-Reporters without Borders Access the 2013 World Press Freedom Index here. After the “Arab springs” and other protest movements that prompted many rises and falls in last year’s index, the 2013 Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index marks a return to a more usual configuration. The ranking of most countries is no longer attributable to dramatic political developments. This year’s index is a better reflection of the attitudes and intentions of...
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Locked in U.N. files, 15 years of bloodletting at LoC-Praveen Swami
-The Hindu Complaints by Pakistan of executions, beheadings in secret cross-border raids by Indian forces In classified protests to a United Nations watchdog that have never been disclosed till now, Pakistan has accused Indian soldiers of involvement in the torture and decapitation of at least 12 Pakistani soldiers in cross-Line of Control raids since 1998, as well as the massacre of 29 civilians. The allegations, laid out in confidential Pakistani complaints to the...
More »Ignoring manual, police in Dhule fired above waist-Zeeshan Shaikh
-The Indian Express Policemen firing to control rioters in Dhule aimed above the waist in violation of rules, new video clips with The Indian Express show. Six Muslim men were killed by police bullets after a minor quarrel over the food bill at a roadside stall escalated into rioting in the north Maharashtra town on January 6. All the dead had injuries in the upper half of their bodies. The video clips (see...
More »Goa Olympic Association to fund anti-RTI Act campaign
-The Times of India PANAJI: The Goa Olympic Association (GOA) will collect funds from its affiliates to fund a campaign that will keep state associations out of the Right to Information (RTI) Act ambit. The Goa Table Tennis Association sought funds from the GOA during its general body meeting on Thursday to file a court case and then bring it to its logical conclusion. "The table tennis association will file the legal application...
More »Dhule rioters in uniform: CM blames ‘some communal elements’ in police
-The Indian Express A day after The Indian Express reported that video clips showed police destroying private property and looting shops in the north Maharashtra town of Dhule during violence earlier this month, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said there were “some communal elements” in the state police too and this needed to be handled with great sensitivity. “I have seen the clips that you have written about. Unfortunately, there are some communal...
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