Police purging hijras out of Bengaluru

Police subject hijras and human rights defenders to illegal detention and arrests, custodial torture and sexual assault

CITIZENS STATEMENT AGAINST PLANNED VIOLENCE AGAINST NORTH INDIANS
AND BREAK DOWN OF RULE OF LAW

Cricket : a game by the leisurely, for the leisurely lowest exertion, highest remuneration –

Stan Swamy

The only solution to NREGA- corruption in Jharkhand
Remove the BDO office which is blocking development and link the village
Gram Sabha directly to District administration

Stan Swamy

Prof Jean Dreze, member of the Central Employment Guarantee Council, refers to Jharkhand State as “ one of the worst performing states as far as NREGA is concerned” in the country [The Hindu, 19 July 2008]. There are two main reasons for this: (1) massive corruption built into the system; (2) people’s ignorance of their rights. The two go together.

PEOPLES UNION FOR DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS (PUDR)
Press Statement

WHY BAN THE BAJRANG DAL?

Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti
Dhinkia, Jagatsinghpur, Orissa, India

October 18, 2008

Press Note on Arrest of and Malicious Campaign against our leader Sri
Abhay Sahu

Dear Friends,

It is shocking to learn that the arrest of Sri Abhaya Sahu,
President, Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti was part of a plan by the
state to destabilize the movement against land acquisition by the
South Korean Posco in Dhinkia, Gada Kujanga and Nuagaon Gram
Panchayats of Jagatsinghpur district, Orissa. Abhaya bhai was part of
a democratic structure and led the movement as per the mandate given

http://www.twocircles.net/2008oct16/jamia_residents_foiled_encounter_attempt.html
INDIA: Jamia residents foil “encounter” attempt
SEE VIDEO INTERVIEW: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZfOkRwo3ho

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi,

TwoCircles.net

New Delhi: The residents of Jamia Nagar today foiled a kidnapping/encounter attempt by some policemen in plainclothes in Shaheen Bagh area under the Jamia Nagar Police Station in Delhi.

PEN (RAIGAD Dist): Farmers' leaders and representatives in Pen taluka have lashed out at the state for continuing to remain a "mute spectator" des
pite an overwhelming opposition to SEZs. According to them, the dissatisfaction of the landowners had come out in the open during a referendum held last month.

At a press conference held on Monday, president of Peasants and Workers Party N D Patil showed copies of the referendum forms collected from the land-holders who had voted in Pen to prove that over 95% of the farmers were against SEZ.

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