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To protest amendments in Land Acquisition Act 2013, forcible land acquisition and Land Acquisition Ordinance 2014, demonstration planned in Delhi on 24 February 2015

We, as women impacted by war and ongoing post-war violence in Sri Lanka and working on issues of truth and justice, call upon the Government of President Maithripala Sirisena to take immediate steps to address past violations and to initiate credible and independent investigations that lead to indictments and prosecutions of alleged perpetrators.

11th February 2015, New Delhi: The National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) congratulates Aam Aadmi Party for its over whelming performance in the Delhi elections. We also applaud the people of Delhi for this unequivocal mandate, sweeping away corrupt and communal elements. The Delhi vote is a negation of the multiple vices that mainstream parties represent a vindication of the need to prioritize pro-people agenda. It is therefore, a significant moment for Indian democracy.

An important investigative story in The New York Times on the secretive world of unscrupulous real estate, the report focuses on a shady developer from Delhi.

The Aam Aadmi Party has accomplished a stupendous political feat in India’s capital. Not only has it won more than half the total vote and 95 percent of all seats, which even the luckiest of parties don’t do in India’s periodic referendum-style “wave” elections. More, by unabashedly championing the cause of the poor, and the interests of underprivileged social and religious groups, it has signalled the arrival of a new moral force in national politics.