Archive of South Asia Citizens Wire

  • India: Statement from CPI on the destruction of the Statue of Rahul Sankrityayan at Raniganj, West Bengal

    19 July

    The Communist Party of India strongly condemns the destruction of the statue of Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan at Raniganj, West Bengal. This is a reprehensible act of political and ideological vandalism directed against one of India’s greatest scholars, freedom fighters, Marxist thinkers and public intellectuals. Rahul Sankrityayan was not only a towering literary figure but also a distinguished leader of the Communist Party of India and served as the National President of the All India Kisan Sabha in 1940, dedicating his life to the struggles of peasants, workers and the oppressed.

  • India: Karwar Declaration from the National Climate Justice Conclave of NACEJ | May 2, 2026

    by NAPM, 2 May

    2nd May, 2026: The National Alliance for Climate and Ecological Justice (NACEJ) held its first All-India Conclave from 26th to 29th March, 2026 in Karwar, Karnataka, to reaffirm our actionable commitment to constitutional, ecological and social justice within India and globally. This conclave marks more than a year of the inception of NACEJ, an initiative of the National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) - a 3-decades old pan-Indian alliance of people’s movements and organizations. NACEJ was initiated in September 2024;

  • Radical Socialist Statement on the evolving situation in Iran

    25 April

    The illegal and unconscionable war waged by the US and Israel against the people and state of Iran will not only be remembered for its moral depravity but also for the colossal strategic blunder it has become. Unlike Israel which has long wanted to permanently cripple Iran politically, militarily and territorially, for the US the war never had a clear set of reasons.

  • India: 2026 Draft Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Second Amendment Rules expand online censorship - Statements from Rights Groups

    21 April

    Adoption in India of 2026 Draft Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Second Amendment Rules would allow the government to treat ordinary social media users who comment on news and current affairs on par with registered news publishers, and thereby threaten free speech

  • India: LPG Crisis Driving Migrant Workers Home, But No Guarantee of Work in Villages | NREGA Sangharsh Morcha

    15 April

    The ongoing war in Iran has disrupted global oil supply chains, pushing up LPG prices and triggering factory slowdowns across India. Once again, the country’s poorest are bearing the brunt. Migrant workers are returning to their villages en masse — but this time, there is no safety net of MGNREGA waiting for them at home.

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