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one of the greatest transport success stories in the country is about workers being exploited and labour laws violated. Private contract agencies provide cleaners and housekeeping workers in the Delhi Metro stations. Ask a worker at a Metro station and you would find that many of them are not paid the minimum wages and are also denied their right to a weekly day off.

At the twin Greater Noida villages of Bhatta and Parsaul, farmers have been protesting the land acquisition along the Yamuna Expressway for over two weeks now. An AIDWA (All India Democratic Women’s Association delegation visited Bhatta-Parsaul villages in Greater Noida on May 19, to study the the unfortunate turn of events on May 7 that led to the deaths of two farmers (one from each village) and 2 constables of the PAC. They found that there is clear evidence of Police brutality and repression in the two villages and that the entire episode reveals that the UP government has precipitated matters in due to its adamant and highhanded approach towards land acquisition.

Human Rights Watch has written to the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, asking her to repeal Article 47A of the country’s constitution to ensure a fair trial of the people accused of committing international crimes during the 1971 independence war of Bangladesh.

On 20 May 2011, 3,000 adivasis and forest dwellers from across the India gathered at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, to protest against the blatant and criminal resource grab of the Central and State governments. Braving intense heat and traveling for days on end packed in trains, our people came to Delhi to condemn the blatant criminal looting of our resources by these governments.

Young Afghans being coerced into joining jihad with threats of violence and promises of martyrdom