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I write this letter to you with a calm mind and a thorough understanding of your situation. This letter is untouched by even a trace of rancour or hopelessness. I was inspired to write for the following reasons. After we dared to bring the Singaram massacre case to court, the government demolished our ashram, forcing us to move our activities to a rented house. However, after I left Dantewada this January, the police took possession of the house. A month ago, they stole our belongings and vandalised several vehicles in the premises. Since then, two Adivasi women and an old man have been staying there.

the government must ensure the rule of law in the country and charge, try and punish those who incite violence, taking into account the mala fide intentions that often motivate blasphemy accusations.

Comments by Usha Ramanathan on the proposed text of the ’The National Identification Authority of India Bill 2010’

This November the Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP) has attained a significant milestone; it has completed a decade of its existence. A decade which had begun in response to the Indian state going openly nuclear with five nuclear test explosions in May 1998.

Imprisonments of trade union leaders and activists remind us of a wider pattern of anti-union violence worldwide. And regrettably in our very own country such subjugation of union activists and leaders is no exception.
It is . . . important that the assassinations of Argenis Vasquez, Juana Bustillo and Nurul Islam do not bring a halt to their unfinished battles.