------------------------------------------------------------------------ South Asia Citizens Wire | 28 April 2011 - No. 2710 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
The HTML version is available at: http://www.sacw.net/IMG/lettre/lettre_20110428_c1933_.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Peace activists in Pakistan and India warn of nuclear danger on 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl accident ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ News reports on the chernobyl day events organised in Pakistan and India by peace movement initiatives. In Karachi a candle light vigil by PPC was held on 26 April 2011 and in Delhi a public meeting organised by CNDP in New Delhi. -> http://www.sacw.net/article2035.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Photos from Delhi protest on repression against anti nuclear activists 25 April 2011 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Photos from the 25 April 2011 demonstration at Maharashtra Sadan in New Delhi to protest against repression of anti nuclear activists in Jaitapur, Maharashtra. Photos were taken by Mukul Dube. -> http://www.sacw.net/article2034.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Statement by Concerned Christians on UN Panel on Accountability in Sri Lanka ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ the Sri Lankan government and the UNSG is not allowing us, Sri Lankan citizens to read the full report that deals with a critical and tragic part of our history. We are disappointed that after almost two weeks, and after several promises being made, the UNSG had not extended the same courtesy (...) -> http://www.sacw.net/article2033.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + UN Panel';s Report on Accountability and War Crimes in Sri Lanka -> http://www.sacw.net/article2032.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + The eleven are not just eleven ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ We take the groundless show cause notices issued by the Registrar of Delhi University (DU) to 11 members of the Department of English, dated April 15, 2011, to be notices issued each one of us. These notices, absurdly invoking Ordinance18 and the High Court Order in the Kalindi College case, (...) -> http://www.sacw.net/article2031.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + A few good men ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ THOSE who believe on either side of the India-Pakistan equation that Kashmir is a Muslim entity are sadly missing out on the contribution of Kashmiri Pandits to the limitless enrichment of the subcontinent’s secular culture, chiefly of the Urdu language and the aadaab-i-majaalis, social (...) -> http://www.sacw.net/article2026.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + India: Text of landmark court ruling regarding 'Khap Panchayats'; which decree honour killings ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Landmark ruling on 19 April 2011 by India’s supreme court in matters, Arumugam Servai versus State of Tamil Nadu and Ajit Kumar and others versus State of Tamil Nadu. -> http://www.sacw.net/article2023.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Human rights in Kashmir: Use and Abuse of the Article 370 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Asian Centre for Human Rights, Special Report on Jammu and Kashmir that includes Abuse of Article 370”, Order Extraordinaire of the NHRC on J&K, status of J&K State Human Rights Commission and deplorable conditions of the Sikhs and Hindu minorities who have been denied citizenship of (...) -> http://www.sacw.net/article2019.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Support Holcim India workers struggle for regularisation in Bhilai ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The indefinite dharna by contract workers asking for the implementation of a High Court order directing ACC-Holcim to regularize them is in its 15th day today. We urge friends and supporters to write to the following officials in the management, urging them to follow the Labour Laws of India (...) -> http://www.sacw.net/article2016.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Burqa got a befitting French kiss ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ It has been and is my biggest relief to be among people who are sane enough to be against this practice of subjugating women through veil. But finding so many friends and fellow rights’ activists among those protesting France’s ban on Burqa is shocking and disappointing both. The anti-ban crowd (...) -> http://www.sacw.net/article2015.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + The seeds of authoritarianism ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Confronted with the intractable problems that the messy but occasionally creative world of democracy brings with it, some civil society organisations prefer to substitute democracy with administration. Establish a Jan Lokpal, endow it with colossal power, bestow on it the status of a Leviathan, (...) -> http://www.sacw.net/article2009.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Bangladesh: Islamists again violently oppose women's rights - Secularists need to resist firmly ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ the politically conscious and democratically oriented sections of society, especially the women’s rights organisations, need to realise that protection of women’s rights is hardly a top priority for the mainstream political parties and that they need to organise themselves, mobilise public (...) -> http://www.sacw.net/article2005.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Japan’s nuclear crisis is a wake-up call for India ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The grave nuclear crisis in Japan has highlighted the issue of safety in atomic installations the world over, including in India. It has also prompted the demand for a thorough safety review of nuclear installations. More than 60 eminent citizens from different walks of life have signed the (...) -> http://www.sacw.net/article1994.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- South Asia Citizens Web - http://www.sacw.net _______________________________________________ SACW mailing list SACW@insaf.net http://insaf.net/mailman/listinfo/sacw_insaf.net