Archive of South Asia Citizens Wire

  • Urgent Measures for Peace in Kandhamal - Letter to the Prime Minister

    by Debiprasanna Pattanayak, Manoranjan Mohanty, Pralay Kanungo, 21 October 2008

    Dear Sir,
    As academics who have studied the socio-economic conditions of modern Orissa and who have been extremely pained by the recent outbreak and persistence of violence in Kandhamal we present the following suggestions which we believe are practical and well within the capacity of the Central Government to undertake. The State Government can be called upon to cooperate in implementing these measures.
    I. Immediate Steps for providing Security for Life and Property
    1. Adequate CRPF (…)

  • Zardari Bans My Books

    by Tariq Ali, 21 October 2008

    counterpunch.org
    Pakistan’s New Chani of Censorious Sycophants
    "They don’t ban books any more, or at least not recently, which is a relief and a small step forward." I wrote in a preface to my latest book on Pakistan [The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power] after explaining how the previous two had been, at different times, banned by military dictators. I was wrong. I had foolishly assumed that since General Musharraf had not banned books his civilian, supposedly (…)

  • Calls for a Citizens’ March to Parliament for Judicial Enquiry into Jamia Nagar Encounter

    by Jamia Teachers Solidarity Group, 21 October 2008

    to demand
    Judicial Enquiry under a sitting Judge of the Supreme Court into the
    Jamia Nagar ’Encounter’
    24th October (Friday);
    Assemble at Jantar Mantar, (New Delhi) 11 a.m.
    Join in large numbers
    Anuradha (9868881756)
    – Sreerekha (9868120339)
    – Manisha (9811625577)
    – Adil (9990923027) for JTSG

  • CPJC Statement on NHRC Report on Salwa Judum

    by Campaign for Peace & Justice in Chhattisgarh, 21 October 2008

    Campaign for Peace & Justice in Chhattisgarh c/o F-10/12, GF, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi Website: www.cpjc.wordpress.com Email: cpjcindia@gmail.com
    19th October 2008
    Since 2005 the Chhattisgarh government has claimed that the Salwa Judum is a "peaceful people’s movement", that "the villagers are never forced to join the camps". They claimed that no minors were appointed as SPOs. It also resisted any independent enquiry, saying "There is no failure on part of state of Chhattisgarh and (…)

  • Judiciary – Need For Introspection

    by Rajindar Sachar, 21 October 2008

    A discussion is afoot about some important aspect of judiciary. One suggestion of having regional Supreme Court Benches with main Bench at Delhi hearing only constitutional matters has been floating around for over quarter of Century. Though there has been some support from lawyers from some state head quarters there has equally been differences in view not only on basic premises but also on the location of Regional Benches amongst various states (say whether Hyderabad or Chennai for (…)

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