Tag: human rights

Russian authorities are cracking down on rights activists fighting for Indigenous people / Over 2 Lakh People Petition Against Great Nicobar Projects

The operation began at 9am Moscow time, but took place across all of Russia’s 11 time zones. Almost simultaneously, agents of the federal security service (FSB) raided the homes and workplaces of 17 Indigenous rights activists. Damien Gayle Environment correspondent Officers carried out searches, confiscated laptops and phones, and arrested and interrogated activists about participation in… Read More Russian authorities are cracking down on rights activists fighting for Indigenous people / Over 2 Lakh People Petition Against Great Nicobar Projects

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From The Bench To Barbs: ‘Cockroach’ Slur On Critics

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant’s obiter dicta in a case before him described some unemployed youngsters as “cockroaches”, some of whom go on to “become” (sic) the media, social media, RTI activists, and start “attacking the system”. — PTI Bharat Bhushan Notwithstanding the denial, it is important to note that metaphors that dehumanise any… Read More From The Bench To Barbs: ‘Cockroach’ Slur On Critics

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Netanyahu Will Go, but the State Will Die With Him

Carolina Landsmann Apropos talk about a plea bargain for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in exchange for his retirement from political life, which President Isaac Herzog is working on; apropos the Supreme Court’s attempts to buy time to postpone the “constitutional crisis” (that is, the “storming of the Bastille,” aka the court, by “the people,” which,… Read More Netanyahu Will Go, but the State Will Die With Him

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‘Go inside, he will kill you’: Israeli militants step up West Bank school attacks

Education is under attack across occupied Palestine. The situation is most severe in Gaza, where more than 600,000 school-age children are approaching the end of a third year without formal in-person education. Israeli attacks there have killed at least 792 teachers and 18,639 students, according to the UN, and damaged or destroyed nine out of 10… Read More ‘Go inside, he will kill you’: Israeli militants step up West Bank school attacks

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Democracy demands a public debate on Great Nicobar’s environmental and strategic costs

The commercial framing of the project by the Narendra Modi government cannot be allowed to avoid parliamentary scrutiny on strategic matters Bharat Bhushan During his visit to Great Nicobar island, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has drawn national attention to the proposed Great Nicobar Holistic Development Project — a deep-sea transhipment port and allied infrastructure valued at around Rs… Read More Democracy demands a public debate on Great Nicobar’s environmental and strategic costs

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No Day After for Gaza: Israel has Killed 1,000 during “Ceasefire”

by Dr Mustafa Fetouri ( Middle East Monitor ) – The international community remains fixated on a phantom: Gaza’s “Day After.” While Washington, Cairo, and Doha debate elaborate governance frameworks and the “Board of Peace,” these plans share a fatal flaw—they lack a viable “buyer” on the ground. Smashed pipes, blocked off wells: Taps run dry in the… Read More No Day After for Gaza: Israel has Killed 1,000 during “Ceasefire”

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The Vortex

NB: A gripping and very informative account of the intertwined crises that led to war and global confrontation in 1970-1971. I was a small witness to it from the Indian side of the border; and was caught up in the political cyclone which became the central theme for my novel Revolution Highway. Indeed, it was… Read More The Vortex

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The Climate Wars: How Superpowers Are Carving Up the Earth | With Arthur Snell

What do melting Arctic ice, a war for farmland in Ukraine, and the panic of Gulf petro-states have in common? Arthur Snell exposes the terrifying new geography of global conflict and how humanity can adapt to survive it. By In Solidarity Podcast and Sian Norris The climate crisis is changing the way nations think about food, energy, resources,… Read More The Climate Wars: How Superpowers Are Carving Up the Earth | With Arthur Snell

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Gaza’s yellow line creeps forward as Israeli forces expand zone of control

Residents waking to find line has moved overnight and they are now in free-fire zone as army takes more territory Seham Tantesh in Gaza and Julian Borger Israeli forces have been moving an agreed truce line in Gaza westwards over the six months since the ceasefire, expanding their zone of control and making the state of limbo… Read More Gaza’s yellow line creeps forward as Israeli forces expand zone of control

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