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  • Koodankulam Struggle: A Chronology (Part II)

    by S. P. Udayakumar, 14 February 2012

    Koodankulam Struggle: A Chronology (Part II)
    Compiled by S. P. Udayakumar
    Events in the 2nd Half of 2008 [1] August 16-17, 2008 at Koodankulam
    Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP)’s National Coordinating Committee (NCC) Meeting The first day meeting began at 10:10 am with a welcome Speech by Dr. S. P. Udayakumar. Mrs. Lalita Ramdas was elected to chair the proceedings. Prof. Achin Vanaik suggested that the meeting should begin with a discussion on the Press Release (…)

  • Koodankulam Struggle: A Chronology (Part I)

    by S. P. Udayakumar, 14 February 2012

    Koodankulam Struggle: A Chronology (Part I)
    Compiled by S. P. Udayakumar
    (From The Hindu, Frontline, The Times of India, India Abroad, The New York Times reports, and other local publications in Tamil Nadu. This is a partial list of some of the events.)
    Source: S. P. Udayakumar, The Koodankulam Handbook. Nagercoil, India: Transcend South Asia, 2004 (ISBN: 81-89312-00-6)
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    November 20: The Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev and the then Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi signed (…)

  • Fear of resurgent Islamist movement in Maldives

    11 February 2012

    Political chaos in the Maldives, security services across the region fear, could open the way for a resurgent Islamist movement.

  • Support Separation Between Religion and State: A Petition and Open Letter to Human Rights Watch

    10 February 2012

    Rather than becoming complicit with religious fundamentalists in power, we call on Human Rights Watch to report violations and threats against those targeted by fundamentalists and to support the call for secularism, and the continuing struggle for social justice.

  • India: Press Release - People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy - 10 February 2012

    by People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy, 10 February 2012

    While the People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) welcomes the State Expert Team set up by the Chief Secretary on behalf of the Honorable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, we are obliged to point out that Dr. M. R. Srinivasan, a member of the team, is a well-known pro-nuclear person. The people of Tamil Nadu had expected that the State Expert Team members would be neutral and independent but Dr. Srinivasan is neither. So it is hard for the PMANE to accept Dr. Srinivasan. Given this situation, the PMANE would like to request the Honorable Chief Minister to replace Dr. Srinivasan with another expert and expand the Expert Team with experts in Geology, Oceanography and Hydrology in order to deal with a few KKNPP-specific issues.

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