Citizens for Justice and Peace
Visiting Indian human rights activist Teesta Setalvad meets British Columbia Premier John Horgan The Georgia Straight
21-Apr-2018
B.C.’s premier has been apprised of the deteriorating human-rights situation in India by a harsh critic of the country’s prime minister, Narendra Modi. Mumbai-born author and human rights activist Teesta Setalvad met John Horgan at his office in the B.C. legislature on April 18 on a trip to Canada. Setalvad has been spearheading a campaign…
Teesta Setalvad honoured The Hindu
16-Apr-2018
Social activist Teesta Setalvad was honoured with a medal of courage by Radical Desi publications and Indians Abroad For Pluralist India at an event organised in commemoration of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Surrey, Canada on Friday. On the occasion, the Punjabi edition of Foot Soldier of the Constitution was launched. Originally authored by Ms. Setalvad in…
Interview with Teesta Setalvad Channel Punjabi
14-Apr-2018
Watch Teesta Setalvad on Channel Punjabi, where she talks about a variety of historical and contemporary socio-political issues.
Teesta Setalvad honoured with medal of courage Radical Desi
13-Apr-2018
Visiting social justice activist from India Teesta Setalvad was honoured with medal of courage by Radical Desi publications and Indians Abroad For Pluralist India at an event organized in commemoration of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre on Friday, April 13. Held at the Surrey Central Library, the event was organized to launch the Punjabi edition of Foot Soldier of…
AMUSU honours Teesta Setalvad Gujarat Today
15-Mar-2018
Teesta Setalvad at AMU Bytes Today
14-Mar-2018
Noted Human Rights activist Teesta Setalvad was conferred life time membership award of the Aligarh Muslim University Students’ Union. The list of lifetime members include Mahatma Gandhi, J. L. Nehru, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Mother Teresa and so on. Teesta has been fighting for the justice of Gujarat Genocide victims of 2002. Here are the excerpts…
3 out of 4 Bohra girls forced to undergo FGM New study makes shocking revelations on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM
06-Feb-2018
A newly published study, titled ‘The Clitoral Hood: A Contested Site’ has found that female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is widely prevalent among India’s Bohra community. The qualitative study, which involved interviews with 94 people–83 women and 11 men–has revealed that 75% of daughters (aged 7 and above) of all respondents had undergone FGM/C, or ‘khafd’,…
Adivasi woman dies in Jharkhand as Aadhaar crumbles like a House of Cards How Lukhi Murmu’s unnatural death in Jharkhand is a damning indictment of a flailing PDS system
05-Feb-2018
Lukhi Murmu, a 30 year old resident of Dhawadangal village in Ghagharjani Gram Panchayat (Pakur, Jharkhand) died on January 23, 2018. Her cause of death may have been under-nutrition and exhaustion, as revealed by a Fact-finding Report by members of the Right to Food Campaign. The report has highlighted serious shortcomings in the Public Distribution System (PDS)…
Budget for Children in #NewIndia in 2018-19 A few observations by Haq Centre for Child Rights
02-Feb-2018
At 11 AM on February 1, 2018, the Finance Minister presented Union Budget2018-19 to the country. He presented it as the budget for #NewIndia. India’s 37% children (below the age of 18 years) are part of this new India. Madam, while making the proposals in this year’s Budget, we have been guided by our…
Who killed Gandhi? Remembering Bapu and his cold blooded murder
30-Jan-2018
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, fondly called ‘Bapu’ and ‘Mahatma’, and regarded as Father of the Nation, was shot dead by Nathuram Godse on January 30, 1948. Here is a reminder of the dark forces behind Gandhi’s cold blooded murder and why their ideological allies need to be stopped.
Israel bans 20 foreign NGOs over BDS movement
08-Jan-2018
The Guardian reported that Israel has released a list of 20 foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) “whose representatives are banned from visiting Israel” because of the groups’ backing of pro-Palestine boycott, sanctions, and divestment (BDS) movement. Israel’s rightwing strategic affairs and public security minister Gilad Erdan said that these groups “operate consistently and continuously” against the country through…
Opening burning of waste in Lebanon risking health of residents
05-Jan-2018
Human Rights Watch (HRW) researcher Bassam Khawaja, in a guest post for International Solid Waste Association, outlined HRW’s research into Lebanon’s mismanagement of waste. Khawaja wrote that this mismanagement has persisted “for decades, particularly in areas outside Beirut and Mount Lebanon,” resulting in the “dangerous and avoidable practice” of open burning of waste “at more than 150…