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Abortion rate decline stalls, unsafe abortions rise

By Kate Kelland LONDON, Jan 19 (Reuters) – A long-term decline in the rates of abortion worldwide has stalled and the proportion of terminations that are unsafe and put women’s lives at risk is rising, an international group of scientists… Continue Reading →

Jail gate farce with alleged Naxals

Soumittra S Bose, TNN Jan 16, Every time a so-called Naxalite is granted bail and is expected to walk out of central jail, Shakespeare famous line ‘All the world’s a stage‘ from his As You Like It‘ comes to mind…. Continue Reading →

Adivasi dies in police custody in Chhattisgarh

New Delhi,  Jan 16, 2012-Aman Sethi, The Hindu On the day that Chief Minister Raman Singh addressed a public gathering to mark the creation of a separate Sukma district distinct from southern Chhattisgarh‘s Maoist affected Dantewada, a custodial death in… Continue Reading →

Naxalite dies in police custody, 4 cops suspended in Chhattisgarh

United News of India Jagdalpur, January 14, 2012A suspected Naxalite died in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh late last night and four police officials were later suspended in connection with the incident, police said. While police claimed that the man hanged… Continue Reading →

‘Would they have tortured me the same way had I not been a Dalit?’

Karad (Maharashtra), January 14, 2012 -Rekha was assaulted because her son allegedly eloped with a Maratha girl Four days after she was beaten up, stripped and paraded in her own village, 42-year-old Dalit widow Rekha Arun Chavan wonders if she… Continue Reading →

Police beats up Dalit officer for doing his work, No FIR yet!

Khuturam Sunani from Nuapada in Odisha says I had reported about police beating up a Dalit school inspector for reporting against an upper caste school teacher. It is more than 3 weeks but no FIR has been filed yet against… Continue Reading →

URGENT APPEAL: Arbitrary detention of and judicial harassment against Mr. Narayan Reddy

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in India. Description of the… Continue Reading →

FBI updates Rape definition after 85 years

 The FBI (FBI) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official websites] announced an official update of the federal government’s definition of rape [press release] to include the violation of “any person” rather than the previous definition that only covered women. The previous definition had… Continue Reading →

WOMEN’S GROUPS STOPPED FROM MEETING SONI SORI IN RAIPUR

*PRESS RELEASE* *WOMEN’S GROUPS STOPPED FROM MEETING SONI SORI IN RAIPUR* *DEMAND IMMEDIATE ACTION ON PERPETRATORS OF CUSTODIAL VIOLENCE ON SONI SORI * A team of women representing various women’s groups from across the country were in Raipur on 12-13th… Continue Reading →

I feel so sad…….

I feel so sad, seeing the beggars as I walk into the temple, with my diamond earrings. I feel so sad, seeing young men, hang out of buses , as I overtake them, in my air-conditioned car. I feel so… Continue Reading →

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