Visitors: 315 Indian society has always considered the mother to be a better parent and the father to be there only for making financial and major family decisions. However, with in recent times, Fathers are playing a larger role in day to day activities of raising their children like changing diapers, getting them ready to […]
Visitors: 344 Now, Adhyayan Suman has become icon of Men’s Right Activists in India. They have given a call to all young men in India to stand up for their rights, if they are abused by their girlfriends. Adhyayan Suman had alleged that his former girlfriend Kangana Ranaut had hit him and she even abused […]
Visitors: 195 The urgency to intervene in defense of democracy, secularism and justice has never been more pressing than in the conditions prevailing in the country today. There is a recognizable change in the general tenure of public discourse; unlike in the past, it is informed more by the communal than by secular ethos. The prejudices against the […]
Visitors: 265 Jason Hickel PhD How do we measure inequality? From some angles, things appear to be improving, but from others the situation is getting worse and worse It’s familiar news by now. Oxfam’s figures have gone viral: the richest 1% now have more wealth than the rest of the world’s population combined. Global inequality […]
Visitors: 942 Jason Hickel PhD [themify_quote]We need to stop pretending that the United States, France and Britain are benevolent champions of the poor[/themify_quote] When it comes to international affairs, western politicians love to celebrate their devotion to development. In her flagship speech on development as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton offered stories about US aid […]
Visitors: 316 One is witnessing strange incidents where the women from Muslim and Hindu community are facing similar obstacles. This relates to the issue of entry into places of worship. While the women from Bhumata Brigade are struggling to get entry into Shani Shingnapur temple (Ahmadnagar Mahrashtra), the Muslim women are fighting a legal battle […]
Visitors: 279 One is witnessing strange incidents where the women from Muslim and Hindu community are facing similar obstacles. This relates to the issue of entry into places of worship. While the women from Bhumata Brigade are struggling to get entry into Shani Shingnapur temple (Ahmadnagar Mahrashtra), the Muslim women are fighting a legal battle […]
Visitors: 263 Thousands of people from diverse backgrounds marched from Mandi House to Jantar Mantar giving a clear indication that their voices cannot be throttled. On the 68th death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, over 67 organizations, campaigns and movements representing youth, Dalits and Adivasis ,religious minorities, sexual minorities, Dalits, the homeless, disability groups and others […]
Visitors: 209 PEN Internatioanl PEN International is deeply concerned by news that the İstanbul Deputy Chief Public Prosecutor is seeking an aggravated life sentence against Cumhuriyet journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül. The indictment shared with their lawyers on 27 January seeks an aggravated life sentence, an ordinary life sentence and 30 years of imprisonment […]
Visitors: 328 PEN Internatioanl PEN International is deeply concerned by news that the İstanbul Deputy Chief Public Prosecutor is seeking an aggravated life sentence against Cumhuriyet journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül. The indictment shared with their lawyers on 27 January seeks an aggravated life sentence, an ordinary life sentence and 30 years of imprisonment […]
Visitors: 182 Myanmar should immediately repeal or amend a new law passed today which could grant former presidents immunity for human rights violations and crimes under international law, said Amnesty International. Myanmar’s outgoing Parliament today voted to pass the Former Presidents Security Law. The original draft had rung alarm bells as it granted former […]
Visitors: 175 Myanmar should immediately repeal or amend a new law passed today which could grant former presidents immunity for human rights violations and crimes under international law, said Amnesty International. Myanmar’s outgoing Parliament today voted to pass the Former Presidents Security Law. The original draft had rung alarm bells as it granted former […]
Visitors: 162 End Clampdown on Dissent, Minorities, and Civil Society Groups (New York) – The Indian government failed to address increasing attacks on free expression and against religious minorities, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2016. Authorities blocked foreign funding and increased restrictions on civil society groups critical of the government or large development projects. In the […]
Visitors: 200 End Clampdown on Dissent, Minorities, and Civil Society Groups (New York) – The Indian government failed to address increasing attacks on free expression and against religious minorities, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2016. Authorities blocked foreign funding and increased restrictions on civil society groups critical of the government or large development projects. In the […]
Visitors: 191 Malaysia is spiralling into a dark era of repression as the government has launched an unprecedented crackdown through the Sedition Act over the past two years to silence, harass and lock up hundreds of critics, Amnesty International said in a new briefing today. Critical Crackdown: Freedom of expression under attack in Malaysia shows […]
Visitors: 179 Malaysia is spiralling into a dark era of repression as the government has launched an unprecedented crackdown through the Sedition Act over the past two years to silence, harass and lock up hundreds of critics, Amnesty International said in a new briefing today. Critical Crackdown: Freedom of expression under attack in Malaysia shows […]
Visitors: 128 Neeraj Jain, Lokayat and Socialist Party (India) One of the bright minds of the country, a promising scholar at University of Hyderabad, a student of the thought of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, Rohit Vemula has committed suicide on January 17, 2016. While the country is celebrating 125th birth anniversary of Dr. Ambedkar, we stand […]
Visitors: 150 Neeraj Jain, Lokayat and Socialist Party (India) One of the bright minds of the country, a promising scholar at University of Hyderabad, a student of the thought of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, Rohit Vemula has committed suicide on January 17, 2016. While the country is celebrating 125th birth anniversary of Dr. Ambedkar, we stand […]
Visitors: 193 Socialist Alternative This year marks the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who was killed on April 4, 1968 while supporting striking Memphis sanitation workers. Unfortunately, the official commemorations of King often provide us with a sanitized version of his life and legacy and the history of the […]
Visitors: 247 Socialist Alternative This year marks the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who was killed on April 4, 1968 while supporting striking Memphis sanitation workers. Unfortunately, the official commemorations of King often provide us with a sanitized version of his life and legacy and the history of the […]
Visitors: 186 A prisoner amnesty in Myanmar today does not go nearly far enough as scores of peaceful activists remain behind bars, Amnesty International said. The jailing today of another activist just hours after the amnesty was announced is a stark reminder of how prevalent repression still is in the country. The government today […]
Visitors: 178 A prisoner amnesty in Myanmar today does not go nearly far enough as scores of peaceful activists remain behind bars, Amnesty International said. The jailing today of another activist just hours after the amnesty was announced is a stark reminder of how prevalent repression still is in the country. The government today […]
Visitors: 409 PEN International On 25 December 2015 poet, activist and winner of the 2009 Oxfam Novib/PEN Awards for Freedom of Expression, Irakli Kakabadze, was arrested and injured during a peaceful demonstration protesting the appointment of Judge Levan Murusidze to the Appeals Court of Georgia’s High Council of Justice in Georgia. The appointment of Murusidze […]
Visitors: 175 New York, Anti-government insurgency groups should immediately stop intentionally targeting civilians, Human Rights Watch said today. The January 20 suicide attack on a minibus in Kabul transporting journalists affiliated with Tolo TV, Afghanistan’s 24-hour news channel, was an atrocity designed to undermine Afghanistan’s still-fragile media freedom. Both the Taliban and an individual who claims to represent a group […]
Visitors: 203 New York, Anti-government insurgency groups should immediately stop intentionally targeting civilians, Human Rights Watch said today. The January 20 suicide attack on a minibus in Kabul transporting journalists affiliated with Tolo TV, Afghanistan’s 24-hour news channel, was an atrocity designed to undermine Afghanistan’s still-fragile media freedom. Both the Taliban and an individual who claims to represent a group […]