Archive of South Asia Citizens Wire

  • Pakistan Appeal Re Mukhtar Mai: write letters and emails to the authorities

    by sacw.net, 5 February 2009

    Political interference in Mukhtar’s case should be checked
    Special Urgent Appeal
    Please react before 10th February 2009
    Summary:
    The Supreme Court of Pakistan has listed Mukhtar Mai’s case for hearing in the 2nd week of February 2009 (hearing is expected on 10th or 11th February).
    Mukhtar Mai of Meerwala village, Tehsil Jatoi, District Muzaffargarh in the South Punjab Region of Pakistan was gang-raped in 2002 on the order of a council of elders (panchayat) as punishment for her (…)

  • Dont be misled by France’s Nuclear Energy Salesmen (Sortir du nucleaire - Press Release)

    by South Asians Against Nukes, 5 February 2009

    South Asians Against Nukes Mailing List
    [Unofficial translation of the French Press Release]
    Réseau "Sortir du Nucleaire "/ (Network phasing out the nuclear age ) http://www.sortirdunucleaire.org
    Press Release
    04 February 2009
    Announcement of the sale of 2 to 6 EPR reactors to India: le Réseau "Sortir du nucléaire" denounces the bloated claims meant to bluff A simple "Memorandum of Understanding" signed by Areva in New Delhi Big talk but in fact only one EPR exported Bluff to (…)

  • India: Undermining equal opportunities to all citizens

    by Subhash Gatade, 5 February 2009

    Viva ’Academic Untouchability’ ? Jantar Mantar, a unique historical place in the capital, which today acts as a ’sanctioned abode of protest’ under a liberal bourgeois regime, witnessed a protest dharna in the first week of February. Looking at the participation level, one could easily say that, it was indistinguishable from similar protest actions held on the same date. But it is incontestable that the raison detre for the dharna carried very large import which pertained to the (…)

  • The Attacks in Bombay and India’s Terror Dossier: Further evidence of a conspiracy

    by Raveena Hansa, 5 February 2009

    sacw.net, 5 February 2009
    On 5 January 2009, the Indian government handed a 69-page dossier of material stemming from the ongoing investigation into the Mumbai terrorist attacks of 26-29 November 2008 to the Pakistani government. This was subsequently made accessible to the public [1], so it is possible for us to examine it.
    The most striking point about the dossier is its vague and unprofessional character. Enormous reliance is placed on the interrogation of the captured terrorist, (…)

  • It is the Swatis today, tomorrow it could be your turn

    by Basim Usmani, 4 February 2009

    The Guardian
    Swat’s descent into chaos
    Taliban militants have taken the Swat valley in Pakistan – why is the country turning a blind eye?
    Swat, once a resort for Pakistanis on holiday, has fallen to the Taliban. The battle for Swat began in 2007, while the country was distracted by ongoing operations in the tribally administered northern areas and the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Now, President Zardari’s preoccupation with the Mumbai attacks has given the militants in Swat, (…)

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