NCHRO statement Another Indian Dalit daughter of India is raped and murderedThe Confederation of Human Rights Organizations (CHRO) which is an umbrella body of various human rights and civil rights organizations and activists works to…
Hindu radicals disguised as Muslims planted Malegaon bombs?
Rediff.com 18 nov 2011Hindu extremist groups, who carried out blasts the 2006 Malegaon blasts, were disguised as Muslims to mislead investigators. Vicky Nanjappa reportsOn Monday, as seven of the nine accused who were granted bail…
A Curious Silence and an Un-Crossed Line: In…
18 nov 2011by Shuddhabrata SenguptaA news item from some weeks ago, which has gone curiously unremarked and un-commented upon has made me think about the limits that the freedom of expression debate and the discourse…
Our fight will continue: Shweta Bhatt
18 nov. 2011 by Smriti Kak RamachandranShweta Bhatt, wife of suspended Gujarat IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, is undaunted by what lies ahead in their fight against the State administration. Taking on the Narendra Modi government,…
Our fight will continue: Shweta Bhatt
18 nov 2011 by Smriti Kak RamachandranShweta Bhatt, wife of suspended Gujarat IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, is undaunted by what lies ahead in their fight against the State administration. Taking on the Narendra Modi government,…
Condemnation of Targeted Communal Attacks in Hyderabad and…
18 nov 2011 press release Condemnation of Targeted Attacks on Members of One CommunityDemand for Action- Constitution of Magisterial Enquiry to Expose ConspiracyWe the undersigned representatives of Civil Society are deeply concerned and disturbed by…
Why the Communal and Targeted Violence Bill must…
Teesta Setalvad nov 18 2011 In 1998, five years after we launched Communalism Combat, we had pointed out, in possibly one of the first researched compilations on judicial pronouncements on communal violence, that from the…
Mystery over shooting of Catholic nun
Tribal rights campaigner shot dead during alleged encounter near her home 18 Nov. 2011 A 53-year-old nun from Kerala who led campaigns to defend tribal rights was shot dead yesterday in the eastern Indian state…