34 members of US congress (Eight Senators and twenty six Representatives of the House) written to Prime Minister of India Mr. Modi raising concern over the rise in religious violence against minorities under his tenure
South Asia Citizens Web
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Full Text of letter from US Congressmen to India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (25 Feb 2016) expressing concern over religious violence
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Lecture by Prof Mridula Mukherjee on on the centrality of civil liberties in India’s freedom struggle
28 February 2016Lecture No 8 from the open air JNU protest teach-in on Nationalism (28 Feb 2016) by the historian Professor Mridula Mukherjee
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Be Warned, the Assault on JNU is Part of a Pattern / India’s angst / India’s descent into muscle power / What Passes for Sedition in India /
28 February 2016There is by now little doubt that India is currently being governed by those that seem to have an anti-intellectual mind-set. An ambience of terror and intimidation is being generated
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Bangladesh: Stop hounding Daily Star editor Mahfuz Anam
28 February 2016Reporters Without Borders - 26 February 2016
Prime Minister wages personal war against outspoken newspaper
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to stop hounding Daily Star editor Mahfuz Anam over his admission on 4 February that, like many of the country’s newspapers and TV stations, he published information in 2007 that seemed to implicate Hasina in corruption although it could not be verified independently.
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India’s Crackdown on Dissent - selected editorials and commentary Feb 2016
28 February 2016India is in the throes of a violent clash between advocates of freedom of speech and the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and its political allies on the Hindu right determined to silence dissent. This confrontation raises serious concerns about Mr. Modi’s governance and may further stall any progress in Parliament on economic reforms.
