As Jammu and Kashmir drifts towards a promised assembly election, it cannot be that many more, especially in the Valley, wouldn’t be tempted to embrace the Rashid example A spectre is haunting Jammu and Kashmir. That is not unusual for our most distressed geography. But it is not the spectre of violent death renewing its… Read More Sankarshan Thakur: An idea aflame
NB: Attacking Hadid feels like a great distraction from the (US taxpayer-funded) hell on Earth that is Gaza. It’s fascinating to see which media outlets have chosen to write about this fake shoe controversy, but have ignored recent stories such as a 24-year-old man with Down’s syndrome being attacked by an IDF dog in Gaza… Read More Why is Bella Hadid in the headlines? Because it distracts from the hell on Earth that is Gaza
Ahmad Farhad’s abduction sent ripples across Pakistan. After being released on bail, he insists on telling his story Shah Meer Baloch in Islamabad and Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi It was late at night in Islamabad and Ahmad Farhad was returning from a quick trip to the shops when someone walked up behind him. “Don’t be… Read More ‘I fear they will kill me for talking’: The Pakistani poet abducted for his activism
Bharat Bhushan A nationwide curfew imposed by the Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh on Friday, 19 July, may not be enough to quell the student protests that began on 1 July. Already over 100 protestors have been killed in police firing and 25,000 protestors injured. Prime Minister Hasina imposed the curfew after a massive breakdown of law and… Read More Bangladesh: Students Have Often Led Protests That Have Transformed the Country
NB: This comment by a Bangladeshi activist on the current events has been sent with difficulty, given the government clampdown on communications. The writer has requested that it be widely circulated. Beneath it is a condensed translation of an informal report from a Facebook post by journalist Arka Bhaduri in West Bengal. DS Bangladesh police… Read More State terror in Bangladesh / Informal reports on the ground situation
Army to be deployed to keep order after demonstrators free hundreds of prisoners and country is hit by serious unrest Hannah Ellis-Petersen The Bangladeshi government has declared a national curfew and announced plans to deploy the army to tackle the country’s worst unrest in a decade, after student protesters stormed a prison and freed hundreds… Read More 105 people killed; national curfew imposed in Bangladesh after student protesters storm prison
Peter Beaumont Thorough, detailed and all encompassing, the international court of justice’s advisory ruling on the illegality of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory and settlement building represents a stark refutation of Israel’s claims, and will have a profound impact for years to come. The ICJ declared Israel’s long-term occupation of Palestinian territory “unlawful” and said it… Read More International Court of Justice rules Israeli occupation & settlements on Palestinian territory unlawful and de-facto annexation
National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM)National Office: A/29, Haji Habib Bldg., Naigaon Cross Road, Dadar (E), Mumbai – 400014 Social Media: @napmindia | E-mail: napmindia[[at]gmail.com |Web: www.napm-india.org NAPM condemns the horrific spree of mob lynchings across the country after the Lok Sabha election results United Resistance needed against hateful communal politics, mob lynching of religious minorities… Read More NAPM condemns the horrific spree of mob lynchings across the country after the Lok Sabha election results
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By Colonel (Ret) Ann Wright / World BEYOND War As Israel continued its relentless genocide on steroids of Palestinians in Gaza with over 140 killed in the past weekend, imprisonment without charges of thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank and destruction of the hospitals, universities, schools (8 UNRWA schools bombed in the past 10 days),… Read More NATO/US Complicity in the Relentless Israeli Genocide of Gaza
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