South Asia Citizens Wire - 28 April 2011

Thu Apr 28 05:45:15 CDT 2011

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    South Asia Citizens Wire | 28 April 2011 - No. 2710
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+ Peace activists in Pakistan and India warn of nuclear danger on 25th anniversary 
of the Chernobyl accident
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News reports on the chernobyl day events organised in Pakistan and India by peace movement
initiatives. In Karachi a candle light vigil by PPC was held on 26 April 2011 and in Delhi a
public meeting organised by CNDP in New Delhi.

-> http://www.sacw.net/article2035.html

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+ Photos from Delhi protest on repression against
anti nuclear activists 25 April 2011
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Photos from the 25 April 2011 demonstration at
Maharashtra Sadan in New Delhi to protest against
repression of anti nuclear activists in Jaitapur,
Maharashtra. Photos were taken by Mukul Dube.

-> http://www.sacw.net/article2034.html

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+ Statement by Concerned Christians on UN Panel on
Accountability in Sri Lanka
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the Sri Lankan government and the UNSG is not
allowing us, Sri Lankan citizens to read the full
report that deals with a critical and tragic part
of our history. We are disappointed that after
almost two weeks, and after several promises being
made, the UNSG had not extended the same courtesy
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-> http://www.sacw.net/article2033.html

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+ UN Panel';s Report on Accountability and
War Crimes in Sri Lanka

-> http://www.sacw.net/article2032.html

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+ The eleven are not just eleven
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We take the groundless show cause notices issued
by the Registrar of Delhi University (DU) to 11
members of the Department of English, dated April
15, 2011, to be notices issued each one of us.
These notices, absurdly invoking Ordinance18 and
the High Court Order in the Kalindi College case,
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-> http://www.sacw.net/article2031.html

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+ A few good men
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THOSE who believe on either side of the
India-Pakistan equation that Kashmir is a Muslim
entity are sadly missing out on the contribution
of Kashmiri Pandits to the limitless enrichment of
the subcontinent’s secular culture, chiefly of
the Urdu language and the aadaab-i-majaalis,
social (...)

-> http://www.sacw.net/article2026.html

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+ India: Text of landmark court ruling regarding
'Khap Panchayats'; which decree honour
killings
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Landmark ruling on 19 April 2011 by India’s
supreme court in matters, Arumugam Servai versus
State of Tamil Nadu and Ajit Kumar and others
versus State of Tamil Nadu.

-> http://www.sacw.net/article2023.html

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+ Human rights in Kashmir: Use and Abuse of the
Article 370
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Asian Centre for Human Rights, Special Report on
Jammu and Kashmir that includes Abuse of Article
370”, Order Extraordinaire of the NHRC on
J&K, status of J&K State Human Rights
Commission and deplorable conditions of the Sikhs
and Hindu minorities who have been denied
citizenship of (...)

-> http://www.sacw.net/article2019.html

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+ Support Holcim India workers struggle for
regularisation in Bhilai
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The indefinite dharna by contract workers asking
for the implementation of a High Court order
directing ACC-Holcim to regularize them is in its
15th day today. We urge friends and supporters to
write to the following officials in the
management, urging them to follow the Labour Laws
of India (...)

-> http://www.sacw.net/article2016.html

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+ Burqa got a befitting French kiss
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It has been and is my biggest relief to be among
people who are sane enough to be against this
practice of subjugating women through veil. But
finding so many friends and fellow rights’
activists among those protesting France’s ban on
Burqa is shocking and disappointing both. The
anti-ban crowd (...)

-> http://www.sacw.net/article2015.html

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+ The seeds of authoritarianism
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Confronted with the intractable problems that the
messy but occasionally creative world of democracy
brings with it, some civil society organisations
prefer to substitute democracy with
administration. Establish a Jan Lokpal, endow it
with colossal power, bestow on it the status of a
Leviathan, (...)

-> http://www.sacw.net/article2009.html

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+ Bangladesh: Islamists again violently oppose
women's rights - Secularists need to resist
firmly
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the politically conscious and democratically
oriented sections of society, especially the
women’s rights organisations, need to realise
that protection of women’s rights is hardly a
top priority for the mainstream political parties
and that they need to organise themselves,
mobilise public (...)

-> http://www.sacw.net/article2005.html

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+ Japan’s nuclear crisis is a wake-up call for
India
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The grave nuclear crisis in Japan has highlighted
the issue of safety in atomic installations the
world over, including in India. It has also
prompted the demand for a thorough safety review
of nuclear installations. More than 60 eminent
citizens from different walks of life have signed
the (...)

-> http://www.sacw.net/article1994.html

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