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Letter by Maharashtra Prisoners going on Hunger Strike ( English Translation )

Today, 23rd March, day of hanging of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukdev were hanged in jail by the British, is being observed by a day-long hunger strike by over 200 `political prisoners‘ in various jails in Maharashtra, including the Angela… Continue Reading →

Sikh community in India & Pak to protest against death sentence of Balwant Singh

NEW DELHI,South Asian News Agency  (SANA): Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed the plea of Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking stay order against the death penalty to Balwant Singh an accused of the Beant Singh murder case. Meanwhile Sikh community… Continue Reading →

Tata Steel still to pay Rs.27 crore to villagers

Raipur, March 21 (IANS) Tata Steel, India‘s largest private sector steel major, has still to pay over Rs.27 crore compensation amount to villagers in Chhattisgarh‘s Bastar district to take over their land for setting up an integrated steel plant, the… Continue Reading →

Death Penalty in the Land of Non-Violence

   By- Jasdev Singh Rai-Medical Doctor, with MA in politics, human rights activist and community worker For a country that brands itself on Gandhi, non violence and cow protection, the death penalty in India and Balwant Singh Rajoana’s imminent hanging… Continue Reading →

Immediate Release-Jan Sansad Demands the end of Corporate Raj

Budget was UPA’s declaration of War on Aam Aadmi and Aurat Jan Sansad Demands End of Company Raj & Corporate Plunder of  Jal Jangal & Jameen Thousands to March from Shaheed park to Sansad Marg and  handover Resolutions to Political… Continue Reading →

Countrywide Day Long Solidarity Hunger Strike and other protest actions in Solidarity with People of Kudankulam

The state government of Tamil Nadu has finally succumbed to pressure by the Central government and decided to commission the operation of the two Russian built nuclear reactors in Koodankulam, in south Tamil Nadu. In protest against this government decision,… Continue Reading →

Custody Deaths in Kerala: A Study from Post-mortem Data in Thrissur Medical College

By: Hithesh Sanker T S, Praveenlal Kuttichira Vol XLVII No.12 March 24, 2012 Though there are reports  pointing to the magnitude of the  problem, there has been no study  conducted on the nature of deaths that have taken place in… Continue Reading →

Nearly 1,000 Pakistan women “killed for honour” in 2011

At least 943 Pakistani women and girls were murdered last year for allegedly defaming their family’s honor, the country’s leading human rights group said Thursday. The statistics highlight the growing scale of violence suffered by many women in conservative Pakistan,… Continue Reading →

Forest dwellers deprived of livelihood and facing forcible eviction in Assam

Summary of BHRPC fact-finding report into the Patharia land-grabbing case The Barak Human Rights Protection Committee (BHRPC) has learnt that around 300 families of traditional forest dwellers in and around Patharia forest reserve in Karimganj district of the North Eastern… Continue Reading →

The White Savior Industrial Complex- Teju Cole

 Excerpts from”‘ The White Savior Industrial Complex”- Teju Cole is the author of Open City, which won this year’s PEN/Hemingway Award and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. This weekend, I listened to a radio interview… Continue Reading →

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