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This was based on reports that the were “racial prejudice” and “unlawful acts” against some African people at Khirki Extension in South Delhi on Thursday night The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices, returnable in three days, to the Delhi Chief Secretary, the Police Commissioner here and the Union Home Secretary, on the reports that the were “racial prejudice” and “unlawful acts” against … Continue reading NHRC notice to Delhi govt
Trastuzumab biosimilar launched but still priced out of reach for most patients New Delhi, 18 January 2014 The Campaign for Affordable Trastuzumab welcomes the announcement by Biocon of the release of CANMAb, a bio-similar of trastuzumab. CANMAb is expected to be available in the market from 1 February 2014 and will be sold at a price of Rs.19,500/- per vial of 150 mg – around … Continue reading Campaign for Affordable Trastuzumab
Unless the legal profession and courts, largely comprised of men, restructure themselves, they will continue to present hostile environments to women. Even while ruling that sexual harassment is an infringement of the constitutional right to dignity, the justice pyramid stood apart as an exception to this standard First it was Rupan Bajaj from Punjab, then a woman officer in Kerala; and we learnt that senior … Continue reading Lawyer, judge and aam aadmi – Kalpana Kannabiran
बरखुरदार खुश रहो, बहुत शुक्रिया कि तुमने मुझे सौंवी सालगिरह पर याद रखा. कुछ देर पहले ही इफ़्तिख़ार आरिफ़ यह बताने आया था कि उसने पाकिस्तानी सरकार को लिखित सिफारिश की है कि मुझे भले दें ना दें मगर वसी शाह, सालेह जाफर और सआदत हसन मंटो को ज़रूर लाइफ़ टाइम अचीवमेंट एवार्ड से से नवाज दें. मैंने उनके इस एहसान का शुक्रिया अदा … Continue reading मंटो की ख्वाहिश: वुस्तुल्लाह ख़ान
The following is a statement, issued by seven eminent persons, against the Gujarat government’s action against Citizens for Justice and Peace activists fighting the Zakia Jafri case : Indian citizens have just got a disturbing glimpse of how the state would deal with dissidents and human-rights defenders should Narendra Modi come to power nationally. Hardly had the ink dried on a magistrate’s judgment exonerating Modi … Continue reading Gujarat police’s move condemned
(First Published in EPW) The judgment in the 16 December Delhi rape case imposed the death penalty based upon the depravity of the offence and the demands of the “collective conscience of society”. On the other hand, in the Naroda Patiya judgment in the case of the rapes and murders of Muslims in this part of Gujarat, the court held that it cannot go down … Continue reading Sexual Violence and the Death Penalty – Arvind Narrain
PRESS RELEASE A discussion on “Options in Present Political Scenario” was organized on 12-01-2014 under the banner of Intellectuals Forum for Secular Democracy & Social Justice (IFSDSJ) in the teaching staff club, Aligarh Muslim University. The event was attended by large number of intellectuals representing wide cross section of the society including AMU teachers, Engineers, Doctors and Social Activists. In the opening remarks Prof. Shamim … Continue reading Options in Present Political Scenario
मां बनने की इच्छा और जरूरत का सात फेरों से कोई लेना-देना नहीं। ईश्वर, धर्म, कोर्ट, कानून, कचहरी, शादी, परिवार, समाज, व्यवस्था आदि-आदि से भी कोई लेना-देना नहीं। मां बनने की इच्छा और जरूरत का लेना-देना है तो सिर्फ हमारे शरीर के हॉर्मोन्स से। सात फेरे समाज लगवाए, न लगवाए, हॉर्मोन तो वक्त पर अपना काम करते ही हैं। मैं और मेरी बहुत सारी सहेलियां … Continue reading मां बनने की इच्छा का सात फेरों से कोई लेना-देना नहीं – Manisha Pandey
रात के एक बज रहे हैं। मैं बुरके में ढकी सुनसान गली में खड़ी हूं। थोड़ा डर भी है क्योंकि यह वही दिल्ली है जहां निर्भया कांड हुआ था। मगर जिस लाइट पोस्ट के नीचे मैं खड़ी इंतजार कर रही हूं, वह टारगेट तक मुझे पहुंचाने के लिए बिल्कुल मुफीद जगह है। हुआ भी यही। कुछ ही देर में तेल से सने बाल, उड़े रंग … Continue reading आधी रात की डील: अन्वेषा बनर्जी
A deliberate campaign to vilify the efforts to procure justice for the Victims of the carnage of 2002 that has been sustained and supported by vested powerful interests in Gujarat and the opposition party at the national level has reached new heights over past weeks. Malafide attempts to embroil us in more false cases before the Gujarat police (that can be then manipulated to intimidate … Continue reading PUBLIC STATEMENT on the FIR against Teesta Setalvad
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