[The Washington Post - June 5, 2023] Documents reveal government anger over opposition of Indian nonprofits and their Western allies to the project of a powerful ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi
[The Washington Post - June 5, 2023] Documents reveal government anger over opposition of Indian nonprofits and their Western allies to the project of a powerful ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi
On May 19, 2022 the Supreme Court Bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao, B.R. Gavai and A.S. Bopanna, in Budhadev Karmaskar versus State of West Bengal observed that sex workers across India suffer from a lack of legal identity. The Bench passed Orders based on the final report of a Supreme Court-appointed panel. Notably, the most significant observation was that sex workers have the right to live with dignity under Article 21 of the Constitution.
[June 7, 2023] Cities across India are getting dressed-up to host G20 events, for which the poor have been removed from sight, their dwellings demolished, and their livelihoods hit
We are people’s organizations and common people from various states of India. Madam, we write because we have come to understand that the State of Uttarakhand – a state whose beauty, harmony, and history of democratic values are well known – has been witnessing an orchestrated wave of unconstitutional and illegal demolitions, evictions, and incidents of mob violence over the last two months. We condemn the role of the government in this hate-filled campaign and call for immediate action to protect the lives and property of innocent people and the values of our Constitution.
We the undersigned women and human rights organisations condemn the way the Delhi Police, Home Minister Amit Shah and the BJP led Central Government at the highest level have managed to subvert the law, by keeping the erstwhile president of the Wrestling Federation of India, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh out of police custody, despite being an accused of sexual harassment by women wrestlers, including a minor.
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