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Press Release-Koodankulam Could Be Another Bhopal Disaster In Waiting: Noam Chomsky

Koodankulam Could Be Another Bhopal Disaster In Waiting: Noam Chomsky Press Release By Koodankulam Solidarity Group 31 October, 2012 Countercurrents.org Internationally acclaimed academician Noam Chomsky of Massachussets Institute of Technology of the United States has said that Koodankulam could be… Continue Reading →

The Changes at Change.Org: Is This Change We Can Believe In?

by Gwen Emmons October 29, 2012 -, rhrealitycheck.org Tags: Media | Human Rights |Mainstream media | Media | Media bias | New media | Politics | Change.org | Coochwatch | Huffington Post | Netroots Nation | petition | Analysis Last week, the Huffington Post reported that Change.org, long regarded as a progressive organization, would begin accepting sponsored petitions from conservative organizations and businesses. The new policy marks a… Continue Reading →

#India #Ambala 13 year old raped delivers child #VAW #Torture #WTFnews

HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times Ambala, October 29, 2012 A 13-year-old girl, who was reported to be pregnant on Saturday after being allegedly raped by a married man here, delivered a girl child at a Panchkula hospital on Sunday. Assistant sub-inspector… Continue Reading →

Change.org: We’ve Seen This Before

Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director, Food & Water Watch Posted: 10/30/2012 6:16 pm Environment , Politics , Change.Org , Political Activism , Progressive , Progressive Movement , Progressives , Green News Recently, the Huffington Post reported thatChange.org has abandoned its progressive roots and apparently planned on doing it without telling anyone, according to documents leaked from a… Continue Reading →

#India #Koodankulam Letter to Heads of States/Governments

October 31, 2012 People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) Idinthakarai 627 104 Tirunelveli District Tamil Nadu, India Phone: 98656 83735; 9842154073 [email protected] The Heads of State/Government c/o The Embassies (or) High Commissions New Delhi India Your Excellency: Greetings! We, several millions… Continue Reading →

#India-Keonjhar tribals up in arms over #mining plans in Khandadhar #Vedanta #Posco

TNN | Oct 30, 2012 KEONJHAR: Fear of displacement stalks tribals inhabiting Banspal block of Keonjhar district abutting the beautiful Khandadhar waterfall with hundreds of companies, including South Korean steel behemoth Posco, applying for lease to mine the Khandadhar hill. A Niyamgiri-type… Continue Reading →

ECHR -Judgment on teenage pregnancy due to #Rape and denial of #abortion #Vaw

European Court of Human Rights: Judgment in the case P. and S. v. Poland announced today   Oct 31, 2012 European Court of Human Rights announced its judgment today in the case P. and S. v. Poland. Federation for Women… Continue Reading →

#India- Khap panchayats of Haryana demand changes in Hindu marriage Act #WTFnews #Vaw

Deepender Deswal, TNN Oct 29, 2012, (Khap panchayats of Haryana…) ROHTAK: The notorious khap panchayats of Haryana on Sunday demanded a legal ban on same-gotra and same-village marriages, saying such a measure could solve the problem of rising crime against women…. Continue Reading →

#India- Haryana khap blames wedding ceremonies at night for road mishaps

Deepender Deswal, TNN Oct 28, 2012, 09.46PM IST ROHTAK: Haryana khap panchayat has urged the Haryana government to ban wedding ceremonies at night while arguing that drunken driving by the youths who attend marriage parties led to road accidents and had… Continue Reading →

#India- #Chhattisgarh #tribals denied sterilisation for three decades #WTFnews

AARTI DHAR, The Hindu, Oct 31, 2012 Planning Commission asks Chhattisgarh to ensure that they are not denied facility A three decades-old official order, issued for restricting targeted sterilisation of the primitive tribal groups (PTGs) in Chhattisgarh to check their… Continue Reading →

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