Archive for November, 2008
Mumbai Terror: Petition from Avaaz
Dear friends across India and the world,
The brutal Mumbai terrorist attacks sought to divide us. Join an urgent message to show the extremists they failed, and call for unity against terror:
Sign the message now
We’re all feeling the shock of the awful attacks in Mumbai. All our hearts go out to the victims and their families. [...]
Binayak Sen: Thoughts on Alma-Ata and Beyond
Binayak Sen
It is possible today to voice a proposal to take the idea of primary health care, stated in the bold language of the Alma Ata declaration 30 years ago, forward and work towards making it a reality. Health activist Dr. Binayak Sen writes from prison for a special issue in the Economic and Political [...]
A Mendacious Denial: Police in Chhattisgarh
Siliconeer
Chhattisgarh police chief Vishwa Ranjan continues to make mendacious claims about ‘misguided’ critics when the fact is that the state police are hand in glove with rightwing vigilante group Salwa Judum whose acts of violence have been condemned by a number of human rights groups, write Sanjeev Mahajan, Ra Ravishankar, Preeti Shekar and Chukka Srinivas.
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Humanrights Defenders As Petty Swindlers: It’s All Maya!
By Subhash Gatade
03 November, 2008
Countercurrents.org
Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that numbers of people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of the leaders of their government and have gone to war, and millions have been killed because of this obedience. Our problem is that people [...]
TOI Q&A: ‘Rights activism uses space within the Constitution’ : Ilina sen
Times of India
5 Nov 2008
It’s been a hectic 17 months for Ilina Sen since Binayak Sen was arrested under the Chhattisgarh Public Security Act. In between teaching at Mahatma Gandhi Hindi University, Wardha, meeting her daughters in Mumbai, attending her husband’s trial in Raipur, and coordinating the campaign for his release in Delhi, she [...]
