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News: India/International

India News:

1.	International Conference in Toronto Calls on South Asians to Unite to Oppose War in South Asia
	A four-day long international gathering of academics, activists and concerned individuals from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka as well as from Canada, the UK and the US concluded on April 26th at the University of Toronto after resolving to whole-heartedly work to eliminate the threat of war in South Asia. ..more

2.	Appeal to the government of India
	As human rights defenders concerned about the human rights situation in Sri Lanka, we are gravely concerned that the government of India has extended its support to the government of Sri Lanka at the Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council convened on May 26, 2009 to discuss the emerging humanitarian and human rights situation in Sri Lanka. ..more

3.	Centenary Commemoration of Martyrdom
	A meeting was held by Indian Workers Association (GB), at the end of February, to mark the Centenary of Martyrdom of Madhan Lal Dhingra. The meeting was held at the Desh Bhagat Hall in Birmingham. ..more

4.	Protest and March in London remembering 1984
	5000 participants marched from Hyde Park to Trafalgar Square. The Rally at Trafalgar square was addressed by speakers from various Sikh organisations, a representative of the Green Party (Member of European Parliament), a representative of the Tamil community in the UK and a spokesperson from The Indian Workers Association (GB). ..more

Maharashtra Resident Doctors and Intern Students in

4500 resident doctors all over Maharashtra , under the leadership of MARD (Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors) working in the State Government and Municipal Corporation hospitals , along with 3000 interns went on strike on July 7th 2009. These doctors were protesting their miserable working and living conditions. Though they are students, in the name of internship and “residency’ they are forced to bear the brunt of the work of running the public hospitals in Maharashtra. ..more

6.	Mumbai Terror Attacks - Statement of LRS Maharashtra Committee
	It is the duty of those responsible for governing the country to provide suraksha and sukh –security and prosperity to the people, our biggest concern today. All the rulers and their political parties have completely failed in carrying out this fundamental duty to people. It is time to reflect on the basic issues affecting us. ..more

7.	Election 2008 - Statement of Lok Raj Sangathan
	lections are going to be held in 6 states in the coming weeks. These elections are being held at a time when the global crisis has cast its dark shadow on India and has made life even more difficult for the ordinary Indian citizen. Prices are going up and inflation continues to be on the rampage. Jobs are being cut down and working hours are being increased. ..more

8.	Appeal to the government of India
	As human rights defenders concerned about the human rights situation in Sri Lanka, we are gravely concerned that the government of India has extended its support to the government of Sri Lanka at the Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council convened on May 26, 2009 to discuss the emerging humanitarian and human rights situation in Sri Lanka. ..more

9.	Lok Sabha Election 2009
	pdf file ..more

10.	Building People’s Unity To Secure South Asia For The Peoples Of South Asia
	The current geopolitics of South Asia threatens a regional and global war that can devastate the countries and peoples of the region. This conference is being organized jointly by the South Asian Peoples Forum, the Ghadar Heritage Foundation and the Association of Indian Progressive Study Groups (AIPSG) to build the unity of the peoples across borders who alone can stop such wars. ..more

11.	Uncertain Periods
	Last few weeks have been extremely painful and uncertain moments for all of us who are part of Satyam. ..more

12.	“Adivasi Panchayat” has resolved for ‘not to vote in Parliamentary elections’, demanding for execution of forest act properly
	About ten thousand tribal along with thousands women turned up from 25 villages for a huge gathering to make success ‘Adivasi Panchayat’ at Vaijapur district Jalgaon of Maharastra. Panchayat was aimed to oppose the anomalies made by district administration of Jalgaon during the implementation of ‘Forest rights Act, 2006’ ..more

13.	Mallika Sarabhai Calls For A National Movement To Reclaim Democracy
	The people of India have to come together now to reclaim democracy for its people, said Dr Mallika Sarabhai addressing an interactive session at the Jawaharlal Nehru University today. “This fight is not of Gandhinagar alone, it is of the entire country. ..more

14.	Independent Candidate Mallika Sarabhai Addresses JNU Students
	Ms. Sarabhai’s anti-communal stand is worthy of applause and mass support and one hopes that we see more independent and people’s candidates coming to the fore and fighting for the rights of the people. ..more

15.	Pakistan Peace Delegation to India
	A 12 Member Peace Delegation crossed the Wagah- Attari Border on 1st March 2009 for a 10 day Goodwill visit to India. The Peace Delegation will be visiting Amritsar, Delhi, Nagpur, Hyderabad, Chennai, Lucknow, Patna, Kolkotta, Durgapur, Jaipur, Ajmer and Chandigarh before they return to Pakistan on 9th March 2009. ..more

16.	JNUSU’s Call For Support And Solidarity
	JNUSU is issuing this appeal in the face of a massive administrative crackdown on the on-going student’s movement in JNU. For the first time in JNU’s history, three JNUSU office bearers have been rusticated and declared out of bounds for leading a movement against a slew of commercialization measures in JNU. ..more

17.	Condemn political assassination and Condolence for Dr. Kishan
	MSAD expresses concern over the cold blooded assassination of its former volunteer Dr. Thingnam Kishan on 16 February 2009 and two of his associates Aribam Rajen and Yumnam Token after they were being kidnapped on 13. It is worth reminding that Dr Kishan, who had worked with MSAD for years in 1990s, had continued to work for the cause of the oppressed and marginalised people of Manipur. ..more

18.	Call of immediate humanitarian intervention with the present crisis in Sri Lanka
	The number of civilian deaths is unaccounted for, while the State's top interest seems to be only protecting the chauvinistic Sinhala nationalist values, which seeks to quell the diversity and vibrancy of the Sri Lankan society ..more

19.	JNUSU’s Call For Support And Solidarity
	JNUSU is issuing this appeal in the face of a massive administrative crackdown on the on-going student’s movement in JNU. For the first time in JNU’s history, three JNUSU office bearers have been rusticated and declared out of bounds for leading a movement against a slew of commercialization measures in JNU. ..more

20.	Condemn political assassination and Condolence for Dr. Kishan
	MSAD expresses concern over the cold blooded assassination of its former volunteer Dr. Thingnam Kishan on 16 February 2009 and two of his associates Aribam Rajen and Yumnam Token after they were being kidnapped on 13. ..more

21.	Planning meeting on "Evolving a Peoples' Manifesto" in the Context of 2009 General Elections
	General Elections 2009 is going to be crucial for the people of India. This election comes at a time when majority of citizens of the country experience crass neglect from institutions of democracy. While a few influential classes control the collective wealth of the country, vast majority of Indians are denied their fundamental rights and dignity. ..more

22.	Call of immediate humanitarian intervention with the present crisis in Sri Lanka
	It is with great distress that we have been witnessing the escalation of the no-holds-barred military operation in Sri Lanka's North by the State and non State actors and the simultaneous quelling of voices of dissent in Sri Lanka. ..more

23.	Rally to demand punishment for the guilty in the Uphaar tragedy
	Activists of Lok Raj Sangathan participated in a demonstration and rally organised by the Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT), on January 17 at the Smriti Upvan in Green Park, Delhi, to demand punishment for the guilty in the Uphaar tragedy. ..more

24.	Stop India's War in the Northeast
	We call for peace and democracy but the response by the Indian government is volley of bullets and all forms of brutal crime against humanity. What we have been experiencing for more than five decades has been war against democracy. ..more

25.	People's Manifesto in Dausa, Rajasthan prioritizes Safe Drinking Water for Every Village
	Local groups in Dausa prioritized the need to make safe drinking water available to every village in a 'People's Manifesto' prepared in anticipation of the Lok Sabha elections 2009. Sachin Pilot is the sitting Member of Parliament from this constituency in Rajasthan. ..more

26.	Condemning Police and State Apathy for Adivasi Rights
	In a meeting held on 7th and 8th December, concerned citizens got together at Gandhi Peace Foundation and later at SADED premises to deliberate upon disturbing events currently happening in the state of Jharkhand. ..more

27.	A call for unity on International Human Rights Day 2008
	It is to remind on this occasion of the International Human Rights Day that the notions of dignity and equality as recognised in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights should enable the world community in envisioning through practices of these notions a world free from domination, repression and injustice. ..more

28.	Unorganized workers march to Parliament!
	A militant rally was organized by the Nirman Mazdoor Panchayat Sangathan on 21st October, 2008. ..more

29.	Violence against minorities
	The otherwise non-descript road opposite Raj Ghat was covered with several colourful banners calling for peace and justice, as the three-day fast against atrocities on minorities in Orissa and elsewhere began today. ..more

30.	National Convention against Fascism
	The urgency to intervene in defense of democracy, secularism and justice has never been more pressing than in the conditions prevailing in the country today. ..more

31.	Protection for Unorganized Sector Workers
	A seminar was conducted on 13.05.2008 at Yeddanapalli Hall, in Loyola College on comprehensive legislative protection for unorganized sector workers. ..more

32.	Manipur on Recent Political Developments in Nepal
	The People’s Democratic Movement (PDM) Manipur organized a discussion on the significance of the recent political developments in Nepal, at the Manipur Press Club, Imphal on May 1, 2008. ..more

33.	Thousands of oustees of Narmada dams march in Bhopal
	Thousands of oustees of the Indira Sagar, Omkareshwar, Maheshwar, Man, Upper Beda and Bargi dams in the Narmada valley marched through Bhopal today against the repression and injustice being wreaked by the State Government on the villagers. ..more

34.	Communities around Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary Observe Bandh
	On July 3rd, 2008, the communities surrounding the Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary observed a bandh from 6 am to 5 pm in protest against the illegal declaration of the sanctuary as a "critical tiger habitat" and the harassment and intimidation of the people of the area. ..more

35.	Call of the National Alliance of People's Movements
	The struggle by the riverine fishworkers affected by the Upper Wardha dam in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra has reached a peak once again ..more

36.	People’s organizations get together to plan for the coming elections
	The present political, economic and social situation in our country has been deteriorating so fast that the ordinary people of our country are facing such hardship and uncertainty as has not been experienced by them till now. ..more

37.	A consceince encountered
	I've often been blamed by friends and colleagues for not keeping secrets to myself. It has been my practice to share information with people whenever I feel my conscience burdened…Dr. Sandeep Pandey. ..more

38.	Arresting Film-maker May Have Been a Mistake: Vishwa Ranjan
	For a change, it was the turn of Vishwa Ranjan, the high profile DGP (Director General of Police) of the Indian State of Chhattisgarh, to be interrogated. ..more

39.	Violence of the Invisible 9/11
	On 22nd May 1958, the Government of India promulgated an ordinance called the Armed Forces Special Powers Ordinance to meet the challenges of an extraordinary situation arising out of the assertions of the Naga tribes in the then Naga Hills of Assam and parts of the then North Eastern Frontier Agency (NEFA). ..more

40.	India as a `Great Power'
	In the preceding months there has been a tremendous amount of activity in the political mainstream and elsewhere on the Indo-US Nuclear Deal. ..more

41.	Immediate Media Attention required
	Invite your immediate attention to the Chengara Land Struggle, Kerala ...The Government of Kerala has failed in addressing the issue of landlessness and is responsible for worsening the situation in Chengara. ..more

42.	An article on the toilet facilities in Sanjay Colony
	Sanjay Colony is a slum area in Okhla Industrial Area – Phase II. Presently, the slum area has a population of about 40,000 people. There are two CTCs in the area, which were built 10 years back when the population living in the area was 10,000. ..more

43.	Dalits in village pick up the courage to stop 'Bitti Chakri'
	This is about Hariharapura. The special news is that the Dalits in this village have picked up the courage to stop 'Bitti Chakri' in this village. Bitti chakri is the free caste labor forced upon the Dalits by age told traditions of Hinduism. ..more

44.	"Second anniversary of bestial Honda attack:
	Workers of Gurgaon and Rewari organised an impressive rally under the banner of the Trade Union Council, Gurgaon, to reiterate their resolve to fight for their rights, on the 25th of July 2007. ..more

45.	Seminar on Judicial Accountability and Reforms
	The Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR), of which LRS is a constituent, organised a one – day seminar on the topic in Hyderabad on 20th June 2007 at the Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad ..more

46.	Public Meeting in Mumbai on the situation in Nepal
	Dr. Binayak Sen, an active national Vice-President of the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) and General Secretary of its Chhattisgarh unit was arrested a year ago under the allegation that he had links with Maoists. ..more

47.	Rally and Demonstration against CZM Notification
	The Rally in Tuticorin against the proposed CZM Notification became an historic event, as over five thousand of coastal community people from the coastal villages of Tirunelveli and Tuticorin thronged around Cruz Fernando’s statute and started off a rally which ended at Sub collector’s office. ..more

48.	Enthusiastic response to Ghadar Jari Hai in Kolkata
	On July 3rd, 2008, the communities surrounding the Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary observed a bandh from 6 am to 5 pm in protest against the illegal declaration of the sanctuary as a "critical tiger habitat" and the harassment and intimidation of the people of the area. ..more

49.

Concerned NRIs on Fast, Demand Release of Binayak Sen, Want Draconian Acts to be Repealed

Many concerned Indians in the USA joined a global fast by hundreds of activists in Raipur, Chhattisgarh as well as in other parts of India and the world, demanding the annulment of the draconian Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act 2005, and the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (1967) amended in 2004 and the release of Dr Binayak Sen (medical doctor and recipient of the prestigious Jonathan Mann award for Health and Human Rights), Ajay T. G. (independent film-maker) and many other activists belonging to the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), detained under the above acts. ..more

50.	National Seminar on Challenges to the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, New Delhi
	The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM) is a subterfuge to foist the agenda of market-driven urban reforms on to all State Governments without any democratic debate or public discussion. ..more

51.	CNDP Condemns Intransigence of Indian Prime Minister on the Deplorable Indo-US Nuclear Deal
	The Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP) - a national coalition of organisations and individuals for nuclear disarmament - notes with great concern the Indian Prime Minister's obstinate insistence on going ahead with clinching of the India-specific agreement with the IAEA. ..more

52.	Unorganized Sector Workers staged a protest against Government's moves to re-involve Revenue Department in implementation of Labour Welfare Board's functions
	The Tamilnadu Government has convened today the Advisory Committee constituted under Tamilnadu Manual Workers Act, 1982 to implement the Unorganized Sector Workers' Labour Welfare functions through Village Administrative Officers under Revenue Department. ..more

53.	Atrocities Committed against Minorities
	The testimonies showed that a large number of innocent young Muslims have been and are being victimized by the police on the charge of being involved in various terrorist acts across the country. ..more

54.	Dangerous Indo US strategic
	The growing Indian economy is seen as a place to export capital for maximum profits. In particular, the US corporate houses see in India a major market for high end exports linked to infrastructure development, to the space and nuclear sectors, and to the military sector. ..more

55.	Discussion on "Whither India?"
	The All India Council of Lok Raj Sangathan has initiated regular discussions on important political questions confronting our country. ..more

56.	Third Anniversary of the Terrible Attack on Honda Workers
	Three years ago, the Honda workers were brutally attacked by the police. On 25 March 2008 hundreds of workers of Honda Motor and Scooter Company (HMSC) and workers and unions from various districts in Haryana participated in a public meeting at the Secretariat in Gurgaon to mark this third anniversary as “Unity Day”. ..more

57.	Demand Scrapping of the Himalayan Ski-village Mega-tourism Project
	Social and environement groups and activists in Himachal Pradesh have been opposing the 300 million Dollar Himalayan Ski Village project in Kullu since 2006. ..more

58.	NAPM Condemns Murder of its Karnataka State Convenor
	We are shocked to learn of the gruesome murder of senior activist and campaigner for prohibition of liquor, Mr. A.T. Babu, one of the state convenors of NAPM in Karnataka. ..more

59.	Condemn Government of Maharashtra's conspiracy to resume the construction of the notorious Dow Chemicals
	The villagers, farmers and warkaris of the entire area of Bhandara - Bhamchandra Panchakroshi who organised themselves as Bhamchandra Dongar Bachao Warkari Shetkari Sangharsh Samiti have been fighting to save the sant bhoomi of Maharashtra's most revered saints. ..more

60.	Thousands of oustees of Narmada dams march in Bhopal
	Thousands of oustees of the Indira Sagar, Omkareshwar, Maheshwar, Man, Upper Beda and Bargi dams in the Narmada valley marched through Bhopal today against the repression and injustice being wreaked by the State Government on the villagers. ..more

61.	Communities around Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary Observe Bandh
	On July 3rd, 2008, the communities surrounding the Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary observed a bandh from 6 am to 5 pm in protest against the illegal declaration of the sanctuary as a "critical tiger habitat" and the harassment and intimidation of the people of the area. ..more

62.	Communities around Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary Observe Bandh
	On July 3rd, 2008, the communities surrounding the Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary observed a bandh from 6 am to 5 pm in protest against the illegal declaration of the sanctuary as a "critical tiger habitat" and the harassment and intimidation of the people of the area. ..more

63.	Unorganized Sector Workers staged a protest against Government's moves to re-involve Revenue Department in implementation of Labour Welfare Board's functions
	The Tamilnadu Government has convened today the Advisory Committee constituted under Tamilnadu Manual Workers Act, 1982 to implement the Unorganized Sector Workers' Labour Welfare functions through Village Administrative Officers under Revenue Department. ..more

64.	International People's Tribunal intimidated and detained in Indian-administered Kashmir
	On June 20, the 'International Peoples Tribunal on Human Rights and Justice in Indian-administered Kashmir' visited the northern district of Kupwara ..more

65.	CNDP Condemns Intransigence of Indian Prime Minister on the Deplorable Indo-US Nuclear Deal
	The Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP) - a national coalition of organisations and individuals for nuclear disarmament - notes with great concern the Indian Prime Minister's obstinate insistence on going ahead with clinching of the India-specific agreement with the IAEA. ..more

66.	National Seminar on Challenges to the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, New Delhi
	The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM) is a subterfuge to foist the agenda of market-driven urban reforms on to all State Governments without any democratic debate or public discussion. ..more

67.	Communities around Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary Observe Bandh, Hunger Strike in Protest against Illegal Tiger Habitat Notification, Violation of Communities' Rights
	On July 3rd, 2008, the communities surrounding the Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary observed a bandh from 6 am to 5 pm in protest against the illegal declaration of the sanctuary as a "critical tiger habitat" and the harassment and intimidation of the people of the area. ..more

68.	Public meeting in Mumbai on the situation in Nepal
	Lok Raj Sangathan and the Lok Shasan Aandolan organized a meeting on 24th May in Mumbai entitled “Nepal-Road towards People’s power and challenges”. ..more

69.	New Delhi witnesses massive rally against the draconian AFSPA
	The developing struggle against the repressive Armed Forces Special Powers Act (1958), used as a means to oppress the people of the North East for nearly five decades continuously, came to the streets of Delhi on October 11. ..more

70.	Urban Poor Yatra links with struggles against Special Economic Processing Zones in Maharashtra
	The Urban Poor Yatra, which started from Mumbai on October 3 rd, as part of their program to link urban struggles across the country reached the struggles of farmers in Raigad and Pune where 11 SEZ are coming up resulting in large scale appropriation of agricultural land for non agricultural purposes. ..more

71.

Call for repeal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act

Two years after the historic protest outside Kangla Fort in Imphal by mothers which touched off country-wide protests, demanding the repeal of the draconian AFSPA, and punishment for the army officers who carried out the rape and murder of Manorama Devi, the protests refuse to die down. On July 15, 2006 , the second anniversary of the Kangla Fort protest, protest actions took place in Imphal, Delhi and other parts of the country. Imphal, AFSPA, Manorama Devi, Manipur, Manipuri Students Association ..more

72.	Call for repeal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act
	Two years after the historic protest outside Kangla Fort in Imphal by mothers which touched off country-wide protests, demanding the repeal of the draconian AFSPA, and punishment for the army officers who carried out the rape and murder of Manorama Devi, the protests refuse to die down ..more

73.	Mill workers and mill area residents shocked by Supreme Court judgment!
	All thinking Indian's must support the just right of Iran to pursue its peaceful nuclear programme. ..more

74.	DOCTORS ON STRIKE – WHY?
	Resident doctors working 24 hours a day for years altogether have suddenly gone on strike. WHY?? ..more

75.	Massive protest against Bush visit
	More than 2 lakh protestors gathered in Ramlila Maidan, New Delhi to protest against the visit of Bush. The rally was organized by Ulama-I-Hind. Several organizations including the Lok Raj Sangathan and Communist Ghadar Party of India participated in the rally. ..more

76.	RELEASE RAJ AWASTI
	Raj Awasti was arrested on January 3, 2006 under Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities ..more

77.	Students’ Declaration against Mr.George.W.Bush, On his unwelcome visit to India
	Students’ Islamic Organization of India proposes to declare a united and joint declaration against proposed visit of the US President Mr. George W. Bush ..more

78.	Demonstration against Hong Kong Conference of WTO. at Kovilpatti
	A demonstration was held in Kovilpatti on 8th December 2005 against the W.T.O. ministerial conference. ..more

79.	Public Discussion on The Communal Violence (Prevention, Control and Rehabilitation of Victims) Bill, 2005
	The bill in its present form does not substantially address the issues and concerns raised in drafting the proposals for the law against genocide submitted in 2004. It fails to address two crucial issues, namely, definition of 'genocide' to include all mass crimes against society and the issue of chain of command responsibility. ..more

80.	Dec.19th rally to the Raj Bhavan for presenting a petition to the Governor of Tamil Nadu
	In pursuance of a decision taken by the National Campaign Committee for Unorganised Sector Workers, rallies were taken out in various parts of the country and petitions were submitted to the Governors at state headquarters and to collectors at district headquarters. ..more

81.	National Seminar on Comprehensive Legislation for Unorganised Sector Workers
	National Seminar on Comprehensive Legislation for Unorganised Sector Workers aimed at reaching consensus on a comprehensive bill and involving different segments of Unorganised Sector Workers in the campaign. ..more

82.	Repression in Vedanta Alumina Area
	The battle lines are clearly drawn in Orissa between the local people and the state government on the question of who has a right to the land, forests and mineral resources of the state. Here is a report of one more stand-off in this battle. ..more

83.	RWAs protest against hikes in electricity and water charges
	RWAs are not begging the Government but are demanding their rights. Their demand is that the government make all documents of contracts and deals public. She said that people must be consulted at all steps. ..more

84.	Continuing fight of the workers of Honda results in victory
	The resolve o the HMSI workers and the support of the people of Gurgaon has thus resulted in a situation where the government and the management were forced to recognize their right to form a union and also reinstate all the dismissed and suspended workers. ..more

85.	Successful rally of NCC of Unorganised Sector Workers
	About 20,000 Unorganised Sector Workers from 12 States participated in a Rally and submitted a petition to the PC of Lok Sabha demanding a comprehensive Legislation for providing Security of Livelihood for the 370 million workers of this sector. ..more

86.	Rozgar Adhikar Yatra among the Kols of Shankargarh
	The aim of the Yatra is to affirm the right to work as an aspect of the fundamental right to live with dignity. In particular, the Yatra demands the immediate adoption of a full-fledged, universal and irreversible Employment Guarantee Act. ..more

87.	Oppose criminal control over drinking water sources by multinationals!
	Close on the heels of the opposition to the Coca Cola bottling plant at Plachimada in Kerala, people in another state -- this time in Gangaikondan in south Tamil Nadu -- are up in arms against another Coca Cola bottling plant being set up there. ..more

88.	One lakh Peasants of Kisan Panchayat march to the Parliament
	More that a lakh peasants and agricultural labourers from 11 states across India held a massive Peasants Assembly at Kisan Ghat in New Delhi on 17 March, putting forth their Charter of 11 demands. Coordination Committee of Bhartiya Kisan Andolan. ..more

89.	Mumbai to protest Anglo-American occupation of Iraq
	Mass actions in Mumbai on 19 March 2005 in support of the struggles of Iraqi, Afghan and Palestinian peoples and protest against violations of human rights by Anglo-American imperialism. ..more

90.	Meetings in cities to demand repeal of AFSPA from Manipur
	Facsimile of newspaper reports of meetings in Pune and Bangalore to demand repeal of AFSPA ..more

91.	Press Release by National Campaign Committee for Repeal of AFSPA
	The Working Committee of the Apunba Lup had organised a two-day Discussion/ Seminar on the ongoing Movement against AFSPA on 8th and 9th Dec. 2004 and a mass rally on 10th December 2004, the International Human Rights Day at Imphal. ..more

92.	Action Committee to save lives of Krishna Mochi and others
	Various social, cultural, human rights, Dalit Right organisation have come together to save lives of Krishna Mochi and other poor Dalit landless labourers from Bihar who have been awarded the death penalty by Session cum TADA court of Gaya. ..more

93.	What is happening in Manipur? -Meeting in IIT Bombay 21.9.04
	Shocking to the audience was the fact that Armed Forces Special Powers Act allowed even a non-commissioned officer to order killing merely on suspicion. Thangjam Manorama was taken into custody on suspicion of having links with the insurgents. ..more

94.	Life Sketches of Five Landless and Poor Peasants of Bihar
	The Supreme Court has confirmed the punishment of death sentences in Bara Case by a majority of 2:1. Brief life sketches of the condemned poor people. ..more

95.	Two public meetings in Mumbai demand repeal of AFSPA
	"Withdraw the Armed Forces Special Powers Act" - unanimous demand raised in two public meetings and a demonstration in Mumbai. Report of the meetings with photographs. ..more

96.	Two public meetings in Mumbai demand repeal of AFSPA
	"Withdraw the Armed Forces Special Powers Act" - unanimous demand raised in two public meetings and a demonstration in Mumbai. Report of the 2nd meetings with photographs. ..more

97.	14 Organisations in Mumbai call meeting against AFSPA
	Armed Forces (Assam and Manipur) Specials Powers Act gives sweeping powers to the army of detaining any person for months without legal redressal on suspicion of being a militant or a supporter to the militant cause ..more

98.	Appeal to the Election Commission from EKTA about Snap Poll in Gujarat
	An Appeal to the Election Commission of India : A Snap Poll in Gujarat at this juncture will be Grossly Violative of Democratic and Constitutional Principles. ..more

99.	India becomes developing world's top arms buyer
	U.S. willingness to consider selling advanced military items to India suggests it may view India as a potential regional counterweight to growing Chinese military power. ..more

International News:

1.	Vox populli - Nepal Style
	Community radio stations 'Vijaya FM', a community station located in Gaindakot, on the Narayani river, or the Kathmandu-based Radio Sagarmatha, Nepal's first community FM station which opened in 1997,in Nepal air public discussion on constitutional issues ..more

2.	Clean Money Clean Elections
	By enacting a system of public financing for elections we can cut the ties between politicians and the big-money special interests and lobbyists who currently fund their campaigns. ..more

3.	May Day: Millions of Immigrants in the US participate in demonstrations
	Millions of immigrants and their supporters skipped work and took to the streets on Monday, May Day 2006. The protests succeeded in drawing attention to the important role played by immigrants in the economy of the USA. The fight for dignity of immigrant labour was appropriately organized on the International Day of Workers Solidarity ..more

4.	French Protests Over Youth Labor Law Spread to 150 Cities and Towns
	Students joined forces with others in more than 150 cities and towns throughout France in the largest nationwide protest against the government's new youth labor law. ..more

5.	Justice for the Gate Gourmet Workers
	The Gate Gourmet workers struggle hit the world news as the struggle that shook British Airways, The American catering company Gate Gourmet and Tony Blair’s government. ..more

6.	The blockade is an economic war applied at global level
	Speech by Felipe Pérez Roque, minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Cuba, under Issue 18 on the agenda of the General Assembly titled The Need to End the Economic, Commercial and Financial Blockade imposed on Cuba by the US. ..more

7.	International Meeting against Terrorism, for Truth and Justice , 4th June 2005
	An International Meeting against Terrorism, for Truth and Justice began 4th June 2005 in Havana, in the presence of President Fidel Castro and other figures. The conference demonstrates the growing awareness in the world on the need for us to unite in a single fighting front that puts forward arguments of truth and justice as opposed to those of brute force and imperial manipulation ..more

8.	War Clouds, Communal Violence (and a Concert for Peace)
	What are the avenues for change? What role must people play to end the politics of violence? Join us for a discussion meeting, followed by a concert for peace and friendship. (In Univ of Southern California, 2 Nov 2002) ..more

9.	Plans for September 24 Mass March in Washington DC
	A diverse group of antiwar, civil rights, religious and community leaders held a press conference on 1 June 2005 to announce plans for the September 24, 2005, Mass March in Washington DC announced by the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition. AFP report ..more