Visitors: 340EU EU Aid Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva told MEPs in the Development Committee that the coming weeks could see the situation worsen in Pakistan owing to the weather. MEPs told the Commissioner that the EU’s aid response to the devastating flooding needs to be more coordinated and visible on the ground. Having just returned from […]
Visitors: 382New York Governments meeting at the United Nations this week to discuss implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) should focus on effective strategies and good practices that benefit persons with disabilities, Human Rights Watch said today. The convention went into effect two years ago. “If governments are serious […]
Visitors: 347USA Decisions by state and local officials in several US states to uphold the building of mosques and Muslim community centers despite protests is an important affirmation of the right to freedom of religion enshrined in international human rights law as well as the US Constitution, Human Rights Watch said today. Such projects are […]
Visitors: 399GRI Exclusive Dantewada, Chhattisgarh Tribals planted more than 80,000 saplings (young trees) in Dantewada, Bastar region of the Chhattisgarh State without any financial support by government or non-government funding agencies. Koya Wes Social Institute, an voluntary social organization, formed by the local tribal youths has been motivating local tribal communities for trees plantation. For […]
Visitors: 347EU Moldova is set to receive an EU grant of up to €90 million to help it through the financial crisis, following a vote at Parliament’s Committee on International Trade on Monday. Members of the committee overwhelmingly backed plans to provide the funds when they approved a report by by Iuliu Winkler (EPP, RO) […]
Visitors: 469West Bengal Name of the Victim(s): – 1.Mayarani Mondal (deceased) wife of Late Madhab Mondal aged about 47 years. Address of the Victim(s):- Village- Gobindapur, Post- Hasanpur, Police Station- Murshidabad, District – Murshidabad, West Bengal. Name of the Perpetrator(s): 1. Mr. Ranjan Sinha; Inspector-in-Charge of Murshidabad Police Station, 2. Mr. Swapan Biswas; Sub-Inspector of […]
Visitors: 256Dr. Manmohan Singh has realized his single point agenda of passing nuclear bill in parliament and bringing nuclear power projects to India at any cost. While he may be happy and satisfied man now, the burden caused due to his single point agenda has to be carried on by his country men for long […]
Visitors: 382Kampala Women with disabilities in northern Uganda experience ongoing discrimination and sexual and gender-based violence, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Many are unable to gain access to basic services, including health care and justice, and they have been largely ignored in post-conflict reconstruction efforts. The 73-page report, “‘As If We […]
Visitors: 1,136CUBA The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of International PEN is delighted at the news of the release of three more Cuban journalists imprisoned since 2003. Fabio Prieto Llorente and Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta touched down in Madrid on 19 August 2010 while Juan Adolfo Fernández Saínz (pictured below) arrived the next day, all […]
Visitors: 332Delhi The Prime Minister’s Office has called upon Indian Industry to join hands in the rehabilitation of Leh and Kargil, in the aftermath after the recent flash floods. Shri TKA Nair, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister met with the office bearers of CII, FICCI, ASSOCHAM, PHDCCI and SCOPE, and called upon their support for […]
Visitors: 614Moscow Russia should put an end to local rules forcing women in Chechnya to observe an Islamic dress code, Human Rights Watch said today. Since the start of Ramadan in mid-August, Human Rights Watch has received numerous reports from Chechnya about women being harassed in the streets of Grozny, the republic’s capital, for not […]
Visitors: 496EU After the worst monsoon floods in living memory, Pakistan is facing a humanitarian disaster on a massive and unimaginable scale. Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, left for Islamabad to meet with the authorities and to visit some of the stricken areas. As the full scope and […]
Visitors: 554August 22, 2010 Unusual rainstorms in Pakistan have inundated one-fifth of the country with water. Nearly 1,500 individuals have been killed. Twenty million have been rendered homeless. Most survivors are still without any shelter and other basic necessities. Many are at serious risk of developing malnutrition and water-borne diseases. More rains and new flooding […]
Visitors: 685West Bengal Mr. Naba Dutta along with his 3 companions; Ms. Progna Paromita Dutta Roy Chowdhury, Mr. Gautam Ghosh and Mr. Dipankar Mazumdar all attached with Nagarik Mancha, a civil society organization mainly focused on environmental and labor issues proceeded for a preannounced programme of sit- in; front of the Block Development Officer’s office […]
Visitors: 416Mumbai, Maharashtra After 63 years of Independence and democracy experiment there are segments of people who are not treated at par with others, there is injustice and discrimination towards them. One of the most neglected and ignored segment is of Senior Citizens. Elders are not considered as part of mainstream, there is unjust treatment […]
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Visitors: 256With the election season now commencing in several states such as West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, I would advise the politicians to refrain from launching vituperative personal attack against the politicians of other political parties. The other side is capable of similar standards and this would bring the political culture in the country to […]
Visitors: 266Delhi My Fellow Citizens,On the eve of our 64th Independence Day, I extend my warmest greetings to all of you from all walks of life, living in India and overseas. I convey special greetings to the brave personnel of our Armed Forces and the Para-military forces who guard our frontiers and to our Central […]
Visitors: 257On Eve of the Indian Independence Day It was nearing midnight three score and three years ago on August 14, 1947. Time stood almost still in Parliament’s Central Hall. All eyes were on the clock above the Speaker’s dais. “Long years ago,” Nehru said, “we made a tryst with destiny. Now the time comes […]
Visitors: 292Bangalore, located at 900m above sea level is encompassed by hills, valleys and rivers. The river Arkavathi rises in the Nandi hills, passes by the side of Ramagiri hills, enters through Kanakapura range and joins the Kaveri river at Mekedatu. Similarly Suvarnamukhi originates on Suvarnamukhi hills, traverses through Bannerghattta valley and joins Arkavathi near […]
Visitors: 28364th year of turmoil in Kashmir, due to blinkered vision, inept leadership, puny politics and corruption. We need permanent solutions. I offer, without prejudice, the following crystal clear blue print so that sanity returns to Kashmir once and for all. (a) Peace loving Kashmiris should unite, serve a notice of intention on the State […]
Visitors: 353EU The European Commission has adopted a €10 million emergency decision to further assist the most vulnerable people in Pakistan affected by the disastrous floods. The aid decision takes immediate effect and comes as an addition to the €30 million for humanitarian assistance allocated by the Commission on 30 July (see IP/10/1018). Catherine Ashton, […]
Visitors: 372New Delhi, 10 August 2010 A combined team of All India Christian Council (AICC) and Human Rights Law Network’s (HRLN) Anti-Human Trafficking Initiatives along with the help of local police rescued a 16-years-old girl last night from Rohini, Delhi. Police refused to register complaint against the traffickers. Jyothi (name changed), a victim of Orissa’s […]
Visitors: 253‘Even if India were to pave the streets of Kashmir with gold, we would still refuse to identify ourselves as Indians,’ insisted a Kashmiri Muslim friend of mine, whom I shall call ‘Salim’, the other day. ‘Salim’ is no fervent Islamist or fiery Kashmiri nationalist. Indeed, he is completely lax in matters religious, bordering […]