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Such a reinstatement of capital punishment is rare, with about 150 countries having already either abolished the death penalty or stopped administering it Reuters Islamabad: Pakistan‘s new government, striving to appear determined to rein in escalating crime and militancy, has… Continue Reading →
Extraordinarily, more than a dozen senior police officers in Gujarat are in jail or facing prosecution, in connection with cold-blooded murders dressed up as encounter deaths.Darshan Desai traces the hand of politics in the extrajudicial killings. At a… Continue Reading →
Protesting against land acquisition, 101 women wrote letters to Modi with their blood They Claimed That Govt Was Unmoved By 1,000 Postcards Sent By Villagers TIMES NEWS NETWORK Rajkot: Women in Junagadh district are shedding blood, literally, to protest the… Continue Reading →
Compiled by UN Women in 2011, presents data available for 86 countries on the prevalence of physical and sexual violence against women, forced sexual initiation and abuse during pregnancy, mainly drawn from leading international surveys, including: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Reproductive… Continue Reading →
India is, in many senses, a typical example of a modern nation-state. It contains within itself most of that which commends a State to the universal body politic. It has managed to stay within the definition of ‘democratic’ – the brief… Continue Reading →
Who is Soni Sori ? Soni Sori is the aunt of Lingaram Kodopi, a young journalist who was arrested on September 9th 2011, on charges of collecting money for the Maoists. Her three young children, aged 6, 10 and 12 years, are… Continue Reading →
Savita Bhabhi, one of the first targets of Internet censorship in India In March 2011, Indian media – both social and traditional – was ablaze with fears that a new set of rules, proposed to complement the IT (Amendment) Act 2008, would… Continue Reading →
Freedom of Expression Freedom of expression is a cornerstone of democratic rights and freedoms. In its very first session in 1946, before any human rights declarations or treaties had been adopted, the UN General Assemblyadopted resolution 59(I) stating “Freedom of information is… Continue Reading →
The destruction of tribal peoples in the name of ‘development’ – invariably because outsiders want their land and its resources – continues to be the most acute problem they face. It is not confined to poor countries. In Canada, the Innu Indians of Labrador and Quebec… Continue Reading →
Union minister hints at radiation leak, scientists and fishermen confirm ecological damage; but no PIL or RTI query has managed to get BARC to release reports on radiation levels around Thane creek. Sunday, Jul 7, 2013- DNA Dilnaz Biag In… Continue Reading →