Archive of South Asia Citizens Wire

  • Calling for a judicial enquiry into the Batla House encounter is a not a travesty

    by Harsh Mander, 21 October 2008

    Magazine Section - The Hindu
    The real travesty
    Calling for a judicial enquiry into the Batla House encounter is a not a travesty. Denying the need for one is…
    The boys have been killed, and then charged post-facto of heinous terrorist outrages. They have no way now of defending their names or their lives.
    Unanswered questions: Protestors in Delhi demanding an enquiry.
    These days, there is much to mourn in the national capital of Delhi. I mourn the slaughter of a child who ran (…)

  • Communal Violence in Dhule: A Report by Independent Citizens’ Intitiative

    by Independent Citizens Inititive, 21 October 2008

    Dhule Communal Violence: Independent Citizens’ Intitiative Report

  • Fact finding report on Shahbaz accused in Jaipur Bomb blasts

    by People’s Union for Civil Liberties, U.P. Chapter, People’s Union for Human Rights, 21 October 2008

    A PUCL-PUHR FACT FINDING REPORT ON ACCUSED IN BOMB BLAST INCIDENT, SHAHBAZ AHMED Case of Shahbaz Ahmed arrested in connection with serial bomb blasts in Jaipur Shahbaz Ahmed s/o Mumtaz Ahmed (9889406961), resident of Bhadohi, 32 years old, was a member of SIMI as a student. He completed his B.Sc. and then B.J. from Kashi Vidyapeeth in Varanasi . Two years after completion of his studies he got married to Sadaf d/o Abdul Moid (9792439090) in 2002. Since he was not interested in the (…)

  • Kalpakkam’s forgotten people

    by C Shivakumar, 20 October 2008

    www.expressbuzz.com
    Kalpakkam’s forgotten people have a tale to tell
    FORTY-five-year-old Sundarammal is in immense pain. Sitting beside a pile of dry fish, she touches a large lump on her neck.
    “I do not know how this came. I got it maybe six or seven years ago,” she says, and asks the doctor for some medicine to relieve the pain.
    Sundarammal is, in fact, suffering from thyroid cancer. And crucially, she is a resident of Meiyoor Kuppam, some five km from the Madras Atomic Power (…)

  • Japanese Peace Groups Say No To Nuclear Cooperation with India

    by sacw.net, 20 October 2008

    Media Release 20 October 2008
    Indian Prime Minister Singh’s Visit to Japan Demand Concerning Nuclear Cooperation with India
    From October 21-23 Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Japan. On October 22 he is scheduled to hold talks with Prime Minister Aso.
    On September 6, the Nuclear Suppliers Group adopted a statement exempting India from its nuclear trade guidelines. Following this decision, France and the US signed bilateral nuclear cooperation agreements with India. It (…)

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