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To President With Concern for Teesta Setalvad

  The Advocates for Human Rights wrote a letter to President Pranab Mukherjee and Justice Balakrishnan on the 13tth of June to express its support for Human Rights activist Teesta Setalvad. The letter requested “to take over the investigation of criminal charges brought against Ms. Setalvad and her colleagues so as to ensure that criminal charges are not used to harass and intimidate Ms. Setalvad … Continue reading To President With Concern for Teesta Setalvad

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Gulbarg fund embezzlement: HC stays Teesta’s arrest until 19 June

          Ahmedabad: In a big relief to social activist Teesta Setalvad, her husband Javed Anand and slain Congress MP Ehsan Jafri’s son Tanvir Jafri, the Gujarat High Court stayed their arrest until 19 June today, in connection with the Gulbarg Society fund embezzlement case.    The High Court extended the stay after the Additional Advocate General of Gujarat sought time to file a … Continue reading Gulbarg fund embezzlement: HC stays Teesta’s arrest until 19 June

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Farewell, seer and scientist -TEESTA SETALVAD

    Remembering Dr. Veer Bhadra Mishra, who campaigned for a clean Ganga with a committed heart and a rationally trained mind. Before he could light the lamp for the daily evening aarti at the Sankat Mochan mandir last Wednesday evening (March 13, 2013), Dr. Veer Bhadra Mishra breathed his last. The mahant, whose modest abode was at the legendary Tulsighat of Benaras, succumbed to lung … Continue reading Farewell, seer and scientist -TEESTA SETALVAD

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To Stand Together – Teesta Setalvad

        When Savitribai Phule, backed by her comrade in arms Jyotiba Phule opened the first ever all girls school at Bhidewada, Pune in 1848 with not more than seven-nine students, she and her husband were ostracized, condemned by caste peers and thrown out of home and hearth. This is arguably the first ever all girls school in the world, a vital slice … Continue reading To Stand Together – Teesta Setalvad

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Season of Discontent – Teesta Setalvad

One of the greatest achievements of India’s leading opposition part since the mid-1980s to the early 1990s has been to manipulate and shift Indian discourse from the real to the distorted, from the factual to the manipulated. Behind this Goebellian technique is the proto fascist organisation, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) owing it’s inspiration to no great Indian pluralist tradition but to the very modern … Continue reading Season of Discontent – Teesta Setalvad

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The real story behind the corruption charges against activist Teesta Setalvad

        The Gujarat government wants activist Teesta Setalvad to be interrogated in custody about charges of embezzling donations collected to build a communal violence museum. But the charges against Setalvad seem to be an attempt to intimidate her to withdraw cases she has helped Zakia Jafri to file against Narendra Modi. On Thursday, the Gujarat High Court adjourned the hearing of a case … Continue reading The real story behind the corruption charges against activist Teesta Setalvad

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Citizens for Justice disappointed with Zakia Judgment (26-12-2013)

Citizens for Justice and Peace Press Release after Zakia Judgment 26-12-2013 On behalf of thousands of survivors of the 2002 genocidal pogrom that took place in Gujarat from February – May 2002, the Citizens for Justice and Peace expresses deep disappointment and anguish at the verdict of the Magistrate Court, Judge BJ Ganatra accepting the dismissal of serious criminal charges of criminal conspiracy against chief … Continue reading Citizens for Justice disappointed with Zakia Judgment (26-12-2013)

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Vote for the fascists, Live without dignity – Dibyesh Anand

When your father or grand father is hacked and burnt to death along with 68 others in one go When your father or grandfather is one of the 780 killed for having a name that is not part of the majority community When your mother or grand mother has to run from pillar to post to get justice When all she gets are blank defiant … Continue reading Vote for the fascists, Live without dignity – Dibyesh Anand

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“Told Modi Gulbarg attack was coming, he kept mum” : Count Down to Judgement Day of Zakia Jafri Case Begins

As the countdown to the Judgemnet Day of Zakia Jafri Case begins Hillele.org brings to you some of the important reports on Gujrat’s Chief Minister Narendra Modi and his role in Gujrat riots. The Indian EXPRESS Ahmedabad: 17-05-11, Daily Eng. News. “Told Modi Gulbarg attack was coming, he kept mum” IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt deposes before Nanavati-Mehta Commission, says he also attended two other meetings … Continue reading “Told Modi Gulbarg attack was coming, he kept mum” : Count Down to Judgement Day of Zakia Jafri Case Begins

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JUDGMENT DAY OF ZAKIA JAFRI CASE- DECEMBER 26 2013 (Teesta Setalvad)

GRAVITY OF CHARGES:- CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST MODI Introduction:- The Zakia Jafri (supported by Citizens for Justice & Peace) Criminal Complaint against Narendra Modi and 59 Others was ordered to be investigated by the Supreme Court. Zakia Jafri & CJP have been attempting to get serious criminal charges registered and investigated since 8.6.2006. The Special Investigation team (SIT) originally asked to further investigate Nine Major Trials … Continue reading JUDGMENT DAY OF ZAKIA JAFRI CASE- DECEMBER 26 2013 (Teesta Setalvad)

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