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#India- arrests at Mavelikkara: Against UAPA, For the right to dissent #Draconianlaws

by Gilbert Sebastian on Monday, 7 January 2013 , on FB There is a saying in Malayalam, ‘Kaaryam paranjaal Communistaayi!’ meaning, you will be labelled a Communist if you tell the truth. This used to be a saying during the decades when the Communist… Continue Reading →

#Chhattisgarh: Tribal girls allegedly raped in a school hostel #Vaw

 Raipur , Jan 6,2012: In the latest addition to horrific rape stories,  about 12 tribal girls were allegedly raped over many months  in a school hostel in Narharpur, Chattisgarh. While a hostel watchman has been arrested, a school teacher who… Continue Reading →

#India-Rape cases we forgot: Soni Sori, Chhattisgarh’s prisoner of conscience

CHHATTISGARH, Posted on Jan 04, 2013 at IBNLive.com  brutal gangrape and subsequent death of the 23-year-old medical student has galvanised a nation with questionable gender parity, it is difficult to place the story of Soni Sori, the young tribal teacher… Continue Reading →

Silent march to demand release of #sonisori from jail #Vaw

  Press Trust of India / New Delhi January 02, 2013, 22:15 Members of All India Students’ Association, along with several intellectuals, today staged a silent march here, demanding the release of suspected Maoist activist and victim of custodial torture… Continue Reading →

Firing at Maoist camp: #NHRC seeks reply from #Chhattisgarh govt

Published: Thursday, Dec 27, 2012, Place: New Delhi | Agency: PTIThe National Human Rights Commission on Thursday sought a reply from Chhattisgarh government on reports of alleged firing by para-military personnel on a Maoist camp in which a teenager was… Continue Reading →

#SoniSori doesn’t need counselling #Vaw #custodialrape #WTFnews

DIVYA TRIVEDI, The Hindu, Dec 25, 2012 In contrast to the statement made by National Commission for Women (NCW) member Amina Shafiq that tribal teacher Soni Sori lodged in the Raipur Central Jail required psychological counselling, National Federation of Indian… Continue Reading →

#India- Why is Aparna Marandi in jail?

In 2009, they branded her husband a Maoist and threw him in jail. Now they are after her. Shazia Nigar on the blatant witch-hunt of a rights activist Shazia NigarMore by the author > December 21, 2012, Issue 52 Volume… Continue Reading →

A Conversation With: Human Rights Activist Binayak Sen

By MALAVIKA VYAWAHARE, NYtimes Courtesy of The Gandhi FoundationDr. Binayak Sen. Binayak Sen, 62, is no ordinary doctor. Few doctors, after all, spend three decades working in a region threatened by what Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called the “single biggest internal… Continue Reading →

Mowgli meets the Maoists: Satya Sagar #mustread

DECEMBER 15, 2012 Guest post by SATYA SAGAR, Kafila.org Hello folks! I need your help and hence this appeal to all of you! I have been a journalist for a long time but never managed to write a full book on… Continue Reading →

JU students take out first ever street protest in Kolkata to free Soni Sori

Piyush Guha, who was also arrested on charges of sedition and released in 2011, says that the government wants the people on the periphery not to speak, not to think Ajachi Chakrabarti December 13, 2012, TEHELKA Jadavpur University students take… Continue Reading →

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