Keep Your LAWS Off My Planet
The continued construction and deployment of killer robots is not inevitable. Indeed, a majority of the world would like to see them prohibited, including U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
Between Two Steel Projects: Why Conflict Is Brewing in a Quiet Odisha Village’s Betel Groves
It took more than a decade of protest before 3,000 farm families in Odisha succeeded in getting a South Korean steel company to vacate productive farmland. Five years later, the area is again roiled by protest, conflict and police brutality, as the government hands over the same land to an Indian steel company.
Silent Strikes Mark One Year of Military Rule in Myanmar
Streets in some of Myanmar‘s main cities were nearly deserted on February 1 as opponents of military rule held “silent strikes”, marking the first anniversary of a coup that led to deadly chaos and snuffed out tentative steps towards democracy.
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Why Wouldn’t Biden Grant Clemency to Leonard Peltier?
The 77-year-old Native American political prisoner Leonard Peltier has been in prison for over 46 years. His freedom has been a permanent demand of a movement since the first day of his unfair incarceration. This includes former prosecutor James Reynolds, who has acknowledged that he was part of a rigged trial.
‘Abide With Me’ Will Stay Forever!
Outside the St. Michael’s Church in Mahim Mumbai is a powerful slogan. “God will always abide with me, even if I retreat!” In many ways this creative caption sums up the raging controversy on ‘Abide With Me’ that has been on prime-time news and on social media for a week now!
Chile: New Leader, Fresh Optimism, Old Obstacles; Also: Constitutional Convention Declares Chile a Plurinational State”
Now that Chile is about to inaugurate a president who is a fierce champion of human rights, it is time to memorialize victims of the Pinochet dictatorship – maybe then Kast, an ultra-right admirer of the Pinochet dictatorship, would have less support.
‘Free Speech Is the Most Important Right Eroded Over the Past Seven Years’
Roy talks about building and sustaining participatory movements, the role of sangharsh (struggle) in driving change and the power of the collective voice. She explains why the right to freedom of expression is critical for India, why civil society must fight to sustain it, and her dreams for the future.
Modi’s India Has Now Entered Genocidalism, the Most Advanced Stage of Nationalism
The silence of Modi and Shah about the unprecedented calls for full-scale armed war against Muslims can be read in one of two ways: as signs of their sense of impunity and confidence, or as signs of their sense of precarity and insecurity. The latter appears to be more probable.
2021 in Palestine: A New Generation Has Finally Risen
2021 was a year of war, loss and destruction for Palestinians. Yet, it was also a year of unity, cultural achievements and hope, as a new generation is finally taking center stage, asserting its identity and its centrality to the future of its homeland.
To the CJI, on His Lament that Investigative Journalism Is Vanishing from Indian Media
Alas, the consequences these days for journalists doing such stories can be serious. Even for those doing straight reporting. Siddique Kappan, arrested en route to Hathras to meet the family of the gang-rape victim, has languished in jail for over a year now, unable to get bail.