South Asia Citizens Web

(October 2007)
Last week, Rajan Hoole of University Teachers for Human Rights (Jaffna) accepted the Martin Ennals Award for human rights defenders on behalf of UTHR(J), his colleague K.Sritharan, and himself.
Many of us who had been following their writings from 1987 onwards were overjoyed when the Martin Ennals Foundation finally gave them the recognition they so richly deserve. Like a compass, their reports have provided direction to seekers of justice and peace in Sri Lanka’s (…)

Hindustan Times, 28 April 2008
The Supreme Court’s observations (March 31) regarding the armed group named ’Salwa Judum’ affect not only the state of Chhatisgarh, where this group operates, but pose questions to major actors across the political spectrum. Admitting two public interest petitions on the matter Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan asked the respondent, “How can the State give arms to some persons? The State will be abetting in a crime if these private persons kill others.” This (…)

Copyright Eqbal Ahmad Foundation, 2004

[Frontline, Volume 22 - Issue 17, Aug 13 - 26, 2005 >http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2217/stories/20050826003310900.htm]
The shocking episode of anti-worker violence at the Honda motorcycle factory in Gurgaon should spur serious reflection on the sordid state of industrial relations in India and the need for a new charter of labour rights.
THE workers’ struggle at the Honda Motorcycles and Scooters India Ltd (HMSI) in Gurgaon, capped by an extraordinarily brutal attack on them by the (…)