Statement by Pakistan - India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy on 3 December 2017
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India & Pakistan must complete nationality verification of their prisoners in 90 days - Statement by PIPFPD
3 January 2017 -
India: WSS statement on attacks against Shalini Gera and JagLAG lawyers in Chattissgarh
30 December 2016Bastar police continue their vendetta against women human rights defenders SP Bastar threatens Adv Shalini Gera, JagLAG lawyers with false cases Clearly rattled by the mounting body of evidence of blatant violations of the rule of law and Constitutional rights under the cover of anti-Maoist operations, the Bastar police has launched a no-holds-barred attempt to silence all those who are calling them to account.
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Pakistan: Decades after the death of Zia Ul Haq - laws and ideologies pushed by the fundamentalist general are still shaping the country
28 December 2016The notorious Hudood Ordinances restored medieval punishments such as floggings, amputations for theft and demands that a rape victim had to produce four Muslim witnesses or risk being charged with adultery. Zia also expanded the blasphemy laws. Clauses were added to the penal code that made insulting the Prophet Mohammed a crime punishable by death.
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Partition and the Idea of Pakistan | Venkat Dhulipala
28 December 2016THE YEAR 2017 will mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of India and Pakistan.
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India: Demonetization Undermines the Right to Food and the Right to Life - text of statement by the Right to Food Campaign
28 December 2016The right to food campaign is dismayed by the Indian government’s reckless attempt to renew currency notes, known as "demonetization", without any serious attention to the consequences it may have for poor people. This move serves no clear purpose and is a major attack on the right to food and the right to life.
