3500 Slum Dwellers in Mumbai demand their constitutional rights at the Collectorate in Bandra
EU nations have decided to suspend Sri Lanka's preferential trade status because of the island's human rights record and will make the formal move later this month, officials said Friday. This is an AFP article listed here.
Ashim Jain does a 007 maneuver to capture a senior government officer demanding bribe. The story from the hero's mouth.
The threat of state and company sponsored violence looms large over farmers sitting on an indefinite dharna, at Balitutha in jagatsinghpur district of Orissa against the government's pet project - POSCO.
With the government on the verge of a decision allowing Monsanto's btBrinjal, farmer groups, environmental groups and numerous civil society groups around the country is warning of major environmental, health and livelihoods crisis.
More than 3500 slum dwellers gathered outside the collector's office in Bandra to voice their concerns about violation of their constitutional and human rights. The MMRDA agreed to some demands and has reduced the amount of land to be consolidated for metro car shed depot from 46 hectares to 6 hectares. The slum dwellers plan to start a hunger strike if key decisions on their rights are not taken by 8th March.
Political parties, civic society groups, NGOs and policy organizations gathered in Peshawar to put together a plan that could lead Pakistan out of the crisis of violence. This long note forwarded by members of that gathering recognizes the role of the establishment in aiding and abetting terrorist groups, provides insight into the communities affected and makes recommendations for the way out.
Are development policies fundamentally flawed - flawed based on technical analysis of what is feasible and what can not be achieved hidden behind rhetoric and technical arrogance? Are our policies based on exceptions to fundamental laws of science? Sanat Mohanty writes.
The next time you grit your teeth at the beggars and the kids selling flowers at every signal, think of Tulsabai Pawar. Maybe she’s out there. Eyes filmed with cataract, this large woman, who’s had children and grandchildren in this city, is still willing to work. This is a TOI article by Jyoti Punwani.
Sri Lankan Muslim civil society groups, who were first displaced from northern regions almost 20 years ago by LTTE forces are concerned that the government has yet to recognize their rights to return and develop programs to help them return to their homes.
Hussain Bux Mallah writes that media biases in Pakistan continue to destabilize a democratically elected government.
"With the availability of already trained local force and large number of sympathizers of Jihad, Pakistani Kashmir is a soft and easy zone for terrorist operations for Taliban" writes Zafar Iqbal.
Satish Shetty - an RTI activist who had been actively using the law to bring to light numerous cases of corruption had requested police protection since he had been receiving threats. He was murdered. Commodore Lokesh Batra writes that whistleblower protection must become part of the law.
Participate in the Public Consultation on Bt Brinjal to be held by Shri. Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests (i/c) on Saturday, 23rd January 2010, 10.30 am - 2.00 pm at Good Shepherd Auditorium, Prof. Ashirvatham Circle, Residency Road - Museum Road Junction, Opposite St.Joseph's PU College, Bangalore 560 025
If nothing else, the cap and trade strategy for climate change might at least give us our next bubble.
