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Press Release- Decision to raise Sardar Sarovar Dam height illegal

29th June, 2013   Decision to raise height of SSP illegal and political conspiracy Central Authorities cannot permit drowning of 2 lakh population without rehabilitation  The decision to permit raising of the height of the Sardar Sarovar Dam from the present… Continue Reading →

#India – Dr Soonawala rape case in Mumbai shows how elite privilege works #Vaw

Illustration by Megha Roy Talukdar | Dev Kabir Malik Design Police conduct, elite reaction and the manner in which this story was reported illustrate how hard it is for a poor woman to accuse a privileged man of rape in… Continue Reading →

#India – Tribal Woman raped in bus, helper arrested #Odisha #Vaw

Odisha Tribal woman raped in moving bus PTI : Bhubaneswar/Cuttack, Wed Jun 19 2013, 1 TOP ST A 25-year-old tribal girl was allegedly raped by the helper of an air-conditioned luxury bus in which she was travelling, police today said. The… Continue Reading →

#India- Supreme Court agrees to hear PIL on US surveillance of Internet data

PTI : New Delhi | Wed Jun 19 2013, Supreme Court. (IE Photo) The Supreme Court today agreed to give an urgent hearing to a PIL on the issue of US National Security Agency snooping on Internet data from India and… Continue Reading →

#India – The Niyamgiri warrior against Vedanta – Sanjay Parikh #mustread

Aparna Kalra  |  New Delhi  June 15, 2013  BS Though his case files are stacked across four rooms, Sanjay Parikh, the lawyer who thrust a spoke into India-focused miner Vedanta Resources‘ plans, has ensured each is marked neatly. “This is the Kalahandi case…… Continue Reading →

U.S Supreme Court Says Human Gene Cannot Be Patented in Myriad Case #Goodnews

Mixed Ruling on BRCA1 Mutation Linked to Breast Cancer courtesy of lisa schlager ‘My DNA’: Lisa Schlager addresses protesters outside the Supreme Court. The court issued a mixed ruling in a case involving patenting of human genes. By Reuters Published June… Continue Reading →

Salwa Judum rape accused acquitted as victims turn hostile #Vaw

RAIPUR, June 15, 2013 Suvojit Bagchi Six tribal girls filed rape charges against nine SPOs and three Salwa Judum leaders in 2009 Six of the fifteen men — including former Special Police Officers Kicche Nanda and Kawasi Mangalram — accused of… Continue Reading →

Criticised, Odisha weighs expanding scope of locals in deciding Vedanta fate #goodnews

 BS Reporter  |  Bhubaneswar  June 14, 201 Faced with flak from the ministry of tribal affairs (MoTA) and activists from Niyamgiri for its decision to limit gram sabhas to just 12 villages,Odisha is mulling legal opinion over the possibility of expanding the scope of such meetings. “We are… Continue Reading →

Dongaria and Kutia Kondh leaders seek Governor’s intervention

BHUBANESWAR, June 13, 2013 Special Correspondent, The Hindu A group of Dongaria and Kutia Kondh leaders from Niyamgiri area on Wednesday sought the intervention of Governor S.C. Jamir to save them from the ‘mischief’ that the ST and SC Department of… Continue Reading →

Complaint to NHRC on arrest of Maitree women activists in Kolkata #Vaw

To The Chairman National Human Rights Commission Faridkot House Copernicus Marg New Delhi – 1 Respected Sir I want to inform you that this morning members of a Kolkata based network of women’s group; Maitree, assembled peacefully outside the residence… Continue Reading →

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