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Militias in the Central African Republic are slitting children’s throats, razing villages and throwing young men to the crocodiles. What needs to happen before the world intervenes?

NWMI
Atonement is Insufficient: The Rule of Law Must Prevail
“NWMI Demands Institutional Redress of Sexual Harassment and Assault”
Recent developments at the weekly news magazine Tehelka demonstrate that media houses have a long way to go in ensuring safety for women media professionals.
A journalist working with Tehelka revealed that she was sexually assaulted by the editor, Tarun Tejpal, on two occasions on 7 and 8 November 2013. The repeated harassment and assault over two days (…)

In all cases of sexual offence, the media has carried out sustained campaigns and very rightly so to punish the accused. When a member of the same profession gets into the accused box, the punishment should be swift and exemplary. The same yardstick should apply to the member of the judiciary, the legal professional and the police, specially the judiciary since they have handed over extreme punishments of death in rape/murder cases.
People who are public servants or in professions where in (…)

Ayesha Jalal’s new book about her granduncle Saadat Hasan Manto attempts to explain his revolt against the narrative that divided India.

Ahead of Agra rally, UP BJP cell felicitates riot-accused MLAs
Lalmani Verma : Lucknow, Wed Nov 20 2013
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/ahead-of-agra-rally-up-bjp-cell-felicitates-riotaccused-mlas/1197038/
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