Britain, [. . .] simply courts ridicule and bolsters a reputation for hypocrisy by denouncing a government for egregious violations of human rights while at the same time selling it guns.
South Asia Citizens Web
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Britain’s hypocrisy over Sri Lanka - Editorial, The Independent
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Pakistan: Endless stream of targetted killings of Hazara Shias - editorials in Pakistan press
19 February 2013. . .there is little doubt left in the hearts and minds of all Pakistanis that we are now facing genocide in Pakistan where 20 percent of the population is being targeted for its faith.
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India: Text of Resolution adopted at the Meeting on Capital Punishment and the State of Indian Democracy
19 February 20131. This House expresses its outrage at the secret hanging of Afzal Guru, and the cynical and callous denial of his right to seek judicial remedy.
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Ashish Kothari: How Ethiopians are being pushed off their land
19 February 2013Indian companies are among the biggest land holders in the African country through deals concluded in dubious circumstances
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India: Media under undue pressure in Bihar
19 February 2013Media is under unannounced pressure in Bihar. This is a dangerous scenario in parliamentary democracy that may endanger the very basis of democracy. Hundreds of complaints received by the probe committee give ample proof of direct government pressure on newspapers. This is the conclusion of a Fact Finding Team (FFT) of Press Council of India (PCI).
