Human Rights in South Asia
The Adivasis of India -A History of Discrimination, Conflict, and Resistance
0 comments | by C.R. Bijoy
The 67.7 million people belonging to "Scheduled Tribes" in India are generally considered to be 'Adivasis', literally meaning 'indigenous people' or 'original inhabitants', though the term 'Scheduled Tribes' (STs) is not coterminous with the term 'Adivasis'. Scheduled Tribes is an administrative term used for purposes of 'administering' certain sp
Read Full ArticleTrump Furious As Judge Suspends Muslim Ban
0 comments | by Charlotte Silver
On Friday, a federal judge in the US state of Washington granted a nationwide stay on key provisions of President Donald Trump’s executive order banning travel to most nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries. The most far-reaching court order yet, the ruling by US District Judge James Robart in Seattle clears the way for tens of thousands of individuals stranded outside the
Read Full ArticleKashmir solution - Kashmir continuing to suffer
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ON this Kashmir Solidarity Day, with the people of India-held Kashmir continuing to suffer from the latest bout of violence and repression by the Indian state, some long-standing realities need to be reiterated. First, India will never be able to bury the Kashmir dispute — not inside IHK and not in its relationship with Pakistan. To the proud, defiant and infinitely courag
Read Full ArticleTrump’s Entry Ban against Muslims: Linked To Global Warfare and The Neo-Con Agenda?
0 comments | by Chandra Muzaffar
Trump’s Entry Ban against Muslims: Linked To Global Warfare and The Neo-Con Agenda? By Chandra Muzaffar President Donald Trump’s ban on nationals from 7 Muslim majority countries in West Asia and North Africa (WANA) entering the United States of America for a period of 90 days has brought to the fore
Read Full ArticleViolence Spreads from Rally Organised To Condemn Derogatory Statement of Hindu Outfit Leader
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More than a dozen policemen, including an inspector in-charge of a police station, were injured in mob fury in West Bengal’s Malda district on Sunday. Gopal Tiwari, 22, sustained a gunshot while about 30 vehicles were torched. An eyewitness said violence spread from a rally of an organisation, Anjuman Ahle Sunnatul Jamat (ASJ). However, an ASJ official claimed that “outsider
Read Full ArticleSUSPECT QUEBEC MOSQUE ATTACK QUICKLY DEPICTED A MUSLIM.HE IS A WHITE CHRISTIAN
0 comments | by Glen Greenwald
Suspect in Quebec Mosque Attack Quickly Depicted as a Moroccan Muslim. He’s a White Nationalist. By Glenn Greenwald and Murtaza Hussain A&nbs
Read Full ArticleA Blessing In Disguise? The Trump Presidency And Palestine
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Read Full ArticleEuropean leaders oppose Trump travel ban, far right applauds
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European leaders oppose Trump travel ban, far right applauds AP The leaders of Britain and Germany joined other American allies Sunday in criticising President Donald Trump's US entry ban for people from
Read Full ArticlePalestine Forsaken- US SECRETARY of State John Kerry’s Long Speech
0 comments | by A.G. Noorani
US SECRETARY of State John Kerry’s long speech on peace between Israelis and Palestinians offered the wronged party (the Palestinians) little, and is unlikely to win support either in the US or in Israel, to whom it was really addressed. It was a futile effort to defend the US’ abstention on UNSC Resolution 2334, which was adopted on Dec 23, 2016. Both the resolution and Ker
Read Full ArticleTruth about Adivasis caught in the crossfire
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Truth about Adivasis caught in the crossfire Special Report “Physical beating is a very common thing.” Social activist and researcher Bela Bhatia’s face was pinched with pain as she spoke about the violence that is a reality in the lives of people in Bastar, Chhattisgarh. She spoke about how people can readily show you their bruises a
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