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Blood Stains in Jindal Steel- Part 2

This is Part II of “Blood Stains in Jindal Steel“. Samadrustitv team visited Angul District Hospital and interviewed victims of Jindal assault. Both the videos have been done by Tarun Mishra with video support from Madan who belongs to the… Continue Reading →

Soni Sori’s letter to the Nation-( English and Hindi)

 03/02/2012-Soni Sori’s letter from Prison, she  asks questions to all the citizens of  India, Please answer her This if for all social workers intellectuals, NGOs, human rights organisations, women’s commission and citizens of India, an abused and helpless tribal woman,… Continue Reading →

MUSLIM DIVORCE IN INDIA: Board to Divorce “Triple Talaq”

In what may come as a big relief to the Muslim women, their husbands would not be able to get rid of their wives in future by simply reciting talaaq, talaaq, talaaq. The All-India Muslim Personal Law Board is set… Continue Reading →

Cameroon- Breast Ironing to avoid sexual violence

In a desperate attempt to prevent sexual assault and teen pregnancy, Cameroonian mothers are literally ironing their daughters’ breasts with hot stones to make them less attractive. Breast ironing is not an acceptable form of pregnancy prevention or a replacement… Continue Reading →

Tea Labourers dying of hunger in Assam

Feb 1, 2012-Barak Human Rights Protection Committee (BHRPC) has learnt about 11 recent deaths due to starvation, malnutrition and lack of medical care in Bhuvan Valley Tea Estate, a privately owned tea garden, in the district of Cachar in North-East… Continue Reading →

To Ask or Not To Ask: A Few Thoughts On The Garhwa Landmine Blast

By Ranjana Padhi 31 January, 2012 Countercurrents.org State repression is intensifying on all movements that stand opposed to corporate land grab and capitalist aggression, especially in the states of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha. It is debatable amongst us whether the… Continue Reading →

Censorship at Symbiosis: See no Kashmir, hear no Kashmir, speak no Kashmir

By Shivam Vij For the past four years, a handful of Kashmiri Pandits and right-wing activists have shut down numerous screenings of Sanjay Kak’s Jashn-e-Azadi: How We Celebrate Freedom (2007). The most recent cancellation by Symbiosis College of Arts and… Continue Reading →

Ghatkopar’s Ramabai Nagar: Where the Republic still lives

Feb 2, 2012,  By Javed Iqbal, Mumbai, DNA Early on the morning of July 11, 1997, at Ramabai Nagar in Ghatkopar, a woman claimed to see the statue of iconic leader BR Ambedkar desecrated. Within a few hours, angry Dalits… Continue Reading →

India Edging Maoists From Mineral-Laden Land, Chidambaram Says

Indian police for years have abused civilians in the fight against the Maoists, according to New York-based Human Rights Watch. While India’s Supreme Court in October ordered an independent probe into allegations that police in Chhattisgarh tortured and sexually assaulted… Continue Reading →

Awards for alleged killers

Ugly mechanism that feeds into a vicious cycle of Human Rights  abuse 30/1/2012 Kashmir Times, Editorial It can’t be a case of setting a bad precedent. That was already set when Mumma Kana, an unknown informer of the security agencies… Continue Reading →

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