Iran protests rage as Mahsa Amini’s father says authorities lied about her death; prevented him from seeing her body

The father of an Iranian woman who died in police custody last week has accused authorities of lying about her death, as protests rage nationwide despite the government’s attempt to curb dissent with an internet blackout. Amjad Amini, whose daughter Mahsa died after being arrested in Tehran by morality police, said doctors had refused to let him see his daughter… Read More Iran protests rage as Mahsa Amini’s father says authorities lied about her death; prevented him from seeing her body

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Report on the Third Day of Nationwide Protests Following Mahsa Amini’s Death

On September 19, 2022, the nationwide protests for Mahsa Amini’s death continued for the third consecutive day. People protested Amini’s death in the streets and they chanted slogans against the regime and police brutality against women. These protests turned violent by the police and security forces, and several protestors were injured. In Divandarreh, the government… Read More Report on the Third Day of Nationwide Protests Following Mahsa Amini’s Death

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The Prime Minister wants India to shed its colonial past. He should begin by reforming the police

PRAVEEN SWAMI Forty-five annas worth of goods had vanished from the house in Katra Sheesh Mahal, nestled inside the lanes of Delhi’s Chandni Chowk: Kitchen utensils, women’s clothes, a hookah, and, mysteriously, a bowl of kulfi ice-cream. Late in 1861, Maeeduddin Yar Khan, son of Muhammad, walked into the Sabzi Mandi police station, one of three in Delhi,… Read More The Prime Minister wants India to shed its colonial past. He should begin by reforming the police

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Multinational Corporations and COVID-19: Intellectual property rights vs. human rights

PUBLIC GOODS  •  September 1, 2021  •  Peter Rossman he multilateral trading system anchored by the WTO is not confined to cross-border trade in physical goods. It was also designed to protect corporate knowledge monopolies. Developing countries were told that strict adherence to the rules of ‘free trade’, codified and enforced by the WTO, would enhance their… Read More Multinational Corporations and COVID-19: Intellectual property rights vs. human rights

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The search for new time: Ahimsa in an age of permanent war

Dilip Simeon First posted April 11, 2017 Lecture presented at the Champaran Satyagrah centenary celebrations, Patna, April 10, 2017 A pdf of the lecture is available here. A fuller argument on satyagrah and nihilism may be read here  The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it: Mary Catherine Bateson Nihilism doesn’t stand… Read More The search for new time: Ahimsa in an age of permanent war

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Naxalites should lay down their arms and challenge the ruling class to abide by the Constitution

Dilip Simeon First posted June 4, 2017; published in The Indian Express, June 5 NB: This is the third piece I have written concerning the 50th anniversary of Naxalbari. It appeared today -June 5, 2017 – in the Indian Express website. The first was entitled Annihilation. The second, Yesterday once more-50 years after Naxalbari, was published in Outlook. Here is a post… Read More Naxalites should lay down their arms and challenge the ruling class to abide by the Constitution

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Indian government accused of ceding land in Himalayas to China

Aakash Hassan Indian people living near the country’s disputed Himalayan border with China have accused their government of giving away swathes of land after both sides agreed to withdraw troops from some contested areas and create buffer zones. Earlier this month, Indian and Chinese troops, who have been locked in a tense border dispute since June 2020,… Read More Indian government accused of ceding land in Himalayas to China

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