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Jan.30 [2009]: So we rise in justified rage against the attack on women at a Mangalore pub by yet another gang of self-proclaimed custodians of Indian culture. And the collective fury is working. Several of the attackers have been arrested — including their tilak-sporting, rubbish-spouting leader Pramod Mutalik, a Hindutva activist closely linked to the BJP, Bajrang Dal and Shiv Sena. The outrage over the beating up and molestation of five women because they were enjoying a drink (…)

Mail Today, January 30, 2009
A Peace delegation comprising human and women’s rights activists, media peaceniks and party political representatives from Pakistan recently visited New Delhi. They went with a threefold objective: to "condole" the Mumbai attacks and express solidarity with Indians in their hour of grief, to explain how and why Pakistan too is a victim of the same sort of terrorism that is threatening to afflict India, and to try and put the peace process and people- to- people (…)

Dear Friends In solidarity with World Social Forum held at Belem, Brazil, Pakistan Social Forum is organizing a colorful event on Saturday, 07th February, 2009 / 03:00 to 08:00 p.m at Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi under the theme of ‘Rights of Indigenous People, Peace, Demilitarization, Freedom of media and Democracy”. Minister for Culture and Tourism, Ms Sassui Palijo has graciously offer a pavilion of Sindhi music and instruments, where the indigenous and Sufi (…)

[message from filmmaker Rakesh Sharma]
Please help by registering your strongest protest to the Police Commissioner as instead of taking any action against the mob attacking the crew at midnight (asking for Richa to be bodysearched, tearing Rvviu’s clothes, snatching the camera, taking the footage away), the police seemed to pander to them, and have confiscated our footage illegally!
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January 29, 2009 Fax CP 22621835
Hasan Ghafoor, IPS The Commissioner of Police, Mumbai
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The rushed amendments to the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 2004 reveal that the government lacks any new ideas about how to tackle terrorism. And yet, India has the benefit of past experience, both with terrorist attacks and different legislative anti-terrorism frameworks.