In the late eighties AIDS scare had gripped the country. ABVA (AIDS Bhedbhav Virodhi Andolan/ AIDS Anti-Discrimination Movement) came into existence in 1988-1989 though it was formally christened later as more members joined the group.
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India: Reminiscing ABVA’s Struggle for Gay Rights in the Twentieth Century – A Brief History of That Time
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India: Book titles dropped from reading list, Delhi University surrenders to saffron pressure | Press Statement by Democratic Teachers Front
31 August 2018If the news item appearing in Times of India on 30.08.2018 that the Standing Committee on Academic Affairs has suggested to the History department that Nandini Sundar’s Subalterns and Sovereigns: An Anthropological History of Bastar, 1854-2006 and Archana Prasad’s Against Ecological Romanticism: Verrier Elwin and the Making of an Anti-modern Tribal Identity should be removed from the reading list as the books are “unfit for students in DU” is true, it is a sad and shameful day for the Delhi University’s academic reputation.
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India: Citizens of New Delhi protest against brazen arrest of human rights activists by Maharashtra Police - Press release by NAPM
30 August 2018A group of activists, intellectuals, lawyers, scientists, journalists, feminists, students, cultural groups and progressive citizens protest at Maharashtra Bhavan, New Delhi on 29 August 2018. The protest was called against unlawful arrests of 5 Human Rights activists Sudha Bharadwaj, Varavara Rao, Vernon Gonzalves, Arun Ferreira and Gautam Navlakha. People from various professions condemned the outrageous act of Maharashtra Police which raided the houses of activists including Father Stan Swamy (Jharkhand), Prof. K. Satyanarayana (Telangana), journalist Kranthi Tekula, KV Kumaranath, Anand Teltumbde and Adv. Susan Abraham on the same day.
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India: Shrinking Academic Freedoms - Two books on Delhi University’s history reading list recommended for removal
30 August 2018Nandini Sundar’s Subalterns and Sovereigns: An Anthropological History of Bastar, 1854-2006 and Archana Prasad’s Against Ecological Romanticism: Verrier Elwin and the Making of an Anti-modern Tribal Identity recommended for removal by university’s standing committee on academic matters
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India: NCDHR Press Release on raids and arbitrary arrests of Human Rights Defenders in New Delhi, Mumbai, Goa, Hyderabad and Ranchi by personnel of Maharashtra Police
30 August 2018National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) is deeply shocked to hear about the raids and arbitrary arrest of human rights defenders and advocates from different parts of the country. We, the undersigned, unequivocally condemn the efforts of the State government of Maharashtra to persecute them in a mala fide and motivated manner in order to obstruct the legal and human rights work being carried out by them.
