selected commentary on the 18 day protest movement in Egypt that led to the downfall of Mubarak.
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Mubarak Ho ! Kudos to the Egyptian uprising 2011
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India: Afzal Guru’s Petition in Supreme Court For Transfer To Srinagar Jail
by , 11 February 2011Today (11.02.2011) Supreme Court issued notice to the Central Government on the petition of Afzal Guru seeking his transfer from Tihar jail to Srinagar jail. Afzal has been leading lonely life in Tihar jail for the last about nine years.
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Yasmin Alibhai-brown: The Unpalatable Truth About Forced Marriage
11 February 2011Daily Mail, 5 February 2011
The Unpalatable Truth About Forced Marriage
By Yasmin Alibhai-brown
Britain’s first Muslim peer has linked unhappy arranged marriages to the grooming of girls by Asian gangs. His courage to speak out should be applauded, not vilified.
This week, a Muslim peer broke the code of silence that pervades British-Asian communities and spoke out against the criminal practice of forced marriages.
He starkly stated that there was a connection between forced (…) -
A Father’s Crime
11 February 2011A 20-year old Pakistani woman who lived in northern Italy, she was murdered by her father who claimed he was "saving the family’s honour"
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Colin Gonsalves: Freedom of speech and expression and the law of sedition in India
9 February 2011Text of keynote address delivered by Colin Gonsalves at the inauguration of Persistence Resistance 2011, - film festival in New Delhi
