Protest Works! Turkish Political Prisoner Is Freed on Bail
Shining a light on the case of Cihan Erdal, a trade union, peace and LGBTI+ campaigner, who faces trumped-up charges in one of Turkey’s biggest mass trials.
Air India: Family Silver Sold for a Song
The Tatas’ acquisition of Air India threatens to create an oligopoly in the Indian aviation market. The sale is being ostensibly justified by Air India’s bleeding losses that were, in fact, caused by deliberate and egregious neglect of India’s oldest airline under liberalisation.
‘Pakoda’ Employment Has Increased Poverty Over the Last Eight Years
The real daily earnings of rural self-employed decreased from Rs 21.1 to Rs 19.9, and did not increase much in urban areas (a negligible rise from Rs 139.9 to Rs 141.3) during 2017-2020.
Behind the Modi Government’s Doublespeak on Ladakh, a Refusal to Acknowledge Reality
The Chinese know where they are and what they did. The government of India and the Army, too, are, hopefully, wiser after the event. The only ones who do not yet clearly know what transpired are the people of India.
The RTI Law: 16 Years On, Still a Contested Space
As the RTI Act completes 16 years it becomes increasingly clear that democracy, and the right to information are inextricably linked to one another. Despite all the effort to weaken and dilute the law, it is clear that the RTI is much more than a law. It is a people’s movement.
Distress and Danger in Kashmir
Until the recent killings of minorities, there was an unusual silence in Kashmir valley. Kashmir’s situation reveals the tell-tale signs of a region pushed into a vortex of irrecoverable misery, thanks to monumental official blunders.
Justice Arun Mishra Needs a Lesson on Peace and Human Rights in the Northeast
The NHRC chief recently praised the Union home minister for ushering in ‘a new age of peace’ in the region. Perhaps he knows something people in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura don’t.
Secondary Victimisation of Rape Survivors: Adding Insult to Injury
Following a sexual assault, the survivor and her family go through more trauma and humiliation at the hands of social service providers — hostile police, inquisitive court personnel and insensitive hospitals. It can lead to various health and mental issues in victims.
Behind NATO’s ‘Cognitive Warfare’: ‘Battle for Your Brain’ Waged by Western Militaries
After economic warfare, cyber warfare, information warfare, etc. against its adversaries, NATO is now working on a new kind of combat it has branded cognitive warfare. It involves exploiting “the vulnerabilities of the human brain” in order to implement more sophisticated “social engineering.”
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U.S. Writes Belarus into its Familiar Regime-Change Script
Quietly, the U.S. national security state is turning up the heat on Belarus, hoping that the ex-Soviet country of 9 million will be the next casualty of its regime-change agenda.