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  Pakistan: 2021 Aurat March Lahore’s Charter of Demands and Feminist Manifesto on Healthcare - Against the Patriarchy Pandemic

  28 February

  1. Aurat March Lahore demands the health budget be increased to 5% of the GDP in the 2021-22 fiscal budget with information on allocated for women’s and transgender community’s reproductive, mental and rehabilitative health . . .

• India: 2021 Rishiganga Hydro Electric Project Disaster & the UN’s fraudulent Clean Development Mechanism Process | SANDRP, Feb 28, 2021

  28 February

  The February 7 2021 Chamoli deluge has completely destroyed Rishiganga Hydro Electric Project (HEP). The 13.2 MW run of the river project has also become graveyard for over 50 innocent workers and villagers. The damages to homes, bridges, forest and river eco-system is additional which cannot be restored easily.

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  Pakistan India People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy welcomes DGMOs Ceasefire Agreement - Joint Statement (feb 27, 2021)

  27 February

  Pakistan India People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD), from India and Pakistan welcomes the agreement between the DGMOs (Director General of Military Operations) of India and Pakistan to observe ceasefire on the Line of Control and International border from the midnight of 24 February 2021.

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  International Statement of Solidarity with Farmers of India [Feb 27, 2021]

  27 February

  The farmers’ agitation for the repeal of the pro-corporate farm laws has become the largest and longest sustained non-violent movement in Indian history, surpassing Mahatma Gandhi’s historic Dandi March against the abhorrent Salt Law of the British colonial regime.

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  Video: Are The New Digital Regulations in India Unconstitutional? Faye D’Souza asks the opinion of Supreme Court lawyer Menaka Guruswamy | Feb 26, 2021

  26 February

  India: Minister of IT Ravi Shankar Prasad unveiled new policies for social media and over-the-top (OTT) platforms. The key takeaways from the policy are:
   Offensive posts to be removed in 24 hours and the platforms have to appoint a Chief Complaint Officer.
   The platforms will also have to provide information about the person who first posted the content.
   The new guidelines will be implemented within three months.

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