धर्मनिरपेक्षता
May 1, 2014
When Justice Becomes the Victim
The Quest for Justice After the 2002 Violence in Gujarat
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This report was authored by Stephan Sonnenberg, Clinical Supervising Attorney and Lecturer in Law with the International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic (IHRCRC). The Stanford IHRCRC is one of ten clinics in the Mills Legal Clinic at Stanford Law School.
The...
November 24, 2013
End Impunity, Ensure Accountability
National Campaign for the Tabling in the Parliament of the
PREVENTION OF COMMUNAL AND TARGETED VIOLENCE (ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND REPARATIONS) BILL, 2011
Supported By:
Justice P.B.Sawant (retired) Supreme Court of India
Justice Hosbet Suresh (retired) Bombay High Court
Justice S.H.A Raza...
June 1, 2012
Though it is not exactly hot news, this might surprise our readers as much as it surprised us. In "the land of the free" – the United States of America, atheism continues to be a dirty word and atheists the most stigmatised community. That this is so has been borne out by a number of research studies in recent years. And given the growing Islamophobia post-9/11, the findings of...
March 31, 2012
This book, written by a member of the Communist Party is a brief account of the rise and fall of the RSS in Kerala. The book traces the multi-faceted approach of physical violence and an ideological offensive which the organisation used to make in-roads into a largely Communist dominated voter base. The book also traces the change in the approach of the Communist party which involved greater...
September 2, 2011
State Terrorism - Tyrrany
(A Report on the Attacks on Minorities and their Places of worship in Karnatak)
Peoples's Tribunal Enquiry the Truth, The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth
Conducted at the instance of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties,South Kanara
And
Transparency International India, Karnataka Chapter
By: Justice Michael F. Saldanha...
October 1, 2010
Religious Liberty in Gujarat, Kandhamal & Karnataka.
August 1, 2010
Muslims and media images: An interview with Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Based in New Delhi, Arfa Khanum Sherwani is an experienced journalist and the newly elected senior vice-president of the Aligarh Muslim University Old Boys’ Association. In this interview with Yoginder Sikand, she talks about Indian Muslims and the media.
Q: Could you tell us something about your background?
A: I was...
December 5, 2008
The latest barbaric terrorist assault on Mumbai is in fact an attack on the very Idea of a Secular-Democratic and a United India.
Even as our heart goes out to the family, friends and colleagues of those mercilessly killed, and we salute the brave police personnel, army men and NSG commandos who lied down their lives in the line of duty, we are outraged – just as all citizens of...