Archive of South Asia Citizens Wire

  • The eleven are not just eleven

    24 April 2011

    We take the groundless show cause notices issued by the Registrar of Delhi University (DU) to 11 members of the Department of English, dated April 15, 2011, to be notices issued each one of us. These notices, absurdly invoking Ordinance18 and the High Court Order in the Kalindi College case, neither of which has any bearing on the manufactured case against the teachers of English, provide sad proof of the extremes to which the DU authorities are willing to go in order to silence talk, discussion and debate, so that they are able to do exactly as they please, now and later, no matter how toxic the consequences for DU.

  • Pakistan: HRCP’s dismay at acquittal of Mukhtaran rape accused

    by HRCP, 23 April 2011

    The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed its alarm and disappointment at the Supreme Court verdict acquitting the men accused of raping Mukhtaran Mai nine years ago and has stated that the decision would add to difficulties that rape victims face in bringing their tormentors to justice.

  • Labels from a Global City (parts 1 and 2) - A documentary by Surabhi Sharma on workers in Bangalore

    23 April 2011

    Bangalore the ’Silicon Valley’ of India is not only home to a booming IT industry but also a hub for garment manufacturing units catering to international labels like GAP, TESCO, Wal-Mart and H&M. Approximately 5,00,000 workers are working under very poor conditions in these garment factories. The film ’Labels from a Global City’ documents the plight of these workers who face several forms of harassment at the workplace including unpaid overtime work, high production targets and harsh treatment by their supervisors.

  • Pakistan: How political Islam was dissipated across the society and made mainstream

    by Nadeem F. Paracha, 23 April 2011

    The basic socio-political mindset of the Pakistani society is the outcome of various faith-based experiments conducted by the state and the armed forces.

  • Pakistan: NCSW and members of IHI disappointed at the verdict of Supreme Court in Mukhtaran Mai case

    23 April 2011

    Government of Pakistan National Commission on the Status of Women
    NCSW Press Release
    Islamabad
    Date: - 21-04-2011
    Subject: NCSW and members of IHI disappointed at the verdict of Supreme Court in Mukhtaran Mai case
    The National Commission on the Status of Women and members of Insani Huqooq Ittehad, including PODA, Mehergargh, Aurat Foundation, Rozan, Sungi, Bedari, Ethno Media, Pattan and SPO convened an emergency meeting to express deep shock and disappointment at the verdict given (…)

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