भेदभाव
October 25, 2016
Dalits have fled for their lives with mobs being joined by the police to strike terror in Nashik since over a week now. Dalits were beaten up, their homes vandalised, vehicles burnt first by the Maratha protesters and then by the local police.
Till date many of the Dalits, fearful of their lives, have not returned to their homes. No arrests have been made by the police, with the BJP-...
October 25, 2016
ABVP’s concoction and lies to hide its own violence.
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Since 15 Oct, the entire campus has been in a state of intense worry. Najeeb is still missing, the JNU administration are least interested in finding him. Najeeb was brutally beaten up by a group of ABVP activists, Delhi Police’s pronouncements have not shown any concrete outcome. And now, when all of us are...
October 24, 2016
The fact-finding report of a four-member PUCL team which visited the Kashmir valley has called for the release of Khurram Parvez, Hurriyat leaders and resumption of unconditional talks with the latter.
Image: Times of India
It also recommended that all political leaders, activists and young protestors detained under the Public Safety Act, 1978 (PSA) and other criminal charges should be...
October 24, 2016
If the Board fails to put reason above emotion, the only possible conclusion will be that wittingly unwittingly it is playing the BJP’s game.
Image: Divyakant Solanki / EPA
Muslim Personal Law is hot news these days. Statements after statements are being issued from the Muslim Personal Law Board on one hand and the BJP leaders on the other concerning the issue of the triple talaq...
October 24, 2016
The Supreme Court today passed an order directing the trustees of the Haji Ali Dargah Trust to act on the July order of the Bombay High Court granting women equal access, on par with men to the iconic Haji Ali Dargah in Worli, Mumbai.
The trustees asked for two weeks time to act on the verdict. Take four weeks, the apex court ruled while warning that failure to implement the order after...
October 23, 2016
One in three women around the world currently experience gender-based violence. Harmful practices such as trafficking, forced marriage, domestic violence and female genital mutilation occur both in public and in private spaces.
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One in three women around the world currently experience gender-based violence. Harmful practices such as...
October 23, 2016
Last month, Human Rights Watch released a damning report emphasizing that soccer’s governing body, Federation International du Football (FIFA), should render a decision on Israel Football Association (IFA) teams that are being played on occupied Palestinian land.
The teams in question, Beitar Givat Ze’ev, Beitar Ironi Ariel, Beitar Ironi Maale Adumim, Ironi Yehuda and Hapoel Bik...
October 23, 2016
शुक्रवार को एनसीआरबी ने जेल में रहने वाले कैदियों पर एक रिपोर्ट जारी किया है। एनसीआरबी की रिपोर्ट के अनुसार जेल में रहने वाले तीन में से दो कैदी दलित, पिछड़े और कम पढ़े-लिखे तबके के लोग हैं। एनसीआरबी ने ये आंकड़े तब जारी किए हैं जब देश के पांच राज्यों में चुनाव होने हैं और इन राज्यों में धर्म और जाति के आधार पर अक्सर वोटों का ध्रुवीकरण देखने को मिलता है।
एनसीआरबी की रिपोर्ट के अनुसार...
October 23, 2016
It was a sad day for many of us when we saw Karan Johar’s video requesting not to ban an Indian film in India. Film ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’, that features Pakistani actor Fawad Khan, ran into trouble after Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) said it won’t allow release of any movie in India that featured Pakistani artistes . It is due for release on October...
October 22, 2016
As the dust surrounding the issue of abolition of triple talaq and reform in Islam refuses to settle, another altercation took place on Friday in Govandi, (Mumbai), where local women running a signature campaign against the controversial practice of instant divorce were allegedly ill-treated and abused verbally by some of the locals.
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Women activists from...