Press Note Over 85 international organisations and individual campaigners, activists and academics including two Labour MPs and a former Labour MEP have released a statement condemning the Indian state’s continued drone bomb attacks in Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh, the most recent on 7 April 2023. The repeated use of aerial bombardment on civilian populations suggests … Continue reading Statement against the drone bomb attacks in Chhattisgarh, India
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Crisis in India
As people will be aware, there is a crisis in India; not just the recent Covid-19 surge but the human rights violations by the current government for the last five years or so including the revoking of Article 370 and atrocities in Kashmir, the Citizens Amendment Act (CAA), the Farm Bill and indiscriminate arrests under … Continue reading Crisis in India
Hidme Markam
On 9th of March Chhattisgarh police arrested Hidme Markam, Indigenous human rights and environmental defender while she was at an International Women’s Day event where many had gathered to commemorate Adivasi (Indigenous) women who have lost their lives as a consequence of violent physical and sexual assault by police and security forces. IndiaMatters UK urges … Continue reading Hidme Markam
Experts welcome health assessment mandate for thermal power plant clearance
The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has now made it mandatory for all new Thermal Power Plants in the India to comply with “Human Health and Environment” criteria as part of the mandatory clearance procedures. Through an Office Memorandum issued on 19th November 2018, the MoEFCC mandates that a baseline health status within … Continue reading Experts welcome health assessment mandate for thermal power plant clearance
India is on its way to becoming a fragile state
An excellent overview of current conditions in India published in The Wire. "If steps are not taken now failure will set in. These failing conditions have not appeared suddenly like some fever. They have been creeping up on us for decades. Successive governments have covered them up and denied they exist. Each of these conditions … Continue reading India is on its way to becoming a fragile state
Statement by IAPL on issues raised by four senior judges
IAPL STATEMENT ON ISSUES RAISED BY FOUR SENIOR SC JUDGES ON 12.1.2018 12th January 2018 The Indian Association of People’s Lawyers applauds the courageous step taken by the four senior-most judges of the Supreme Court in placing, before “we, the people” as the ultimate authority, the impasse that has been created by the refusal of … Continue reading Statement by IAPL on issues raised by four senior judges
Professor Saibaba still in jail
Saibaba's Letter From Jail: "I Do Not Think I Will Survive This Winter" http://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/1/12100/Saibabas-Letter-From-Jail-I-Do-Not-Think-I-Will-Survive-This-Winter
Crisis in the Indian Supreme Court
First Judge Loya dies in mysterious circumstances after being pressured to decided in a certain way in the Sorabuddin case which directly implicates Amit Shah the second in command and party chief after Modi. Now there is attempt at 'bench fixing' and four senior judges have come out publicly and called a press conference!!! The … Continue reading Crisis in the Indian Supreme Court
Report Launching and Storytelling
From Raigarh to Bastar : Women`s Voices against the Corporate Looting in Chhattisgarh An evening of storytelling, report launching and discussion about the health impacts of mining, people`s resistance and violence against women in Chhattisgarh Friday 18th of August, 6-9 pm Amnesty International UK Seminar Room 25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA Organised by … Continue reading Report Launching and Storytelling
May Day rally in London
Join us in a show of solidarity with Professor Saibaba and with jailed Maruti Suzuki workers in Haryana at the London May day rally in London. We will meet at 37a Clerkenwell Green EC1R 0DU at 11am for a midday start
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