A tribute to the Tamil doctor, feminist and human rights defender of Jaffna, Rajani Thiranagama, on her 25th death anniversary. She was killed by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. This is an occasion to revisit the issues of self-determination, the strategy to prioritise certain forms of struggle over others, and the question of rebuilding the left - matters which are relevant not only in Sri Lanka but everywhere in the world.
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Sri Lanka: A Tribute to Rajani Thiranagama - A Beacon for the Left
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Maria Xynou on surveillance in India
8 December 2014Indian mobile operators are required to install lawful intercept and monitoring (LIM) systems to use on request from law enforcement authorities, but Xynou notes that the Indian government has its own system too, monitoring traffic through ISPs. The Network Traffic Analysis (NETRA) system only came to light in 2013.
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A Crime Unpunished - A video reportage on rape in Bangladesh
8 December 2014November 2014. VICE News correspondent Tania Rashid traveled to Sylhet and met with both perpetrators and victims of rape as well as local police to find out what is driving Bangladeshi men to rape and abuse women, and what steps the authorities are taking to put an end to it.
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Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster, Thirty Years on - the tragedy continues | select commentary and media reports
7 December 2014[A selection of commentary and articles in the media]
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Bangladesh: Court sentencing of journalist David Bergman threatens media freedom - statements by rights groups in the West; shocking silence of groups in South Asia
6 December 2014Statements by English PEN, Reporters Without Border and Human Rights Watch following contempt of court ruling against journalist David Bergman. Unfortunately no statements of solidarity have come so far from Journalists unions or from rights organisations based in South Asia.
