opportunity offender. In keeping with France’s secular intellectual tradition, no particular individual,… Continue Reading →

#Goodnews- Sri Lanka election: President Mahinda Rajapaksa concedes defeat

Authoritarian president’s office reports that he has left official residence Jason Burke in Delhi and agencies theguardian.com, Friday 9 January 2015 01.35 GMT Mahinda Rajapaksa’s supporters hold posters of their leader. The incumbent was standing for a third term in office against… Continue Reading →

#RIP – Pervin Chandra , a veteran Freedom Fighter and peace activist is no more

Perin Chandra passed away peacefully on 7th January, 2015 after 96 years of an active and eventful life as a communist and peace activist, loved and admired by all. Perin was born in Chaman, now in Pakistan, on 2nd October… Continue Reading →

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