As we wait with bated breath for real news from Jammu and Kashmir since the total clampdown of 5 August, 2019, a large number of Writ Petitions finally got filed and the Supreme Court belatedly heard these on 28.08.2019 and some again on 05.09.2019. I read those of the petitions uploaded on the web and prepared this brief piece; and added a note on what one perceives to be the kingpin provision of the President’s Proclamation dated 19.12.2018! Hopefully it should help readers keep abreast of the legal battle ahead.
South Asia Citizens Web
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India: With Kashmiris Still Locked Up, Supreme Court In No Hurry To Hear Petitions | 6 Sept 2019
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David Graeber - 2006 video interview and his 2009 book on Direct Action
2 September 2019https://charlierose.com/videos/10730
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India: PADS statement in solidarity with Kumar Prashant, the President of Gandhi Peace Foundation
31 August 2019People’s Alliance for Democracy and Secularism (PADS) expresses its concern over the two FIRS (First Information Reports) [Police Complaints] being filed in Odisha (Kandhmal and Katak) against Shri Kumar Prashant, president of Gandhi Peace Foundation, allegedly for hurting sentiments of local RSS members, spreading lies about RSS and instigating people against the actions taken by the Union Government in Kashmir.
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Call for Papers: Mapping Lives of Labour - 13th International Conference on Labour History at Noida, India | March 12-14, 2020
28 August 2019The Association of Indian Labour Historians (AILH) and the V.V Giri National Labour Institute (VVGNLI) jointly with the M.S. Merian–R. Tagore International Centre of Advanced Studies, New Delhi are organising the Thirteenth International Conference on Labour History between 12-14 March 2020 at the VVGNLI Campus, NOIDA.
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India: Announcements of Two Public Meetings on the Media Freedoms and Kashmir | 27 August 2019
27 August 2019Announcements of public meetings in New Delhi and Chennai
