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Women’s Groups Release A Statement Prior To The 2019 Lok Sabha Elections

Women’s Groups Release A Statement Prior To The 2019 Lok Sabha Elections

feminisminindia.com / By WomenMarch4Change

For the last five years, women of India have watched with growing anger as our struggles for equality have been dented and our hard-won freedoms undermined. We have watched the present government and its followers spread misogyny, hate and lies across this land. Today, on the eve of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, we say, NO MORE!
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People’s Manifesto: Against State Repression For Saving Democracy

People’s Manifesto: Against State Repression For Saving Democracy

Kractivist.org / Statement by Mumbai Rises to Save Democracy

India has witnessed a drastic rise in attacks on human rights activists, journalists, lawyers, farmers, adivasis, RTI activists, students, academicians, workers, protestors etc. opposing anti-people policies of the government and protesting human rights violations. The constitutionally guaranteed freedoms of speech and expression, association and assembly are under severe threat. Several people across the country have been criminalized in false and fabricated cases.
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Online Petition: Release Varavara Rao Immediately

Online Petition: Release Varavara Rao Immediately

Change.org / By Venugopal Rao N

The 79-year old renowned poet and public intellectual Varavara Rao, along with four others, was arrested by police on August 28, 2018 on fabricated charges and Supreme Court of India intervened and directed the police to keep all the arrested under ‘house arrest’, pending legal reliefs. Finally he was arrested on November 17, 2018 and imprisoned in Yerawada Central Prison, Pune since then.
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The All India Cultural Convention – Pratirodh Ek Jan Sanskritik Dakhal held at Bhillai

The All India Cultural Convention – Pratirodh Ek Jan Sanskritik Dakhal held at Bhillai

Cgbasket.in / By Chhattisgarh Basket

„We shall speak, we shall perform, we shall dance, we shall sing towards that dawn when the idea of justice is materialized in this country.“
The All India Cultural Convention – Pratirodh Ek Jan Sanskritik Dakhal held at Bhillai, Chhattisgarh on the 16th and 17th of March 2019 saw the participation of more than two hundred representatives from various cultural action groups across India.
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People’s Lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj honoured by Harvard University

People’s Lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj honoured by Harvard University

The Leaflet / By Nihalsing B Tathod

Presently incarcerated in a jail in Pune, people’s lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj has been honoured by Harvard University, for her contribution towards law and policy. The National Secretary of the Peoples Union for Civil Liberties has been placed 5th in rank amongst 21 prominent women across the globe. Harvard University has previously honoured Angela Davis and Hillary Clinton.
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Rally and Public Meeting in Raipur

Rally and Public Meeting in Raipur

Photo credits: Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha – Mazdoor Karyakarta Committee

Solidarity with Sudha Bharadwaj and other accused at International Women´s Day in Raipur (Chhattisgarh).

Members of European Parliament Ask India to ‘End Crackdown’ on Rights Activists (incl. full text of letter)

Members of European Parliament Ask India to ‘End Crackdown’ on Rights Activists (incl. full text of letter)

The first nine of the 20 signatories. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Twitter

The Wire / By The Wire Staff

Twenty members of European parliament have written to the Indian government and National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) expressing concern over the crackdown on human rights defenders. They have urged India to create a more open civil society space.
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