Tag: justice

A Family Breaks Its Silence: Shocking Details Emerge In death of presiding judge in Sohrabuddin Trial

सीबीआई जज की मौत को लेकर उठे सवाल First posted November 22, 2017 NIRANJAN TAKLE NB: The essential feature of the fascist project is the abolition of the distinction between legal and illegal violence. The presence of DIG Vanzara, an accused in the Ishrat Jahan and Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter cases, in an RSS meeting attended by its ‘Sarsanghchalak’ Mohan… Read More A Family Breaks Its Silence: Shocking Details Emerge In death of presiding judge in Sohrabuddin Trial

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The Sun will protect Jeremy Clarkson. Who will protect women who suffer violence every day?

Women are sexually assaulted on a daily basis. Rape Crisis has reported that one in four women is raped or sexually assaulted as an adult; in March 2022, 70,330 rape cases were reported to the police. According to the charity, 618,000 women are raped or sexually assaulted every year. The criminal justice system consistently fails to protect… Read More The Sun will protect Jeremy Clarkson. Who will protect women who suffer violence every day?

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Iranian actor Taraneh Alidoosti arrested after criticism of death penalty

Patrick Wintour Taraneh Alidoosti, one of Iran’s most famous actors, has been detained by security forces in Tehran days after she criticised the state’s use of the death penalty against protesters. She had previously posted a picture of herself on her Instagram page in which she was not wearing the hijab and holding a piece… Read More Iranian actor Taraneh Alidoosti arrested after criticism of death penalty

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Where is the confrontation with the judiciary possibly headed?

Bharat Bhushan Why did the vice-president (VP) and chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Jagdeep Dhankhar, criticise the Supreme Court in his inaugural speech to the Upper House of Parliament? He claimed that the undoing of the National Judicial Appointment Commission (NJAC) by the judiciary was a “severe compromise of parliamentary sovereignty” and a “disregard of… Read More Where is the confrontation with the judiciary possibly headed?

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Evidence Planted On Activist Stan Swamy’s Laptop, Claims US Report

A new report by an American forensic firm shows that multiple incriminating documents were planted in the computer of Father Stan Swamy, the 83-year-old activist-priest who was arrested for alleged terror links in 2020 and who died in custody a year later. The report blasts a hole in the National Investigation Agency (NIA)’s charges against… Read More Evidence Planted On Activist Stan Swamy’s Laptop, Claims US Report

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Patriotism as a diagnosis

Stanislav Markelov First posted February 21, 2019 When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish: Lao-Tzu, Chinese Philosopher (601-531 BC) This is the last article written by Russian activist lawyer Stanislav Markelov before he was shot dead in central Moscow a decade ago. On 19 January 2009, as Markelov and Baburova walked… Read More Patriotism as a diagnosis

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