Archive of South Asia Citizens Wire

  • State action in the name of countering Terrorism & Conversions

    by sacw.net, 25 October 2008

    PEOPLE’S TRIBUNAL
    on
    "State action in the name of countering Terrorism & Conversions"
    Experiences of Rajasthan
    7-8 November, 2008
    Jaipur,
    24 October, 2008
    Dear friends,
    We would like to invite you for a People’s Tribunal on "State action in the name of Countering Terrorism & Conversion- Experiences ofRajasthan ", being organised in Jaipur on 7-8 November, 2008 at Rajasthan Samgra Sewa Sangh, Durgapura, Jaipur.
    As you are aware, the Muslim community is being (…)

  • The three big problems of India’s biggest minority

    by Ramachandra Guha, 24 October 2008

    The Telegraph, October 25 , 2008
    A Triple Tragedy: Muslims in India have to contend with three major problems
    An influential editor from Delhi, visiting Bangalore, hosted a dinner for some local politicians, and invited me along. Among the netas present was the Karnataka Youth Congress president, the spokesman for H.D. Deve Gowda’s Janata Dal (Secular), and an office-bearer of the Bharatiya Janata Party. The conversation turned to the history of communal violence in Karnataka. Someone (…)

  • INSAF Fact-finding team to Orissa (October 21-24, 2008): Press Release

    by Insaf, 24 October 2008

    Press Release Press Conference of INSAF Fact-finding team to Orissa (October 21-24, 2008) 24 October: Bhubaneswar
    The attacks carried out on Christians living in the villages of Kandhamal district, Orissa were planned and executed by the Hindu fundamentalist groups VHP, RSS and Bajrang Dal. With the BJD-BJP combine in power, the state machinery did nothing to stop the criminals from having their way and the violence spread to other parts of the district, which are largely inaccessible. The (…)

  • Bangalore Police assault on trangenders and sexual minorities rights defenders

    by Campaign for Sexual Minorities Rights, 24 October 2008

    Press note 24th October, 2008 Police purging hijras out of Bengaluru Police subject hijras and human rights defenders to illegal detention and arrests, custodial torture and sexual assault
    As India progresses, reaching out to the moon, Bengaluru has become a dangerous city for its citizens. especially the most vulnerable, and any one who dares to support them. In the last few weeks, there seems to (…)

  • ’You cannot eat coal’: resistance in Phulbari, Bangladesh

    by Rahnuma Ahmed, 24 October 2008

    Those who campaign against the ruthless exploitative practices of trans-national mining companies say, increased investment results in human rights abuses, especially against rural communities which the companies want to dislocate and uproot. They also say that the role of the state in extractive sector governance and citizens’ protection diminishes, while its role in protecting and promoting the interests of trans-national corporations increases. One sees that happening in Phulbari, over Asia Energy’s proposed Phulbari coal project in Bangladesh

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