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Srilanka Bans Birth Control Surgery to Protect Dwindling Sinhala Race #Vaw

Govt Bans LRT on Women and Vasectomy on Men After Bodhu Bala Sena Protested Against Birth Control to Protect Dwindling Sinhala Race 24 February 2013, 6:10 am By Chrishanthi Christopher Last week the government sent out a communiqué to all… Continue Reading →

Media Release: Bail Granted for Indian Journalist, but Worries Persist Over Political Pressures

Media Release: India February 25, 2013 Bail Granted for Indian Journalist, but Worries Persist Over Political Pressures The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) welcomes the grant of bail to senior journalist http://asiapacific.ifj.org/en/articles/ifj-deeply-concerned-over-criminal-c harges-against-indian-investigative-reporter> K.K. Shahina, in the southern Indian state… Continue Reading →

Saudi cleric terms women Shura Members prostitutes; receives flak #Vaw

Monday February 25, 2013 10:26:16 AM, Agencies   For the first time, women will represent 10 percent of the 150 seats of the Saudi Shura, or consultative council, in the coming legislative term, Xinhua reported.> A controversial Saudi cleric used Twitter… Continue Reading →

‘Soorinje can’t be allowed to go unless innocents are freed’

STAFF REPORTER, The Hindu Chief Minister yet to sign order on Soorinje’s release There was no progress made in reporter Naveen Soorinje’s case at Monday’s Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar. A resolution to drop the criminal charges… Continue Reading →

#India – Crossing the Lakshman rekha- moral policing #Vaw

    VIKHAR AHMED SAYEED – Recently in Mangalore, Outlook     The attack on a homestay in Mangalore clearly shows that Hindutva ideologues define the moral and cultural boundaries in coastal Karnataka.       BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT  Naveen… Continue Reading →

Shahbag: Story of two hangings; differences in their dynamics #deathpenalty

  The name Shahbag will not evoke much recognition from the Indian pretenders to ‘global citizenship’. Dhaka is the city many Indians believe that ‘they’ liberated in 1971. Shahbag is one of the main street intersections of Dhaka where the… Continue Reading →

#India- Sexual Harassment case- Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University (MGIHU) #Vaw

हमेशा विवादों में रहनेवाले महात्मा गांधी अंतरराष्ट्रीय हिंदी विश्वविद्यालय, वर्धा में आजकल एक अध्यापक द्वारा एक छात्रा के यौन-उत्पीड़न का मामला दबे मुंह चर्चा में है। साहित्य विभाग के एक युवा असिस्टेंट प्रोफेसर ने स्त्री अध्ययन विभाग की एक छात्रा को पढ़ाने के बहाने… Continue Reading →

Independent Judiciary and Rule of Law;Demolished in Sri Lanka

EPW Vol – XLVIII No. 09, March 02, 2013 | Rohini Hensman Among the continuing acts that erode democratic institutions in Sri Lanka is the recent impeachment of the Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake. President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brothers who head various… Continue Reading →

Guidelines to Police Officers Investigating cases under SC/ST (POA) ACT, 1989 & PCR ACT, 1955

Article 17 of the Constitution of India has abolished the practice of untouchability in all forms To give effect to this Article. Parliament enacted the Untouchability (Offences) Act, 1955 and later renamed it as The Protection of Civil Rights’ Act,… Continue Reading →

3 Things You Should Know About “Zero Dark Thirty” and #Torture #Oscar2013

  BY ZEKE JOHNSON Still from Zero Dark Thirty. After seeing the new film Zero Dark Thirty, I think there are three things everyone should know: 1) Zero Dark Thirty is not a documentary. The film’s screenwriter, Mark Boal, said:… Continue Reading →

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