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Torture is used more often than you think – and in countries you wouldn’t suspect. Josefina Salomon TO MARK THE International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, it’s time to debunk persistent myths and misconceptions about torture… 1. Torture is… Continue Reading →
Published on Monday, 30 June 2014 19:08 Written by Radical Socialist FIGHT THE PERSISTENCE OF POLITICAL RAPES AND THREATS OF THE SAME Tapas Pal, film actor and in recent times a Trinamul Congress Member of Parliament, has reiterated openly… Continue Reading →
The newly formed BJP led NDA government in India is planning to challenge the position taken by the Indian judiciary that undue delay in executions caused by delay in deciding constitutional review petition by President of India forms valid ground… Continue Reading →
Wednesday, 2 July 2014 – 6:15am IST | Place: Kolkata | Agency: DNA Sumit Moitra Odisha State Pollution Control Board will hold public hearing of the much-delayed project at Lanjigarh on July 30 The controversial project of Vedanta group to… Continue Reading →
Ahmedabad, June 30, 2014 rendra A court in Ahmedabad on Monday held that Prime Minister Narendra Modi committed an offence by not disclosing his marital status in an affidavit filed with his nomination during the 2012 Gujarat assembly polls but… Continue Reading →
J. VENKATESAN The HinduChief Justice of India R.M. Lodha TOPICS judiciary (system of justice) judge Chief Justice of India R.M. Lodha on Tuesday slammed the Centre for unilaterally segregating senior advocate Gopal Subramanium’s name for elevation as a Supreme Court… Continue Reading →
Wednesday, 2 July 2014 – 5:54pm IST | The Home Ministry is likely to deny sanction to CBI to prosecute four Intelligence Bureau officials, including its former Special Director Rajinder Kumar, in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter killing case. A… Continue Reading →
RUKMINI S The HinduA file picture shows a human chain at India Gate, New Delhi to prevent violence against women. Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar. Crimes against women rise sharply, most of all in Delhi For the first time,… Continue Reading →
By: UMAR CHEEMA | July 1, 2014 Geo TV anchor Hamid Mir took six bullets in an April attack. Credit: The News (Pakistan) They wanted to kill him but he survived with six bullets in the body. He was not a case of… Continue Reading →
The Gates Foundation is all about solutions that make the greatest impact on vulnerable populations. So why ignore the 68,000 women who die each year from unsafe abortions? The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is the second-largest private foundation in the world…. Continue Reading →