Archive of South Asia Citizens Wire

  • India: Pseudo-science and gender bias (Editorial, The Hindu)

    6 May 2015

    The imbroglio over Baba Ramdev’s ‘Divya Putrajeevak Beej’, the ayurvedic medicine that was allegedly branded to promise the birth of male offspring, has mostly been about its blatantly expressed son-preference.

  • Pakistan: Protest curbs on academic freedom, freedom of expression and public debate

    by beenasarwar, 5 May 2015

    STATEMENT OF CONCERNED FACULTY MEMBERS AND STUDENTS OF LUMS REGARDING THE DECISION TO CANCEL THE TALK ON BALOCHISTAN IN KARACHI UNIVERSITY SCHEDULED TO BE HELD WEDNESDAY 6 MAY, 2015:
    We, concerned students, alumni and faculty members of LUMS, deeply deplore the decision by the Karachi University administration to cancel the talk on Balochistan titled “Baloch Missing Persons and The Role of State and Society”, planned tomorrow Wednesday 6 May 2015 at Karachi University. This decision comes (…)

  • India: Video of Prof Haragopal speaking on Saffronisation (Communalisation) of Education and History

    5 May 2015

    Prof. Hargaopal from CLC Hyderabad and Political Scientist, speaks on "Saffronisation of Education and History in India ’, at the Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights (CPDR) public meeting on Acche Din? One Year After" on Saturday 2th May 2015 at Mumbai Marathi Patrakar Sangh, Mumbai.

  • Ajaz Ashraf - Ban triple talaq and abolish Muslim Personal Law Board, says former minorities commission chairman Prof Tahir Mahmood

    by Dilip Simeon’s Blog, 5 May 2015

    Former Dean of Delhi University’s Law Faculty and former Chairman of the National Commission for Minorities Prof Tahir Mahmood is an internationally recognised expert on Muslim Law. He speaks on the system of divorce among Muslims and how maulvis and the All India Muslim Personal Law Board have thwarted reforms that could have benefited the community. Excerpts from an interview:
    In your book, Introduction to Muslim Law, you have written, 'In India Muslim law is applied as a part of the (…)

  • India: Arrest of Adivasis and threats to rights’ activists and lawyers in Chattisgarh - Statement by PUDR

    5 May 2015

    PUDR strongly condemns IG Bastar, SRP Kalluri’s threat of taking severe action against certain NGOs in Chhattisgarh for allegedly aiding and abetting the Maoists under the guise of helping Adivasis. At a recent Press Conference he said that many such organisations were already under surveillance. The IG‘s list of suspicious activities included providing legal assistance to ‘Naxalites’ – a thinly veiled reference to the Jagdalpur Legal Aid Group (JagLAG), a small NGO active in Bastar since 2013, that provides legal aid to Adivasis many of whom are falsely implicated in cases of Naxal activities.

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