Genocide in Gaza, Possibilities for the Future – Two Articles
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Genocide in Gaza, Possibilities for the Future – Two Articles

“After Nasrallah’s Speech, US and Israel Escalate Gaza War”: Israel and US amassing more weapons, battle plans, troops, and allies to deepen the war on Gaza and destroy the Palestinian resistance. Also: “Arab-Iran Amity Is a Geopolitical Reality”.

The Three Criminal Law Bills: Using Criminal Law to Establish Permanent Extra-Constitutional Emergency Powers
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The Three Criminal Law Bills: Using Criminal Law to Establish Permanent Extra-Constitutional Emergency Powers

Twelve changes to criminal law in the three Bills introduced in parliament in August 2023 will create a quantum leap in the power of the government to silence dissent and opposition and shut down public discourse, choking all channels that communicate conflicting news or views to the people.

Apple Alert: Threat Notifications Strike at Heart of Indian Democracy – 3 Articles
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Apple Alert: Threat Notifications Strike at Heart of Indian Democracy – 3 Articles

Apar Gupta, the founding director of Internet Freedom Foundation calls for full government disclosure regarding its spyware purchases and deployments. Also: Review of book by Laurent Richard and Sandrine Rigaud, “Pegasus: The Story of the World’s Most Dangerous Spyware”.

How State-Backed Hindutva Rhetoric Is Fuelling the Ethnic Cleansing of Uttarakhand
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How State-Backed Hindutva Rhetoric Is Fuelling the Ethnic Cleansing of Uttarakhand

India’s most populous hill state Uttarakhand is in unprecedented turmoil. It is the first State in India in which an influential and popular campaign for ethnic cleansing has gathered ominous momentum: a battle for the expulsion of all Muslims from the State.

Genocide in Gaza – Five Articles
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Genocide in Gaza – Five Articles

A Textbook Case of Genocide; Impending Genocide; Over 1 Million Displaced in Gaza, Unprecedented Destruction: UNRWA; World Health Organisation Condemns Israel’s Evacuation Orders to Hospitals in Northern Gaza; Dispatches from Gaza.

Marriage Equality Judgment Not on Constitutional Morality: “Disappointing, But the fight will go on ….”
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Marriage Equality Judgment Not on Constitutional Morality: “Disappointing, But the fight will go on ….”

The PUCL expresses its deep disappointment with respect to the verdict of the Supreme Court denying the right to marry to the LGBTQI community. It is unfortunate that the bench was unanimous in declaring that there is no fundamental right to marriage.

Israel Is Mistaken. The Terror Israel Inflicts Is the Terror it will Get. – Three Articles
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Israel Is Mistaken. The Terror Israel Inflicts Is the Terror it will Get. – Three Articles

Israel is convinced greater levels of violence will finally crush Palestinian aspirations; it is mistaken. Also: “The Violence of the Oppressed” – No one should cheer the slaughter in Israel; but to forebear from cheering is not to condemn. Also: “Human Rights Watch Confirms White Phosphorus Used in Gaza”.

Haiti: Neocolonial Intervention, Grass Roots Resistance
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Haiti: Neocolonial Intervention, Grass Roots Resistance

In order to prevent a democratic and people based resolution of the crisis in Haiti, the US ruling elite have engineered the approval by the UN Security Council of a Multinational Security Support Mission to Haiti, authorized to use armed force in support of the de facto regime of Prime Minister Ariel Henry.