Archive for December, 2008
Rajeev Dhavan on The Unlawful Activities Prevention Act
from Kafila by Lawrence Liang
I have asked two colleagues who have been working on civil liberties in the war against terror to do an analysis of the Amendment to the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and the National Investigation Agency Act, and its implications. But in the meanwhile, here is a useful analysis by Rajeev [...]
Call for slogans and poems for Calender
FREE BINAYK SEN Facebook Group invites slogans and poems for release of Dr Binayak Sen for 2009 calender.
Sent your entries to Kamayani at ymail.com or Post it in FREE BINAYK SEN Facebook Group
See the mail from Kamayani below
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Dear Members
The Campaign invites slogans and poems for release of Dr Binayak Sen for 2009 calender.
We do [...]
Terror: The Aftermath / Anand Patwardhan
Anand patwardhan
Article Rejected by Times of India
The attack on Mumbai is over. After the numbing sorrow comes the blame game and the solutions. Loud voices amplified by saturation TV: Why don’t we amend our Constitution to create new anti-terror laws? Why don’t we arm our police with AK 47s? Why don’t we do what Israel [...]
Binayak’s issue raised in the Rajya Sabha on 17th; 16th rallly a success
Dear Friends,
Many of you participated in the rally that was organised outside the Parliament on the 16th of December. The rally was a success. We all would like to once again thank the NTUI who took initiative and made this rally a success. We can also be proud of the fact that today the 17th [...]
Govt disapproves of ‘non-state’ law enforcers like Salwa Judum
Times of India
NEW DELHI: The central government might have supported Salwa Judum in the Supreme Court but for the first time home minister P Chidambaram has said the government is not in favour of such groups.
In a reply to CPI’s D Raja during question hour in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, Chidambaram said, “Non-state actors should [...]
