New Delhi: Several activists, lawyers and academicians, in a statement have condemned the arrest of Advocate Shahnawas on Monday by the Kerala Police inTrivandrum.   Here is the statement:       The undersigned condemn in strongest terms the arrest of Advocate Shahnawas, a leading human rights activist of Kerala. Advocate Shahnawas, who lives and practices in Trivandrum, was arrested on 1st May 20 ...

Citizens appeal to PM, CM: Save Soni Sori from death in jail In an open letter addressed to the Prime Minister of India and other officials, about 250 concerned activists, academics, intellectuals, students, professionals and democratic organisations have demanded immediate medical attention for the Adivasi school teacher, Soni Sori, 35, currently in custody in Raipur Central Jail, Chhattisgarh.  Soni Sori’ ...

  Soni Sori, an adivasi  school teacher, is currently imprisoned in Raipur Central Jail on charges of working with the banned Communist Party of India–a charge which both Ms. Sori and the Party deny. She was  brutally tortured and sexually abused while in police custody.   Call to Action: 1. Share the video with others. 2. Sign the petition at http://tinyurl.com/sonisoripetition 3. Call the Presid ...

Soni Sori, an adivasi  school teacher, is currently imprisoned in Raipur Central Jail on charges of working with the banned Communist Party of India--a charge which both Ms. Sori and the Party deny. She was  brutally tortured and sexually abused while in police custody. In a recent medical report, doctors found stones inserted in Ms. Sori's genital tract and rectum, and in a letter smuggled out of the priso ...

A report by http://www.firstpost.com says that  over 6,000 people of anti nuke protesters of koodankulam  have been charged under sedition cases. This figure exceeds number of sedition cases charged against Maoists, militants... Just Read and Share  :- EDITOR Orginal article : http://www.firstpost.com/politics/more-sedition-cases-against-anti-nuke-protestors-than-maoists-militants-283663.html   The spe ...

Launching of www.Fabricated.in, A complete web portal for the campaign against  the fabrication of false case will be held on Thursday  (April 26th) at  4.30 PM  at Press Club, Thiruvananthapuram. The Top leader of the Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti Abhaya Sahu will launch the website. ...

Civil Society Organisations of Hyderabad constituted a Fact Finding Team at a meeting held on 12th April to enquire into the riots and disturbances in Hyderabad between 8th to 12th April 2012. The Team Comprised of Mr. Jeevan Kumar (HRF), Syed Bilal (HRF), Ms. Audhesh Rani, Mr. M.A. Hakeem, (ICAN), Mr. B. Ramakrishnam Raju (NAPM), Ms. Noor Jahan (COVA) and Dr. Mazher Hussain (COVA). The Fact Finding Team re ...

As we know The Constitution of India provides the citizens of this country the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression subject to reasonable restrictions as laid down in the Constitution itself. Now, with the spread of the Internet and the availability of tools like blogs and social networks we are able to enjoy this freedom to the fullest and have a true participatory democracy. But the Infor ...

By K K Singh The judgement of the division bench of the Patna High Court, comprising Justice Navneet Prasad Singh and Justice Ashwini Kumar Singh, acquitting 23 accused persons including three from capital punishment in Bathani tola massacre of 23 dalits on July 11, 1996 under Bhojpur district has created stir in different walks of life. The bench of the Patna High Court has on Tuesday overturned the judgem ...

    [caption id="attachment_1247" align="aligncenter" width="200" caption="Meena Kandasamy"][/caption]   The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI), strongly condemns the violent and sexist abuse unleashed on poet, writer, activist and translator Meena Kandasamy, presumably in response to her posts on Twitter about the beef-eating festival at Osmania University, Hyderabad, on 15 April 2012 a ...

March 17 Mumbai During a state level convention, at Mumbai Marathi Patrakar Sangh on 17th March 2012, wide spectrum of social organisations, health-activists, healthcare professionals across Maharashtra expressed their disapproval and anger, against the proposed privatization of certain key services in Public Hospitals in Maharashtra which is being pushed in the name of Public – Private partnership. The Con ...

New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore: Union Budget allocation of Rs. 14,232 crore for Aadhar-UID demonstrates a contempt of Parliament as it seems to ignore the recommendations of the report of Parliamentary Standing Committee (PSC) on Finance on the National Identification Authority of India (NIDAI) Bill 2010. This was presented to Parliament on December 13, 2011 and questioned the legality of collection of biomet ...

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The Following is the text of the DUJ statement release to the Press today. Copies were also sent to Honorable Information Minister Ambika Soni and the Press Council Chairman Markhanday Katju. The Commissioner of Police, Delhi Police, New Delhi Sir, This has a reference to arrest of Mohammed Ahmad Kazmi, a senior Urdu journalist, on March 6 by the Special Cell of Delhi Police in connection with a bomb blast ...

File Photo Jan 31st 2012 :  The representatives of Peoples Movement Against Nuclear Energy (spearheading the campaign to stop the Koodankulam Nuclear Plant ) Pushparayan and Jesuraj and 20 women accompanying them has been attacked by Goondas(hired thugs) near Tirunelveli Collecotrate on their way to attend talks with the Central Government Expert Panel. The women who tried to offer shield to the PMANE repre ...