Visitors: 381 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: 337 21,000 Officials Stationed Indefinitely in Villages New York, Chinese authorities have indefinitely extended an intensive surveillance program in villages across the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) that was due to end in 2014, Human Rights Watch said today. There are indications that the “village-based cadre teams” (zhucun gongzuodui) scheme, which is unprecedented in China, will […]
Visitors: 331 21,000 Officials Stationed Indefinitely in Villages New York, Chinese authorities have indefinitely extended an intensive surveillance program in villages across the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) that was due to end in 2014, Human Rights Watch said today. There are indications that the “village-based cadre teams” (zhucun gongzuodui) scheme, which is unprecedented in China, will […]
Visitors: 338PEN International PEN International has received information that blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki has been summoned to return to prison to continue serving his 15-year prison sentence despite his continuing ill-health, or face confiscation of the bail collateral posted for his release. He is expected to return on 18 or 19 January 2016. Ronaghi Maleki […]
Visitors: 409PEN International PEN International has received information that blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki has been summoned to return to prison to continue serving his 15-year prison sentence despite his continuing ill-health, or face confiscation of the bail collateral posted for his release. He is expected to return on 18 or 19 January 2016. Ronaghi Maleki […]
Visitors: 339Brussels, The European Commission today announced the introduction of 10 measures in the Sahel region, worth more than EUR 100 million in total. The European Commission today announced the adoption of 10 measures to assist the Sahel region under the ‘Emergency Trust Fund for Africa for stability and addressing root causes of irregular migration […]
Visitors: 365Brussels, The European Commission today announced the introduction of 10 measures in the Sahel region, worth more than EUR 100 million in total. The European Commission today announced the adoption of 10 measures to assist the Sahel region under the ‘Emergency Trust Fund for Africa for stability and addressing root causes of irregular migration […]
Visitors: 298 The grenade attack on the offices of ARY TV in Islamabad represents yet another strike against freedom of expression in Pakistan, underscoring the growing peril faced by media workers in the course of their work, Amnesty International said today. Two attackers riding a motorcycle threw a grenade and reportedly fired gunshots at […]
Visitors: 366 The grenade attack on the offices of ARY TV in Islamabad represents yet another strike against freedom of expression in Pakistan, underscoring the growing peril faced by media workers in the course of their work, Amnesty International said today. Two attackers riding a motorcycle threw a grenade and reportedly fired gunshots at […]
Visitors: 337 A series of bomb blasts and shootings that rocked Jakarta this morning have killed at least seven people, five of whom were suspected attackers. The armed group calling itself Islamic State (IS) has reportedly claimed responsibility. Today’s attack shows an utter disregard for the right to life. This is sadly not the […]
Visitors: 329 A series of bomb blasts and shootings that rocked Jakarta this morning have killed at least seven people, five of whom were suspected attackers. The armed group calling itself Islamic State (IS) has reportedly claimed responsibility. Today’s attack shows an utter disregard for the right to life. This is sadly not the […]
Visitors: 356 Authorities Should Engage With Workers’ Advocates, Not Jail Them New York, The Chinese government should immediately release four labor rights activists who were formally arrested in Guangdong province on apparent politically motivated grounds, Human Rights Watch said today. “These formal arrests of labor activists signify a significant escalation in the Chinese government’s assault […]
Visitors: 392 Six-Month Deadline Approaches in Beijing Law Firm Round-Up New York, The Chinese authorities should release the 38 lawyers and activists associated with the Beijing Fengrui Law Firm who have been arbitrarily detained since July 2015, Human Rights Watch said today. Many are held under the criminal procedure known as “designated residential surveillance,” which authorizes incommunicado, […]
Visitors: 389 Dr. Pritam Rohila, PhD retired Neuropsychologist, Chair of Oregonians for Peace. He resides in Keizer, USA In 1937, the Imperial Japanese Army killed about 200,000 Chinese civilians and raped many of their women. During Nazi rule in Germany, from 1933 through 1945, Jews and other “non-Aryan” races were subjected to various atrocities, which included segregation, […]
Visitors: 295 NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF PEOPLE'S MOVEMENTS National Office: 6/6 Jangpura B, New Delhi – 110 014 www.napm-india.org SAMAAJ – SANSADHAN – SAMVIDHAN BACHAO National Convention & Felicitation of Intellectuals, Writers and Cultural Activists 6 December 2015 | 9 AM – 5 PM Gandhi Peace Foundation, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg, New Delhi AN INVITATION In […]
Visitors: 384 GLOBAL FREEDOM NETWORK http://www.globalfreedomnetwork.org/ All-faith call recognizes Modi Government’s initiatives against human trafficking, creation of national anti-trafficking body. Pledge to tackle modern slavery, including bonded labour, forced marriage, child labour& human trafficking New Delhi, December 3, 2015: Eleven Indian faith and spiritual leaders signed a joint declaration to end modern slavery within a generation […]
Visitors: 384 Introduction: Given the ease with which a case can be filed in India, especially against men, what does one do, when faced with a false criminal case and the police is hounding an innocent? Naturally, the person would apply for anticipatory bail and thus approach courts. However, when the very courts use […]
Visitors: 325 Peace Channel Desk Nagaland Peace Channel conducted one day Capacity Building programme for its peace club leaders, members and teacher coordinators on October 10, at the Peace Channel Conference Hall, Dimapur. While addressing the gathering Rev. Dr. C.P.Anto the director of Peace Channel and Principal NEISSR said that we need to capacitate the […]
Visitors: 325 Team members: Bonojit Hussain (New Socialist Initiative), Deepti Sharma (Saheli), Kiran Shaheen (writer and activist), Naveen Chander (New Socialist Initiative), Sanjay Kumar (People’s Alliance for Democracy and Secularism and New Socialist Initiative) and Sanjeev Kumar (Delhi Solidarity Group). On the night of 28 September, in a heinous instance of hate crime Mdohammad Akhlaq […]
Visitors: 387 A 90-year-old Dalit man was attacked with a pick-axe and then set on fire by an upper caste man, when he tried to enter a temple in Uttar Pradesh's Hamirpur district on Wednesday. According to Hindustan Times, Chimma, along with his wife, son, and brother turned up at the temple, when a man called […]
Visitors: 286 Join a Citizens' Protest Vigil on 2 Oct at Jantar Mantar 3pm onwards ! A 22-year old young Muslim man is lying in hospital, brutally beaten up by a bloodthirsty mob. His 52-year old father is dead. Killed, bashed to death with bricks, by the same mob. Their ‘crime’? The ‘mob’ claimed they had killed […]
Visitors: 293 Announcing Women Convention : Challenges before Indian Women in Contemporary India Conference Room, 2nd Floor, ND Tiwari Bhawan, Near Gandhi Peace Foundation Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg, Near ITO, New Delhi October 2-3, 2015 —– October 2, 2015 9.00 am – 10.00 : Registration & Tea 10.00 – 11.00 : Challenges before Indian Women in Contemporary India (Speaker: Usha Ramanathan) […]
Visitors: 2,253[themify_box] Jason Hickel PhD anthropologist at the London School of Economics and author of The Divide: A New History of Global Inequality. He received his PhD in Anthropology from the University of Virginia in 2011. [/themify_box] [themify_quote]As the UN’s new sustainable development goals are launched in New York, there’s little to celebrate about the business-as-usual approach[/themify_quote] This […]
Visitors: 535 Paul Gottinger, staff reporter at Reader Supported News (RSN) whose work focuses on the Middle East and the arms industry Error attacks have jumped by a stunning 6,500% since 2002, according to a new analysis by Reader Supported News. The number of casualties resulting from terror attacks has increased by 4,500% over this same time period. […]
Visitors: 709 Krishnaraj Rao 16th May 2015, Mumbai: Senior Counsel Harish Salve, who flew in from Delhi to help Salman Khan avoid spending a couple of nights in jail, was himself involved in a road accident that killed a man in May 2014 — just over one year ago. Barely any media group highlighted this […]