Twitter Gives Millions to “Welfare Wing” of India’s RSS Paramilitary
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, on 10 May 2021, announced a $2.5 million donation to Sewa International, well known as the welfare front of the RSS.
COVID-19: Ensure Free Treatment and Uniform Price for Vaccines, JSA Says in Statement
The Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA) has listed out seven demands and asked the Union Government to face up to what has gone wrong so far.
Mass Mobilizations in Chad against the Military Junta and French Imperialism
A week after the death of the dictator Idriss Déby, Chad’s military junta and France are confronted with massive mobilizations of the toiling masses.
Condemn Arbitrary Raids on Activists’ Homes in AP and Telangana
NAPM expresses its solidarity with all these activists who are long standing members of human rights, civil liberties and mass organizations and have been working for the welfare and rights of the most disenfranchised people, including Adivasis, Dalits, workers, farmers, minorities and women.
Protests against Pakistan Prime Minister’s Comment Linking Rape to How Women Dress
Pakistan rights campaigners have taken exception to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s remarks on the causes of sexual violence and rape, terming them factually incorrect, insensitive and dangerous.
Judiciary and Social Justice, Dignity and Personal Liberty, Human Rights and Frights
Our founding fathers and mothers were far-sighted in matters of socio-economic justice, dignity of the individual and personal liberty. Today, dissent and disagreement are slowly being turned into sedition and a national security issue. In good time, human rights may well become human frights.
Oscar Romero’s Prophetic Courage Needed
“If we really want an effective end to violence, we must remove the violence that lies at the root of all violence: structural violence, social injustice, exclusion of citizens from the management of the country, repression.” – Fr Oscar Romero, a few days before he was gunned down.
Whose Feminism? Palestine’s Feminism
Palestinians affirm, yet again, that one cannot be a feminist while supporting gendered violence, settler-colonialism, indigenous dispossession, and apartheid.
Being ‘Hindu’ and Being ‘Secular’: Tamil ‘Secularism’ and Caste Politics
The Hindu right has not been able to take over much of Tamil Nadu’s political space, due to the long-standing propaganda by parties such as the DMK against the caste-based discrimination within Hinduism, which also led to a positive representation of Islam and Muslims.
U.S.-NATO Destruction of Libya: Perpetrators have Yet to Face Justice
On March 19 ten years ago, the Obama administration launched air strikes over Libya under the banner of NATO, which culminated in the killing of Libya’s long-time ruler Muammar Qaddafi and destroyed the wealthiest, healthiest and happiest nation in Africa.