Archive of South Asia Citizens Wire

  • India: Forceful land acquisition and government brutalities define Jharkhand’s Adani power-plant project - Press Release by Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha

    31 October 2018

    With much fanfare, Jharkhand government signed an MoU with Adani groups in 2016 to setup a powerplant in Godda district. A recent fact-finding visit of members of Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha, an umbrella network of more than 30 people’s organisations, found that this project has gathered several accolades in the last two years - forceful acquisition of land, severe violation of processes set by land acquisition act 2013, bulldozing standing crops of farmers, lying to people about the potential benefits, intimidating affected people with police brutalities, lawsuits and so on.

  • झारखंड के अडानी पावरप्लांट परियोजना – जबरन भूमि अधिग्रहण और सरकारी बर्बरता का सूचक

    31 October 2018

    2016 में झारखंड सरकार ने बहुत जोरशोर के साथ गोड्डा ज़िले में एक पावरप्लांट स्थापित करने के लिए अदानी समूह के साथ समझौता किया था। झारखंड जनाधिकार महासभा, जो कि 30 से अधिक संगठनों का एक मंच है, के एक दल ने हाल में ही इस परियोजना का तथ्यान्वेषण किया। जांच में पता चला कि पिछले दो सालों में परियोजना की कई उपलब्धियां हैं, जैसे - जबरन भूमि अधिग्रहण, भूमि अधिग्रहण कानून 2013 की प्रक्रियाओं का व्यापक उल्लंघन , किसानों की फसलों को बर्बाद करना, संभावित लाभों के बारे में लोगों से झूठ बोलना, प्रभावित परिवारों पर पुलिस बर्बरता, केस मुकदमे करना तथा अन्य हथकंडो से डराना।

  • India: Over a 100 activists and villagers of Kevadia illegally arrested before the inauguration of Sardar Patel’s Statue

    30 October 2018

    Once a people’s leader Sardar Patel’s statue will be responsible for displacement of farmers, adivasis and submergence of villages Narmada District, Gujarat: Around 90 activists from around Gujarat are reported to have been arrested by Narmada district police in Rajpipla and other places. A whole Government -the executive, administration, regular police, Reserve Police Force, Home Guards- from across the State has descended on Kevadia for the 31st October ‘tamasha’ being conducted in the name of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

  • SIPRI Yearbook 2018 - Summary

    30 October 2018

    Summary - SIPRI Yearbook 2018 with original data on world military expenditure, international arms transfers, arms production, nuclear forces, armed conflicts and multilateral peace operations

  • Sri Lanka: Lawyers for Democracy (LfD) urges President to respect the Constitution & revoke prorogation of Parliament

    29 October 2018

    On 26 October 2018, President Maithripala Sirisena purported to remove the existing Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe and purported to appoint Mahinda Rajapakse MP as the new Prime Minister. Having examined the legal position, LfD concludes that this move is clearly unconstitutional and undemocratic for the following reasons

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