it is constitutional morality, and not societal or majoritarian morality, that would be legally definitive in India
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India - Section 377 judgment: SC [Supreme Court] has distinguished itself as an institution invested in protection of all Indians
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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
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India: Twist in the Tale - Maharashtra Police Press Conference on August 31 on Nationwide Raids and Arrests Three Days Earlier
by , 4 September 2018This may not be a declared Emergency. And, statistically, the crackdown might pale in relation to the Emergency. But the Emergency was merely about power. What we are seeing is something more insidious
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Article 13 of the EU Copyright Directive Threatens the Global Internet - letter from Internet architects and pioneers
4 September 2018Article 13 of the EU Copyright Directive Threatens the Internet
As a group of the Internet’s original architects and pioneers and their successors, we write to you as a matter of urgency about an imminent threat to the future of this global network.
