Large number of Indian and Pakistani fishermen have been in jails in Pakistan and India since more than a year whereas the maximum sentence for them is six months. We urge you to take immediate action for their release.
South Asia Citizens Web
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India - Pakistan Relations: Fishermens Union & Peace Platform Appeal for release fishermen from jails and for a ’No Arrests Policy’
25 January 2016 -
Widespread concern about arrest of Saeed Baloch, human rights defender, leader of the fishermen’s trade-union (PFF) in Pakistan
24 January 2016According to reports received, Mr. Saeed Baloch was arrested on Saturday, January 16, 2016 by the Rangers, a paramilitary security force in Pakistan.
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India: Suicide of the Dalit Student Activist Rohit Vermula - Reactions by Academics, Scholars and Concerned Citizens
22 January 2016a compilation of Responses by Academics, Scholars and Concerned Citizens to the suicide of the PhD student of University of Hyderabad in January 2016. Related articles are also included along with some background material from 2013
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India’s Hindutva Right Wing: They call us anti-national - Anand Patwardhan
by , 22 January 2016Their founding fathers came from the most conservative Brahmin castes, with enormous faith in the culture that empowered them.
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India: Bigots and charlatans are controlling culture and education - Interview with Pranab Bardhan
22 January 2016Economist Pranab Bardhan, Professor at Berkeley coined the phrase “Bhagwat vs Bhagwati” for the growth vs Hindutva challenge facing the BJP government. He has recently published a collection of his popular essays entitled, ‘Globalisation, Democracy and Corruption: an Indian perspective.’ He tells TOI’s Sagarika Ghose that today Bhagwat co-exists with Bhagwati.
