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Demolishing Human Rights in India
1 comments | by Fr Cedric Prakash SJ
This past year from December 2018, had two significant 70th anniversaries: first, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (10 December 1948) and then, of the promulgation of the Constitution of India (November 26, 2019). It is quite certain that the makers of the Indian Constitution took inspiration from the UDHR. Strangely enough, as if on cue, ever
Read Full ArticleUS deplores detentions, internet ban in occupied Kashmir
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WASHINGTON: The chief US diplomat for South Asian affairs, Alice Wells, has expressed concern over continued detentions and internet-shutdown in occupied Kashmir, days before her visit to New Delhi for bilateral talks. “Closely following US ambassador to India and other foreign diplomats’ recent trip to Jammu & Kashmir. Important step,” she wrote i
Read Full ArticleIsraeli spyware allegedly used to target Pakistani officials' phones
0 comments | by Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington
NSO Group malware may have been used to access WhatsApp messages for ‘state-on-state’ espionage The mobile phones of at least two dozen Pakistani government officials were allegedly targeted earlier this year with technology owned by the Israeli spyware company NSO Group, the Guardian has l
Read Full ArticleASSAM SHAN’T BLEED AGAIN- The Current Citizenship...
0 comments | by Sutputra Radheye
ASSAM SHAN’T BLEED AGAIN- The Current Citizenship Amendment Bill Row As we stand in the third decade of astructural economic reform, we must question every side of the coin about their intentions before taking any particular side. The same should be done to the populist leaders of Assam who have sparked protest
Read Full ArticleBlood and Soil in Narendra Modi’s India
0 comments | by Dexter Filkins
The Prime Minister’s Hindu-nationalist government has cast two hundred million Muslims as internal enemies. Prime Minister Narendra Modi presents himself as an ascetic economic visionary. He is also a hero of anti-Muslim bigots.
Read Full Article11 state govts, representing 56% of India
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11 state govts, representing 56% of India, have now taken a ‘no-NRC’ stance Anti-NRC state govts include those headed by the opposition, as well parties like JD(U), BJD and YSR Congress that had supported CAA in Parliament.
Read Full ArticleWHAT IS WRONG WITH PAKISTAN'S JUDICIARY?
0 comments | by IKRAM SEHGAL and DR BETTINA ROBOTKA
WHAT IS WRONG WITH PAKISTAN'S JUDICIARY? by IKRAM SEHGAL and DR BETTINA ROBOTKA During the last couple of years Pakistani judges and lawyers have increasingly drawn the attention of the public to their profession and conduct. Starting from the early days of Pakistan’s existence at a time when the state of P
Read Full ArticleDaesh Is Curiously Pursuing the Same Strategic Goal as IND in AFG
0 comments | by Andrew Korybko
The world’s most notorious terrorist group claimed credit for a suicide bombing in Pakistan that killed the Taliban leader’s younger brother and threatened to derail the organization’s peace talks with the US, which curiously aligns with the same strategic goal being pursued by India in Afghanistan.
Read Full ArticleRegressive and Discriminatory. India's Nationality Bill
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"complete violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international covenants on elimination of all forms of discrimination based on religion or belief". Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in India as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government on
Read Full ArticleAyodhya: Indian Judiciary on Trial
0 comments | by Aijaz Zaka Syed
IT has been nearly 27 years since the destruction of the 16th century Babri Masjid in Ayodhya. And it still feels like yesterday that the tragedy that changed India forever struck. Most of us remember where we were or what we were doing that fateful day. It is as if time has stood still all these years. It indeed has in many ways. Meanwhile a whole n
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