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Justice once more for Bilkis Bano, but what now lies ahead?

CJP Legal Research Team - January 16, 2024

Bilkis Bano has fought a hard, challenging battle. As one of the 1,958 women Muslim survivors of the targeted violence in Gujarat in 2002, she can now breathe some sighs of relief, if the convicts are “found” by the Gujarat police and report to prison by January 22 (the deadline set by the Supreme Court). There is also a possibility that these convicts now approach the Maharashtra government for remission under section 432 of the CrPC

Caste

Rohith’s death: We are all to blame

teesta-setalvad - January 16, 2024

First published on January 19, 2016Supply Sodium Cynanide and a Rope to every Dalit student-Rohit to the VC a month before he took his...

Freedom

Broadcasting Bill adverse to freedom of speech & freedom of press: EGI

sabrangindia - January 15, 2024

The Editors Guild of India, in its submissions to the ministry of Information and Broadcasting, has detailed how the provisions of the Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill, 2023 are both vague and excessively intrusive

Communalism

How and why the Ram Temple is just a political tool for the BJP

ABHAY KUMAR - January 15, 2024

Ahead of the Lord Ram temple inauguration in Ayodhya on 22 January, the supreme spiritual leaders of Sanatan Hindu Dharma have made a public statement that they would not participate in the inauguration ceremony in Ayodhya, causing a big embarrassment for the ruling Hindutva forces.

Freedom

Plea to NHRC: Fairly investigate into ‘enforced disappearance’ of youth off Bangla border

Counterview Desk - January 15, 2024

In a representation to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairman, human defender Kirity Roy, who is secretary, Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM) and...

Dalit Bahujan Adivasi

Protest in Delhi: Indian state unleashing ‘undeclared, undocumented’ war on Adivasis

CounterView - January 13, 2024

The civil rights network, Forum Against Corporatization and Militarization (FACAM), which held a protest gathering at Delhi University Arts Faculty against the cutting of trees and land grab of Adivasi peasant land in Hasdeo, Chhattisgarh, leading to massive displacement in Kaimur, Bihar, has said that as many as 195 paramilitary camps have been built within 5 years of Operation Samadhan-Prahar in order to quell any unrest in the region.

Law & Justice

Your Man in the Hague (in a Good Way)

Craig Murray - January 13, 2024

I attended the hearing on Thursday of South Africa’s case against Israel for genocide at the International Court of Justice. I was able to sit in the public gallery and watch all the proceedings. I was, however, handicapped in reporting by the fact that we were not allowed pens or pencils (though we were allowed paper). I asked the Head of Security at the ICJ why pens were not allowed in the public gallery. He told me, with a perfectly straight face, that they could be used as a weapon. So bereft of my deadly ballpoint, this account is less detailed and more impressionistic than I would wish to give you.

Gender and Sexuality

Interfaith couple assaulted in Karnataka, woman gang raped

sabrangindia - January 12, 2024

An interfaith couple were assaulted, abused, and kidnapped from their hotel room in the state. The police have arrested some of the accused, while the remaining are still at large.

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