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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 →

WTF Jaipur – Paraplegic woman arrested for ‘kidnap’ and ‘sexual abuse’

Jaipur: In a shocking and bizarre incident in Jaipur, the police have arrested a 21-year-old paraplegic woman over charges of abuse. The police claim the woman is involved in the kidnapping and sexual abuse of another woman. What is shocking… Continue Reading →

Another harrowing airport experience for Anjlee, a disability rights worker

March 2, 2012 – Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar, Hindu Ms. Agarwal, a disability rights worker, was carted around on a luggage trolley at Delhi T3 Disability rights activist Anjlee Agarwal of Samarthyam, who was last week “literally thrown off a flight”… Continue Reading →

450 families live 1km from Kudankulam

Govt panel refuses to accept violation of AERB guidelines; says nobody resides within 2km of the nuclear plant Gangadhar S Patil l Mumbai, DNA If one were to believe the government, no one lives within 2km of the Kudankulam Nuclear… Continue Reading →

Bankura rapist doctor arrested

 Friday, 02 March 2012, Pioneer Dr RK Sarkar of Bankura Sanmelani Medical College, charged with raping a differently-abled patient, was arrested and produced before a district court on Thursday. He has been charged with section 376(2D) even as the preliminary… Continue Reading →

Rashtriya Viklang Manch-RVM (National Confederation of Disabled-NCD) writes to Mamata Bannerji

To:- MS Mamata Benarji,    The Chief minister, GOVT. of West Bengal, West Bengal, Colkata, March 1, 2012 Dear Madam, We the members of Rashtriya Viklang Manch [RVM] [National Confederation of Disabled-NCD] on behalf of 70 million disabled people of… Continue Reading →

Apalling and Shocking -West Bengal: Disabled teenage patient raped in hospital by medical staff

Feb, 29, Kolkata: A hearing impaired patient has been allegedly raped by an employee inside the Bankura Medical College in West Bengal. A complaint has been lodged in the case. The victim’s clothes and bed sheets have been sent for… Continue Reading →

Pregnant woman bleeds to death after sterilization

Feb 26, 20120 BHOPAL: A 35-year-old pregnant women bled to death in Madhya Pradesh‘s Balaghat district earlier this month while doctors were trying to sterilize her as part of the state government’s vasectomy-sterilization drive. This comes days after CM Shivraj… Continue Reading →

Dr. S. P. Udayakumar sent a legal notice to Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh

28 February 2012 Dr. Manmohan Singh Prime Minister of India South Block, Raisina Hill New Delhi. 110 011 Sir: Under instructions from my client, Dr.S.P.Udayakumar, 27, Isanganvilai, Mani Veedhi, Parakkai Road Junction, Nagerkovil 629002, I address you as under: My… Continue Reading →

What “Rape Sonograms” Are Really About

This week, the Virginia State Legislature – joining Texas, Oklahoma, Iowa – passed two of the country’s most restrictive abortion bills. One, a personhood anti-abortion bill and the other, mandating a coercive mandatory transvaginal probe for women seeking abortions. This… Continue Reading →

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