Category environment
Posted On September 21, 2023 Last week, the DMK marked the death anniversary of Sekaran, who was murdered in 1957. His death continues to reverberate in contemporary Tamil Nadu, illustrating the divisions between the backward Thevar community and Dalits in… Continue Reading →
August 12th, 2023 marked a historic victory for striking ASHAs (Accredited Social Health Activists) in Bihar with the state government agreeing to increase the monthly payment by Rs. 1,500 per month and providing the payment as ‘honorarium’, instead of ‘reward’… Continue Reading →
An urgent inquiry be conducted into the kidnapping and then release of Shri Prafulla Samantara – This is an attack on dissent – All arrested villagers be released It has been 10 days since Shri Prafulla Samantara, a prominent environmentalist, writer, and… Continue Reading →
PUCL MAHARASHTRA STATEMENT ON THE MULTIPLE MURDERS BY RPF CONSTABLE CHETAN SINGH OF HIS SUPERIOR OFFICER AND THREE MUSLIM PASSENGERS WHILE ON DUTY ONBOARD THE JAIPUR-MUMBAI CENTRAL EXPRESS ON JULY 31, 2023 Alarm bells must set off in the country… Continue Reading →
Campaign Against State Repression strongly condemns the state-sponsored violence in Mewat. Since 31st July 2023, violence by Hindutva forces has escalated into a large-scale pogrom against Muslims in Haryana and adjacent areas, starting from the town of Nuh, Haryana. It… Continue Reading →
‘Continued detention not justified’: SC gives bail to 2 in Bhima Koregaon case After the Supreme Court granted them bail, Gonsalves and Ferreira’s lawyers on Monday moved the sessions court to fix the conditions for their release on bail and… Continue Reading →
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Students’ Association on Monday demanded a thorough and impartial investigation into the mysterious death of a student from Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar. Zeeshan Ahmad, son of Irshad Ahmad Baigh, a BAMS Student at Desh Bhagat… Continue Reading →
On July 23, 2018, the auxiliary dam (Saddle D) of the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydroelectric power project in Laos collapsed, killing 71 people, displacing thousands, and flooding homes and villages. Five years after this tragic incident, the survivors have still not… Continue Reading →
Request her to ensure accountability of all authorities and restoration of peace and justice in the strife-torn state 23 rd July, 2023: National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), along with over 3,200 +activists, academics, artists, retired bureaucrats and concerned citizens,… Continue Reading →
by JENNIFER LIANGChirang district, Assam In Assam, Bodos and Adivasis have lived in neighbouring villages for decades, with the Bodo villages being closer to the Bhutan border. The Adivasis are mostly wage labourers and have to cross the Bodo villages to… Continue Reading →