Human Rights in South Asia
An Open Letter from A Kashmiri Student To The People Of India
0 comments | by Imran Khan
Dear all I am a Kashmiri student of psychology. While studying the topic of resistance to persuasion, I came across this: “Few of us like orders or being told what to do. We all have probably experienced advertisers, politicians or individuals pressurising us to change our attitude about some issue. In all such cases if we feel like our personal freedom to decide for our
Read Full ArticleCaste System Remains the Biggest Threat To Democracy
0 comments | by Vidya Bhushan Rawat
Despite a great threat to their own existence inside the JNU campuses which is being ‘cleaned’ to maintain Brahmanical purity and hegemony ( it was always there but in a better ‘coordinated’ and sophisticated way) the young Ambedkarites of Birsa Ambedkar Student Association ( BAPSA) today protested against the killing of a young Dalit boy in Telangana a few days back. Th
Read Full ArticleWSS Condemns Threats By Bajrang Dal On WSS Activist In Assam
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Women against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS) strongly condemns the manner in which our member Ms Bondita Acharya, a well known women’s activist from Jorhat, Assam, is being criminally intimidated, abused in sexual language, defamed and trolled on her Facebook account only because she expressed her personal opinion regarding eating of beef, a common practice in her state of Ass
Read Full ArticleNHRC Indicts Chhattisgarh Police For Sexual Violence
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By Women Against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS) WSS welcomes the decisive intervention of the National Human Rights Commission in cases of sexual violence against Adivasi women by police and security forces engaged in anti-Maoist operations in Chhattisgarh. Validating our assert
Read Full ArticleMahishasur: A People’s Hero - Construction of Communalism in Colonial
0 comments | by Ish N Mishra
Alternative Readings of the Durga-Mahishasur Myth. A Revolt Against Brahmanical Epistemology: The beginning of a new cultural renaissance in India The alternative readings of myths from Brahmanical mythological reservoir mark the beginning of a new cultural consciousness among the Dalits, Adivasis and other deprived sections of the Ind
Read Full ArticleThe Army as the Politicians Human Shield? Video Clip of a Civilian
0 comments | by S G Vombatkere
Army using ‘ human shields ‘ is not just a problem of ‘ inhuman ‘ approach but it is a political failure. Army is an instrument in the hands of political bosses. By using such tactics, it is trying to escape death but the main problem lies with the rulers who are utterly insensitive to Kashmiris demands. There is almost no sign of unconditional talks with all p
Read Full ArticleKashmir erupts after Hizbul Mujahideen chief shot dead
0 comments | by J Ali
Kashmir erupts after Hizbul Mujahideen chief shot dead Jehangir Ali SRINAGAR: Massive anti-India protests and clashes erupted in India-held Kashmir after a top commander from the largest group in the disputed region was killed in a gun battle with government forces on Saturda
Read Full ArticleCaste, Gender And Other Such Issues Should Be Dealt With As Class
0 comments | by Vidya Bhushan Rawat
Anand Teltumbde is a civil rights activist, political analyst, columnist and author of many books. He has a long association with peoples’ struggle spanning over three decades backing his theorizations on various issues. Trained in technology and management from the top institutes in the country, he marshals his insights of the modern techno-managerial world to sharpen strategies of
Read Full ArticleWhy Are You In Deep Slumber Mr. Secretary General?
0 comments | by Abdul Majid Zargar
The worst crimes against humanity committed by India in Kashmir are going unchallenged. The absence of any censure or reprimand by the international community particularly UN, is taken as a license or tacit permission by India to continue with its dastardly & grotesque action of annihilating the natives of the place, physically, socially & economically. And w
Read Full ArticleKashmir in Revolt - Schoolgirls in Uniform Rushed out of a Higher
0 comments | by A.G. Noorani
ON April 24, schoolgirls in uniform rushed out of a higher secondary school, picked up whatever they could lay their hands on, and started hurling the projectiles on police vans. This was in the busy Lal Chowk area the commercial hub of Srinagar. The people have shed fear of the gun and approach security forces and police defiantly. They chased the police vans, booed the policemen and shouted &
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