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Month January 2020

Karnataka – School Authorities Booked for Sedition After Students Perform Play Against CAA-NRC

Complainant Nilesh Rakshyal (35), a social worker, claimed that the drama performed by the students and shared on social media platforms could disturb the peace in society. Stacy Pereira | CNN-News18Updated:January 28, 2020, 2:14 PM IST Bengaluru: The management of a school in… Continue Reading →

SC grants bail to 14 convicts of 2002 Gujarat riots, asks them to do spiritual, social work

SC order says the convicts will be sent to Indore and Jabalpur in two batches and kept under the supervision of district legal authorities. DEBAYAN ROY 28 January, 2020 1:53 pm IST Text Size: A- A+ New Delhi: A Supreme Court bench headed… Continue Reading →

Feminist Panel says No to Death Penalty for Sexual Violence

Coalition Against Sexual Violence and the Death Penalty January 24, 2020 EXECUTION IS NOT THE SOLUTION The Dec 2012 case, which resulted in massive public outrage and nation wide protests demanding speedy justice in cases of sexual violence along with a… Continue Reading →

Hate rant by BJP MP Parvesh Verma, says Shaheen Bagh protesters will enter houses, rape sisters and daughters

Ahead of the Delhi election, another BJP leader has stoked a controversy with his comments. BJP MP Parvesh Verma has said people from Shaheen Bagh will “enter homes and rape and kill daughters and sisters”. ADVERTISEMENT Kumar Kunal New DelhiJanuary 28,… Continue Reading →

The Formal Economy as Patriarchy: Vandana Shiva

To achieve economic equality, activist and author Vandana Shiva says we need to recognize the value of women’s work and start counting production, not just profits. WRITTEN BYJumana Farouky LONDON – In the middle of a conference ringing with the latest development… Continue Reading →

BJP MP Parvesh Verma -‘In one month all the existing mosques on Govt Land will be demolished ‘

‘Will Clear Shaheen Bagh in An Hour’: Seeks Votes With Fiery Speech BJP MP Parvesh Verma was addressing a crowd at a community center in Ranhoula village which falls under the Vikaspuri Assembly constituency in West Delhi. News18.comUpdated:January 28, 2020,… Continue Reading →

Adieu Rajendra Sail – A doyen of Human rights Movement in India

Adieu Raju Sail Adv Rajendra Sail is no more with us. He breathed last around 4:30 pm today. He has been one of the legends of Human Rights movement in the country. His association with People’s Union for Civil Liberties… Continue Reading →

Gujarat HC – Two finger test on rape survivor is illegal

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court has held that the two-finger test to check the virginity of rape victims is unconstitutional. It directed the trial courts and doctors to bear this in mind because “it violates the right of the victim… Continue Reading →

Religious Faith, Secularism and Gandhi

Monday 27 January 2020, by Gargi Chakravartty The following paper was presented at an International Winter School on “Globalistion and Religious Diversity: Issues, Perspectives and the Relevance of Gandhian Philosophy”, organised by the Ambedkar University, Delhi and Aarhus University, on January 8-14,… Continue Reading →

Kerala’s first gay couple moves High Court to legalise their marriage

The couple went to Guruvayoor temple and got married in a secret ceremony at the car parking area of the temple on July 5, 2018, but authorities are solemnising their marriage. Published: 27th January 2020 09:40 PM  |   KOCHI: After facing many hurdles… Continue Reading →

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