A group of Punjabi writers, social activists, academics, public intellectuals and others have issued a statement expressing concern over what some community leaders have recently said about Sikh women marrying Muslim men
South Asia Citizens Web
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India: Anxiety over women having marriages of choice has deep-seated patriarchal and casteist roots - Statement by writers, poets, artistes and cultural workers [July 2, 2021]
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India: 84 year old fighter for the rights of adivasis Fr. Stan Swamy Dies in Prison - Statement by PUCL, July 5, 2021
5 July 2021PUCL is extremely saddened and anguished by the death of Fr. Stan Swamy today, 5th July, 2021 in the Holy Family Hospital, Bandra, where he was undertaking treatment pursuant to an interim order of the Bombay High Court in his bail petition in the Bhima Koregaon case. What is most tragic is that even as the High Court Division Bench had started hearing the bail petition, news trickled in that he had passed away.
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India: Damn the Environment or the people, Big Money Matters More - Proposed Bunder diamond mining project in Buxwaha protected forest region in Madhya Pradesh | NAPM release, July 5, 2021
5 July 20215th July, 2021: NAPM condemns the decision of the Government of Madhya Pradesh to carry out the proposed Bunder diamond block in the Buxwaha protected forests of Chhatarpur. The project, spearheaded by Aditya Birla Group’s Essel Mining and Industries Ltd. (EMIL), will lead to irrevocable destruction of dense forest land, including over 2 lakh trees. We convey our full solidarity with the struggle of the local communities and citizens campaigns to save Buxwaha forest and call upon the Govt of MP to scrap the diamond block project with immediate effect.
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It’s all Taliban country now | George, Tassal and Hassan (May 2, 2021) / As Afghan Forces Crumble, an Air of Unreality Grips the Capital | Nossiter (july 2, 2021)
4 July 2021KABUL — Taliban checkpoints have proliferated across key parts of Afghanistan as U.S. forces have withdrawn over the past year, leaving Afghan towns and cities increasingly isolated and impeding the Afghan government’s ability to function.
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India: statement was issued by the joint platform of Central Trade Unions in solidarity support to the Defence civilian employees on 02nd July 2021
3 July 2021Against the anti national decision to splinter the pioneer Defence Industry viz the 220 years old Indian Ordnance Factories under the Ministry of Defence into 7 non viable corporations and then to privatise the same taken by the Modi Government , the five Federations of Defence Civilian Employees since all the efforts taken by them to withdraw the decision taken in violation of all the previous agreements and settlements failed they had decided to proceed with an indefinite strike which was to commence from 26-7-2021 demanding to withdraw the Government decision in the interest of National security, Defence preparedness and the service life of 76,000 employees.
