New Delhi April 14, 202 The National Confederation of Human Rights Organisations is shocked and saddened to learn that the 62 year old activist, Vira Sathidar, has passed away this past Tuesday, on April 13,…
Human Rights Watch urges India to end caste…
Tue Feb 13, 2007 , By Mark WilliamsNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is failing to protect its lower castes who are routinely attacked and shunned because of their social status, a leading human rights group…
An Open Letter To Indian Cricket Team Captain…
By Shamsul Islam, 13 February, 2007, Countercurrents.org Dear Rahul Dravid,Namaskar!You, presently, lead the cricket team of India and wear the National Flag, Tri-colour while playing for India in different parts of the globe. You must…
Irene Khan – Biography
Irene Zubaida Khan joined Amnesty International as the organization’s seventh Secretary General in August 2001.Taking the helm in Amnesty International as the first woman, the first Asian and the first Muslim to guide the world’s…
Malaysian Muslim convert loses bid to cut maintenance…
The Associated Press, Feb 13, 2007KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: A Malaysian court ordered a Muslim convert who has two new wives to support to also pay full maintenance payments to his Hindu ex-wife, a report said…
Indian IT professional arrested for online drug sale
Salt Lake techie’s US link revealedStatesman News ServiceKOLKATA, Feb. 13: Mr Sanjay Kedia, the CEO of Xponse Technologies Limited and Xponse IT Services Private Ltd, who was arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances…
VHP to create 5-cr Hindu votebank to seize…
BK Singh, Hindustan Times ,Allahabad, February 13, 2007 a VHP terroristThe three-day World Hindu Conference had a political ending. A clarion call to build at least five-crore Hindu vote bank to seize political power was…
Indian teachers say they are underpaid in Indian…
By Sunita Menon, Gulf News . Feb 13, 2007Dubai: Asian teachers at a private British curriculum school have protested against discrepancies between their salaries and those of their Western counterparts.Global Education Management Systems (GEMS), which…
Hate As A Weapon To Gain Power
By Vidya Bhushan Rawat, 13 February, 2007Countercurrents.orgBJP's manifesto for Uttarakhand reflects the bankruptcy of its ideology. That Sanskrit will be the state language and the government would pass anti conversion laws shows that BJP has…