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The Feminist

The Case against Teesta Setalvad or the Gujarat Model of Vindictive Action

      As the hearing in the anticipatory bail applications of Teesta Setalvad, Javed Anand and three survivors of the Gulberg society massacre, Tanvir Jafri, Salim Sandhi and Firoz Gulzar Pathan comes up on July 9, 2014, IndiaResists.com recapitulates the case against the activists. A study of the affidavits and counter-affidavits shows a vindictive state gunning for activists. For years on Teeta Setalvad and Javed … Continue reading The Case against Teesta Setalvad or the Gujarat Model of Vindictive Action

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Civil Rights, Human Rights, The Feminist

Not just ‘foreign hand’, critical Gujarat NGOs on IB watchlist too

Written by Amitav Ranjan , Parimal A Dabhi , Kumar Anand | New Delhi | June 12, 2014 The 21-page secret report to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) names several foreign-funded NGOs. Prime minister Narendra Modi’s resolve to replicate the “Gujarat development model” in the country faces stiff opposition from a range of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) with connections to the opposition Congress and some who have campaigned for victims of the … Continue reading Not just ‘foreign hand’, critical Gujarat NGOs on IB watchlist too

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