By- Stan Swamy Most of the arrests are in violation of SC decisions “Mere membership of a banned organisation will not make a person a criminal … Supreme Court on 3rd February 2011 (CRIMINAL APPEAL NOs. 889 OF 2007) “Mere… Continue Reading →
March 7, 2012. Dr. Manmohan Singh Honorable Prime Minister of India South Block, Raisina Hill New Delhi 110011 India +91-11-23019545 / +91-11-23016857 Dear Prime Minister Manmohan Singh: I am writing on behalf of Human Rights Watch to draw your attention… Continue Reading →
By LINCOLN CAPLAN, Published: March 3, 2012 , NYTIMES Should foreigners be allowed to use American courts to sue foreign corporations for human rights atrocities committed abroad? Charles Wiwa in Chicago last month. He is one of the Nigerians trying… Continue Reading →
After Haryana ban, illegal mining shifts to Sikar’s hills – By Panini Anand in Outlook Who’s The Quarry? More than 400 active leases in the Sikar belt 1,200 trucks move out of Rajasthan Aravallis daily In Dabla alone,… Continue Reading →
18-02-2012 Madam Chief Minister, We, the members of Maitree, a women’s rights network in West Bengal, are writing to protest against the manner in which the complaint of rape of a woman in a car in Kolkata on Feb 5,… Continue Reading →
सुप्रीम कोर्ट न्यायलय वकील सर जी के नाम पर खत (२३/०२/२०१२) वकील सर रायपुर रखने के बजाय हमें दिल्ली में रखना था, रायपुर आने के बाद मेरी परेशानियां बढते ही जा रहा है| मुझे अब तक दवाई की उपलब्ध नहीं… Continue Reading →
MUMBAI: Women in Maharashtra have another reason to celebrate as International Women’s Day approaches. It is now perfectly legal for a woman to retain her maiden name after marriage. The Bombay high court recently amended a crucial rule under the… Continue Reading →
Hoevelaken – The annual action by Amnesty International this year focused on the release of political prisoners in India. Soni Sodi (female) and Linga ram Kodopi (male), two indigenous activists from the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, Maoist rebels who are… Continue Reading →
PRAYAAG AKBAR NEW DELHI | 19th Feb Mohammed Aamir at his home in Sadr Bazaar. Aamir spent 14 years in jail before being acquitted in January this year. Photograph: ABHISHEK SHUKLA n the night of 20 February 1998, in the… Continue Reading →
A SENIORSupreme Court advocate, Rajeev Dhavan has been one of the most trenchant critics of censorship. His book Publish and Be Damned: Censorship and Intolerance in India examines the relationship between political and social censorship. On a winter evening in… Continue Reading →
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