November 2009 Edition
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IF MEDIA WERE NOT FREE WOULD SEND SHIVER DOWN BACK OF LORD CHIEF JUSTICE
Visitors: 421Chairman: International Division, Chartered Institute of Journalists, London Wrapping sandwiches or fish and chips in that morning’s newspaper indicates the lack of importance many people give to the day’s news. True, “the best tings in life are free”, goes the maxim. But while news, be it in a newspaper, on radio or on the […]
Legal Notices served to PMO & Union Govt. for transparent selection of Chief CIC
Visitors: 387Delhi, India The movement for transparency and accountability belongs to us all – not only to Anna Hazare, Aamir Khan & Baba Ramdev. Let nobody use their brand-image to enthrone celebrity-activists like Kiran Bedi or Shekhar Singh. Instead, let us empower the common people and street-level activists to make government answerable. No more stopgap […]
Energy-saving buildings: agreement reached
Visitors: 472European Union All buildings built after 31 December 2020 must have high energy-saving standards and be powered to a large extent by renewable energy. Public authorities will lead the way two years earlier and part of the funding for these changes will come from the EU. These are among the key points of a […]
An Appeal for saving RTI Act in Bihar
Visitors: 321 Bihar, India The Chief Minister of Bihar Mr. Nitish Kumar alias Sushashan Baboo holds the banner of Good Governance but his government has amended the RTI fee rules to create hurdles for the citizens. It will discourage the common man from seeking information. The cabinet has passed the amendment on 17-11-09. Now a […]
An appeal for Fr N. Van Ly
Visitors: 411International PEN Sydney Centre Honorary Member of Sydney PEN, Father Nguyen Van Ly, has reportedly suffered a serious stroke and has been transferred to a Hanoi hospital. As many of you already know, Fr Van Ly is a sixty-three-year-old priest, scholar and essayist and co-editor of an underground online magazine who has been imprisoned […]
An appeal for Fr N. Van Ly
Visitors: 338International PEN Sydney Centre Honorary Member of Sydney PEN, Father Nguyen Van Ly, has reportedly suffered a serious stroke and has been transferred to a Hanoi hospital. As many of you already know, Fr Van Ly is a sixty-three-year-old priest, scholar and essayist and co-editor of an underground online magazine who has been imprisoned […]
Ontario Government in power not jail?
Visitors: 407Ontario, Canada This morning as well as yesterday on the local news I heard three things aside from the couple suing the O.P.P. on the land claims issue here in Ontario Canada. The first, or all three anyway …, ties in with the law suit and it was that Native protesters were protesting next […]
Ontario Government in power not jail?
Visitors: 382Ontario, Canada This morning as well as yesterday on the local news I heard three things aside from the couple suing the O.P.P. on the land claims issue here in Ontario Canada. The first, or all three anyway …, ties in with the law suit and it was that Native protesters were protesting next […]
Nuclear Accountability : missing link at Kalpakkam
Visitors: 769Kalpakkam, Tamilnadu, India Midway between Chennai and Pondicherry, on a drive along the scenic east coast road (ECR), a slight detour after Mahabalipuram, a UN World Heritage site, lands one at the nuclear establishment of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India, at Kalpakkam. Right behind the site where the Pallava dynasty […]
Nuclear Accountability : missing link at Kalpakkam
Visitors: 288Kalpakkam, Tamilnadu, India Midway between Chennai and Pondicherry, on a drive along the scenic east coast road (ECR), a slight detour after Mahabalipuram, a UN World Heritage site, lands one at the nuclear establishment of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India, at Kalpakkam. Right behind the site where the Pallava dynasty […]
SINGAPORE: DEFAMATION CASE THREATENS PRESS FREEDOM
Visitors: 425 Amnesty International The Singaporean parliament should enact new legislation protecting freedom of expression, Amnesty International said today, after a magazine and its editor agreed to pay S$405,000 (Approximately US$290,000) following a fine by the country’s highest court for alleged defamation. The Dow Jones Company-owned Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER) magazine and its editor […]
SINGAPORE: DEFAMATION CASE THREATENS PRESS FREEDOM
Visitors: 395 Amnesty International The Singaporean parliament should enact new legislation protecting freedom of expression, Amnesty International said today, after a magazine and its editor agreed to pay S$405,000 (Approximately US$290,000) following a fine by the country’s highest court for alleged defamation. The Dow Jones Company-owned Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER) magazine and its editor […]
PRESS RELEASE on RTI issues from Arvind Kejriwal and other RTI activists
Visitors: 231Delhi, India A large number of RTI activists from the country including convenors of state RTI forums of MP, Bihar, West Bengal, AP, TN, Orissa, Delhi, Gujarat, J & K, Punjab, Haryana, Manipur and Maharashtra have written to the Prime Minister, Mrs Sonia Gandhi and Mr Lal Krishna Advani demanding that the next Chief […]
PRESS RELEASE on RTI issues from Arvind Kejriwal and other RTI activists
Visitors: 231Delhi, India A large number of RTI activists from the country including convenors of state RTI forums of MP, Bihar, West Bengal, AP, TN, Orissa, Delhi, Gujarat, J & K, Punjab, Haryana, Manipur and Maharashtra have written to the Prime Minister, Mrs Sonia Gandhi and Mr Lal Krishna Advani demanding that the next Chief […]
[AHRC Joint Statement] INDIA: Government of West Bengal must act to prevent further starvation deaths
Visitors: 513 A Joint Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission and the Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha.INDIA: Government of West Bengal must act to prevent further starvation deaths E.M. Parvati died yesterday. Parvati was a resident of Belgachhia Bhagar, a municipal dumping ground of Howrah in West Bengal. The doctor who examined Parvati’s body certified […]
[AHRC Joint Statement] INDIA: Government of West Bengal must act to prevent further starvation deaths
Visitors: 381 A Joint Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission and the Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha.INDIA: Government of West Bengal must act to prevent further starvation deaths E.M. Parvati died yesterday. Parvati was a resident of Belgachhia Bhagar, a municipal dumping ground of Howrah in West Bengal. The doctor who examined Parvati’s body certified […]
Bhopal – Indian government must end 25 years of injustice
Visitors: 228 Shortly before midnight on 2 December 1984 thousands of tonnes of deadly chemicals leaked from Union Carbide’s pesticide plant in Bhopal, central India. Around half a million people were exposed. Between 7,000 and 10,000 people died in the immediate aftermath and a further 15,000 over the next 20 years. On 2 December 2009 […]
Bhopal – Indian government must end 25 years of injustice
Visitors: 286 Shortly before midnight on 2 December 1984 thousands of tonnes of deadly chemicals leaked from Union Carbide’s pesticide plant in Bhopal, central India. Around half a million people were exposed. Between 7,000 and 10,000 people died in the immediate aftermath and a further 15,000 over the next 20 years. On 2 December 2009 […]
Umpteen number of muslims, dalits were forcibly evicted illegally in Kolkata- no rehabilitation and / or resettlement
Visitors: 226Kolkata, West Bengal, India In a brutal eviction drive, to uproot nearly 6000 slum dwellers in the vicinity of Eastern Bypass, Kolkata and demolishment of their 1200 shanties for a suggested ‘beautification’ and ‘development’ programme took place by the personnel of Bidhan Nagar Police Station and Rapid Action Force (RAF) on 04/10/2009 from 6 […]
Umpteen number of muslims, dalits were forcibly evicted illegally in Kolkata- no rehabilitation and / or resettlement
Visitors: 300Kolkata, West Bengal, India In a brutal eviction drive, to uproot nearly 6000 slum dwellers in the vicinity of Eastern Bypass, Kolkata and demolishment of their 1200 shanties for a suggested ‘beautification’ and ‘development’ programme took place by the personnel of Bidhan Nagar Police Station and Rapid Action Force (RAF) on 04/10/2009 from 6 […]
NEAA stayed clearance for 1200 MW Power Plant at Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh
Visitors: 275Chhattisgarh, India The National Environment Appellate Authority on 17-11-2009 stayed the Environment Clearance granted to the 1200 MW Athena Thermal Power Plant at village Singhtari Tehsil Dabhra District Janjgir Champa, Chattisgarh. The decision came as a result of the Appeal filed by Jan Chetana and the “Villagers of Singhatarai” who challenged the environmental clearance […]
NEAA stayed clearance for 1200 MW Power Plant at Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh
Visitors: 357Chhattisgarh, India The National Environment Appellate Authority on 17-11-2009 stayed the Environment Clearance granted to the 1200 MW Athena Thermal Power Plant at village Singhtari Tehsil Dabhra District Janjgir Champa, Chattisgarh. The decision came as a result of the Appeal filed by Jan Chetana and the “Villagers of Singhatarai” who challenged the environmental clearance […]
CIC Selection: The briefest of briefings
Visitors: 250The post of “Central Information Commissioner” (CIC) is not a constitutional post such as that of Governor or President. It is not created by the Constitution, but by Section 12 of the RTI Act. It is an Act meant for empowering the common citizens in seeking information from public authorities, and bringing about transparency […]