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A democracy that sleeps

Suprateek Chatterjee, Hindustan Times, March 03, 2012 Exactly two months after alleged Maoist Arun Ferreira was granted bail, post a widely criticised four-year-long incarceration, comes playwright Ramu Ramanthan’s politically-charged play Comrade Kumbhakarna. The Hindi play, inspired by the 2007 arrests… Continue Reading →

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 →

Hurrah- Political Prisoner Liliany Obando is released!-

Trade unionist and political prisoner Liliany Obando was released on Thursday 1 March 2012 from the prison where she had been held for almost 4 years on charges of “rebellion”. Liliany was arrested in 2008 while serving as the Human… 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 →

In India, a ‘Blame the Victim’ Mentality

By NILANJANA S. ROY “She has two children, and so far as I know, she is separated from her husband,” Mr. Mitra said on a national television show. “What was she doing at a nightclub so late at night?” The… 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 →

104 Journalists and 30 Distributors in Prison in Turkey- BIA Media Monitoring Report 2011

March1, 2012 One hundred and four journalists and 30 distributors/members of the media were imprisoned as we entered the year 2012. In 2010, there were a total of 30 journalists in prison.- Bia Media Monitoring Report The year 2011 was… 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 →

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