Archive of South Asia Citizens Wire

  • Judicial Indifference to Deaths in Custody or ’Disapearances’

    by Ashok Agrwaal, 14 September 2008

    Legal remedies available to protect right to life are crippled by judicial indifference among other things, writes Advocate Ashok Agrwaal, arguing that this is more rampant in Kashmir though other parts of the country too have their share in this.

  • Sri Lanka: As aid workers withdraw, thousands of war displaced persons at further risk

    12 September 2008

    Blocking aid workers in Sri Lanka endangers trapped civilians
    Temporary shelter for displaced people in Sri Lanka
    (Amnesty International, 10 September 2008)
    The Sri Lankan government’s order for United Nations (UN) and non-governmental aid workers to leave the war-torn northern Wanni region could further endanger tens of thousands of displaced persons trapped between the two parties to the conflict, Amnesty International warned.
    National staff of international aid agencies now left (…)

  • End the use of children in the conflict in Chhattisgarh state

    12 September 2008

    India: All Sides Using Children in Chhattisgarh Conflict
    – Rehabilitate Children in Armed Groups
    (Human Rights Watch)
    (New York, September 5, 2008) – Indian security forces and Naxalite rebels should immediately end the use of children in the conflict in Chhattisgarh state in central India, Human Rights Watch said today. Using children under age 18 in armed operations places them at risk of injury and death and violates international law.
    [. . .]
    Human Rights Watch urged the Indian (…)

  • India: A Report on Living and Working Conditions of Private Security Workers

    12 September 2008

    In India 5,500 private security workers were successful in fighting against their employers. A court ruled that the workers are protected against loosing their jobs while fighting for their overtime premiums. This is a 2008 report by "Uni Property Services G4S Alliance" on the living and working conditions in India’s private security environment.

  • India - Nepal: Whither Koshi River?

    by Ghanashyam Ojha, Puran P Bista, 11 September 2008

    The Kathmandu Post, 1 September 2008
    Dipak Gyawali, former Minister of Water Resources, heads Nepal Water Conservation Foundation. He has been working on water resources for the past two decades. He has written several books on water. He claims that Nepal is not the second richest country in hydropower but has adequate energy to meet its demand.
    For this week’s Interview, The Kathmandu Post caught Dipak G at his office and discussed about the breach of Koshi embankment and consequent (…)

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