We at present face a most crucial situation in our struggle when the state is making an all-out attack on us and denying our basic democratic rights. In this situation, we have decided to take the slogan of ‘Manesar chalo’ for 18th July 2013, which also marks a year in Jail for our fellow workers, […]
Author: pinaki
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Delhi – Protest demonstration against killing of Ganti Prasadam, July 10
We are going to organise a Joint Protest Demonstration on 10th July 2013 (1PM to 5PM) at Jantar Mantar, Delhi, against the brutal killing of Ganti Prasadam (Vice President of Revolutionary Democratic Front) in Andhra Pradesh. We will submit a Memorandum to the Home Minister of the Govt. of India, demanding to set up a […]
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Delhi – Solidarity Program : Justice for Maruti Workers, Jul 13
Date: Saturday, July 13 Time: 3pm to 6pm Venue: The Indian Society International Law Auditorium, 9 Bhagwan Das Road, New Delhi. “Never, in all these years of my life had it occurred to me that the courts too care only about the rich. I am now beginning to believe that God too is only a […]
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Jammu and Kashmir : CDRO Statement on Kupwara court’s order for reinvestigation of mass rape case of 1991
Coordination of Democratic Rights Organisation (CDRO) welcomes the decision of the Judicial Magistrate, Kupwara (J&K) on 18th June 2013, asking for “further investigation to unravel the identity of those who happen to be perpetrators” of mass rape which took place in the two villages of Kunan and Poshpora in the North Kashmir district of Kupwara, […]
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Poverty, Undernutrition and Food Security in Contemporary India
by Deepankar Basu One of the easiest ways to understand the perverse nature of the growth regime underlying “India Shining” is to trace out the divergence between expenditure-based measures of poverty (POV) and the calorie-based measures of the prevalence of undernutrition (POU). To highlight this alarming divergence, Figure 1 and 2 plots measures of POV […]
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Rape: Sri Lanka’s Weapon of Genocide
by Dr. N. Malathy and Karthick RM My fellow Tamil women What have you done for peace in the isle? Take off your clothes and open up your vagina For the Sinhala warriors of the land of Buddha – Poem by an Angry Tamil Woman On February 26th 2013, Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a […]
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Uttarakhand disaster : Report on the impact of hydroeletric project across river Alaknanda
[In this report from Srinagar (Uttarakhand), Sitaram Bahuguna highlights the disastrous effects of the recent floods in the river Alaknanda on the town. He argues that the Srinagar Hydro Electric power project on river Alaknanda, being built by the Indian conglomerate, GVK, is responsible for the terrible destruction in the town of Srinagar. According to […]
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Anti-Posco : Villagers resist the government’s push to acquire lands
Click here for more photos » PPSS Update :: July 1 From 28th June 2013 onwards, the government of Odisha again started the forceful destruction of our beetle vineyards in Govindpur village of Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha. At least 20 persons including Mr. Tuna Baral, Mr. Tofan Mohanty, Ms. Shantilata Swain were injured in a police […]
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Orissa : IHRC and ESCR-Net report on human rights abuses related to POSCO project
India and POSCO Must End Abuses Linked to Steel Project Rights Groups Urge Suspension of Project, Prevention of Forced Evictions (New York, June 27, 2013)—The Government of India must end human rights abuses tied to its project with South Korean steel giant POSCO, and must immediately cease illegal seizures of land which threaten to forcibly […]
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Press Release by ILCR on repression of workers at Maruti Suzuki
[International Delegation Releases Report and Calls On the Indian Government to Address Violations of the Labor and Human Rights of Maruti Suzuki Workers] June 27, 2013 New Delhi, India Today, 27 June, 2013, the International Commission for Labor Rights (ICLR) released the report entitled, “Merchants of Menace: Repressing workers in India’s new industrial belt, Violations […]