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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
On December 1, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador ruled that mining in a protected forest violates the rights of nature established by the nation’s constitution.
The last night at Singhu; Tikri Border: The day the farmers’ protest ended; Police brutality, FIRs and a hostile Khattar govt: what Haryana farmers overcame; As farmers head back home, they’re taking unity and a renewed faith in democracy with them; Six major phases that defined the farmers’ movement.
Another year has passed with most of the core issues facing the Bhopal gas survivors remaining unaddressed. Also – Three Ways Dow Discriminates & Dehumanizes.
The year-long agitation of farmers against the three farm laws captured the vision of Gandhi and the spirit of his first Satyagraha in Champaran – that if the legislature proves itself to be incapable of safeguarding kisans’ interests, they have the sovereign remedy of civil disobedience and non-cooperation.
In its complaint filed with the United Nations on Sunday, the coalition of nursing unions argues that the proliferation of variants is a predictable outcome of rich nations’ refusal to “distribute vaccines and treatments equitably to the vast majority of people of low- and moderate-income countries.”
The first stage of this struggle has, no doubt, been won. But a prolonged struggle is required for getting proper prices for the crops and for securing the right to food for the working masses through PDS. This struggle now demands a higher and long-lasting unity.
The climbdown by the Modi government in the face of the incredible resoluteness shown by the agitating peasants is a setback for neoliberalism, since corporate ascendancy over the agricultural sector is a crucial part of the neo-liberal agenda the farm laws were seeking to promote.
In replying to your speech we have got an opportunity to clarify some of the common misconceptions regarding human rights work. The work human rights organisations such as PUCL do is under the Constitution and aims to achieve Constitutional goals.
A 56-year-old Kerala nun is isolated in her convent, barred from eating or speaking with her fellow nuns. While the Church has made several charges against her, the real reason, she says, is because she stood up for a sister nun allegedly raped 13 times over two years by a powerful bishop.
Over a half-century later, two of the convicted assassins of Malcolm X, Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam, were exonerated on Nov. 18. Their exoneration demands an investigation into who were the real assassins and who allowed the murder to happen. The leading suspect is the U.S. government.
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