------------------------------------------------------------------------ South Asia Citizens Wire | 3 May 2011 - No. 2711 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
The HTML version is available at: http://www.sacw.net/IMG/lettre/lettre_20110502_36b79_en.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + NATO's bombing of civilian targets in Libya is illegal ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ It would seem that international law is nonexistent. That alone can explain the barbaric bombing of civilian targets in Libya. I hold no brief for what many correctly describe Gaddafi as a tyrannical ruler. I have full sympathy for the opposition and admiration for their struggle to get rid of (...) -> http://www.sacw.net/article2048.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Absurd nationalism at the heart of the Cambodia - Thailand clash ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ‘THAILAND and Cambodia have’, according to BBC News, ‘reached a ceasefire after a week of fighting along a disputed border .... Both countries said the truce was struck following talks between the two militaries.’ The border between the two countries has been contested for years, and ‘nationalist (...) -> http://www.sacw.net/article2047.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Update on workers struggle for regularisation at ACC HOLCIM, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh - 4 weeks on ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The indefinite dharna (sit in) by the contract workers of HOLCIM-ACC at Bhilai completes four weeks on 30th April 2011. We are circulating an update on the situation there. -> http://www.sacw.net/article2043.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + India: Why a state funeral for Sai Baba the con artist and fly ash generator ? ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The recent passing away of Sathya Sai Baba - a self-proclaimed god and among India’s most recognisable godmen - marks the end of one of the most remarkable personalities of post-independence India. He was, by far, the most well known and popular of India’s godmen and his influence straddled (...) -> http://www.sacw.net/article2042.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Arundhati Roy: Corruption is a political issue ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ We are here, all of us, because like many others in this country we are concerned about the rampant corruption that is hollowing out the institutions of our democracy. Twenty years ago, when the era of “liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation” descended on us, we were told that public (...) -> http://www.sacw.net/article2041.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + The Jamaatis’ new robes ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JI) invitation to a party has met with more jeers than cheers. Not many Muslims, it appears, are keen on singing Happy Birthday to the new-born named Welfare Party of India. The Muslim advocates’ meet in Mumbai on a Friday (April 22) saw the enthusiastic participation of (...) -> http://www.sacw.net/article2039.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + India's go ahead for Jaitapur nuclear power plant is shocking: statement by concerned citizens ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ We are shocked at the government’s sheer insensitivity in announcing on the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe that it is going ahead with the Jaitapur nuclear power project. -> http://www.sacw.net/article2038.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Bangladesh: Why the ban on men and women sitting together near a city lake ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Two human rights and legal aids organisations yesterday served a legal notice on the home secretary and police authorities asking them to inform the grounds of a ban imposed on men and women sitting together near a city lake. -> http://www.sacw.net/article2037.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Madhya Pradesh: Shadows of Hindu Rashtra ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ adhya Pradesh is being ruled by the BJP Government from last several years. This is one state where BJP and its erstwhile avatar, Bhartiya Jansangh had a good deal of following in the past also. During last few years one has seen with the BJP Government in the saddle, the state is imposing the (...) -> http://www.sacw.net/article2025.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Bangladesh Massacre: Newsclick interview with Karamat Ali ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Newsclick interview with Karamat Ali, Pakistani labour and peace activist. -> http://www.sacw.net/article2022.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + The superbug meets the suprabug of Indian polity — jingoism ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Instead of a rational resolution by a peer group based on evidence, what we often get is a soap opera, where scientists slug it out, utterly indifferent to their professional roles. Consider the superbug controversy. It begins as an article in The Lancet, a prestigious and professional British (...) -> http://www.sacw.net/article2020.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- Via South Asia Citizens Web - http://www.sacw.net _______________________________________________ SACW mailing list SACW@insaf.net http://insaf.net/mailman/listinfo/sacw_insaf.net