To,Mr Kenneth RothThe Executive DirectorHuman Rights Watch350 Fifth Avenue, 34th floor New York, NY 10118-3299 USA Tel: +1-212-290-4700 Fax: [email protected] Sir,The National Confederation of Human Rights Organizations (NCHRO) is a common platform of various organizations…
Endosulfan: Compensation To The Victims Is Crucial
By S.Faizi 26 April, 2011 While it is heartening that the entire Kerala is aligned against the endosulfan scourge, it is important not to miss the need to pay adequate compensation to the victims based…
Cultures of Corruption
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Purulia Exposé: India's best kept secret
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List of Dalit students committing suicide in last…
by Anoop Kumar April 25, 2011 Here is the list of the Dalit students who have committed suicide in last four years. This is by no means an exhaustive list but covers only those cases…
PAKISTAN: Civil society groups disappointed at the verdict…
April 21, 2011 A Statement from National Commission on the Status of Women forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission The National Commission on the Status of Women, an official organisation, and members of Insani…
Top cop says Gujarat CM Narendra Modi involved…
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Binayak Sen walks out of Raipur jail
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Are Indian nuclear weapons facilities safe?
Parliament must insist that the government should direct its Department of Atomic Energy to immediately examine and make recommendations to the government on the structure of an independent surveillance and regulatory authority for the defence…