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• India: Text of Resolution adopted at the 3rd National Convention of Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms, 6 - 7 February 2010

  by Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms 9 February
  Resolution passed at the 3rd National Convention on “Making the Judiciary Accountable and Responsive to the People”, 6th - 7th February 2010, Nehru Memorial Library, Teen Murti House, New Delhi Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms
  
  
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  From Secularism to Sectarianism: Political activism among Bengalis in the East End of London

  by Ansar Ahmed Ullah 9 February
  Ansar Ahmed Ullah traces the tradition of activism among Bengalis in the East End of London. The history of the Bengali community and political activism in London’s East End can be seen as passing through different phases. It started with localised welfare politics, then was characterized by Bangladesh’s national independence movement; that was followed by the political mobilisation of the second generation of Bengali community activists and anti-racist politics, which led to community representations, significant involvement in mainstream politics and to the global politics of Islamism.