We strongly condemn the late night arrest (on 18th June 2018) by the Tamil Nadu police of Piyush Manush Sethia of Salem Citizens’ Forum, Mansoor Ali Khan, an actor and Valarmathi, a student activist, and possibly others, who have been engaged in opposing a range of socially and environmentally destructive projects.
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India: Release Piyush Manush and others arrested by Tamil Nadu police and drop all fabricated cases against them - Statement by Coalition for Environmental Justice in India – CEJI
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China and India’s border dispute is a slow-moving environmental disaster | Ruth Gamble
20 June 2018Chinese and Indian competition on their shared Himalayan border is more likely to create a slow-moving environmental catastrophe than a quick military or nuclear disaster.
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India: Saints in Schools
by , 19 June 2018BJP introduces religious propaganda in government run schools in Rajasthan
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India: Lift Evaluation Boycott at Delhi University - Appeal to Teachers on 17th June 2018
by , 19 June 2018This appeal to teachers of Delhi university was written on the 17 June 2018 and on the 18th of June the general body meeting of Delhi university teachers association (DUTA) called off the evaluation boycott, but the text of this appeal still remains relevant.
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Bangladesh: The murder of Shahjahan Bachchu and spectre of Islamist fanaticism | Syed Badrul Ahsan
19 June 2018The murder of Shahjahan Bachchhu pierces the complacency that had set in with regard to the terrorism challenge, as Bangladesh braces for political turbulence ahead of polls.
