Protest can be gay and festive in the latin countries unlike the often very morose, sad and stiff faced culture of political protest in South Asia.
South Asia Citizens Web
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Spain: Flo6x8 activist collective and the language of flamenco in political protests
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Pakistan: The 16 Dec 2014 Massacre in a Peshawar school - statements from human rights groups, media commentary and editorials
16 December 2014A short compilation of statements from Human Rights Organisations and Media Commentary and Editorials on 16 Dec 2014 Massacre in a Peshawar school by Pakistani Taliban
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#StandwithPeshawar
by , 16 December 2014Devastated at the news from Peshawar. Unless and until Pakistan doesn’t get out of this confusion of ‘good Taliban’ and ‘bad Taliban’ and treat every single criminal act as a criminal act and move to punish those who perpetuate it, whether in the name of religion or for whatever justification, we will not begin to move out of this morass. Sharing a statement from Malala Yousafzai that was just released: “I am heartbroken by this senseless and cold blooded act of terror in Peshawar that is (…)
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Dec 2014 Oil Spill Disaster in the Sundarbans - Selected Reports and Commentary
16 December 2014a short compilation of selected reports and commentary in the Bangladeshi and India Media
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Video: Yes an abusive system locks up mentally disabled women and girls but are communities the answer in India?
by , 15 December 2014A video from Human Rights Watch, argues that the abusive system that locks up women and girls with psychosocial or intellectual disabilities in India should gave way to communities to take control. But it is precisely these so called communities that want the people locked up.
