On the sidelines of the LSE-Berkeley Bangladesh Summit held at LSE in June 2018, Mahima A. Jain interviewed to Bangladeshi lawyer Sara Hossain, who was a panellist discussing “Civil Society and the State”.
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Bangladesh: “The mixture of Islam as a state religion adjoining secularism is not healthy.” – Sara Hossain
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India: Those in Authority Want to Arrest the Growing Consciousness About Human Rights
by , 8 September 2018Mounting state repression acknowledges the growing solidarity among the oppressed. The August assault has opened up political possibilities for the opposition in the run up to 2019.
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India - Section 377 judgment: SC [Supreme Court] has distinguished itself as an institution invested in protection of all Indians
7 September 2018it is constitutional morality, and not societal or majoritarian morality, that would be legally definitive in India
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The Supreme Court of India Decriminalises Homosexuality, Puts An End to Section 377 (6 Sept 2018) | reports, commentary and link to the Judgment
6 September 2018New Delhi, 6 Sept 2018: A Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously decriminalised part of a 158-year-old colonial law that made "unnatural" sex a criminal offence under Section 377. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra termed the part of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that relates to sex against the order or nature between men and women as irrational, indefensible and manifestly arbitrary.
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Video: Dangerous Times in India - A conversation with Arundhati Roy
4 September 2018Arundhati Roy speaking to Teesta Setalvad on the society, politics and struggle for social justice . . . in times of growing violence and tensions under the Modi regime. A video produced by Citizens for Justice and Peace / NewsClick 1 Sept 2018
