-TheWire.in A new report has studied 17 alleged extrajudicial killings in the state between March 2017 and March 2018, and found that no police officers have been held accountable in any of them. New Delhi: A new report by civil society organisations has highlighted how a culture of impunity is allegedly being pushed at all levels after ‘extrajudicial killings’ in Uttar Pradesh, with the police regularly being let off the hook for...
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Migrant Workers Leave Kashmir as Fear Swells Due to Series of Killings -Anees Zargar
-Newsclick.in The month of October has been worse with over 30 killings reported from the region that includes as many as 12 civilians with at least 11 of them killed by militants as close targets. Srinagar: The killing of non-local workers in a fresh series of attacks by suspected militants have prompted the departure of scores of non-locals from Jammu and Kashmir, amidst rising fear and tension in the region. At least two...
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-Hindustan Times Last year, Binu PG had even written a letter to Kerala governor Arif Mohammad Khan regarding Consititution clubs, who in turn, lauded his initiative and recommended the letter to President Ram Nath Kovind. A decision on the letter is still pending. Thiruvananthapuram: A Kottayam teacher’s movement to set up clubs teaching articles from the Constitution of India in schools to create awareness among the youth about their rights and duties...
More »Two of 12 top caste-based sexual violence cases from 'model' Gujarat: NGO report -Rajiv Shah
-Counterview.net The National Council of Women Leaders (NCWL), a Civil Rights group, has compiled what it has called “landmark cases of caste-based sexual violence” between 1985 and 2020 to mark the first anniversary of the notorious Hathras gangrape case, which led to the death of a young Dalit woman in September 2020. Compiling 12 cases from 10 States, the 15-page report, released by NCWL says, the effort is to highlight how...
More »Hurry! Applications for the 3rd round of NFI Fellowships for Independent Journalists reporting in Hindi language are now open till September 28th, 2021
India faced a second and worse wave of COVID-19 pandemic a few months back. The unemployment problem is looming large in the country. At this juncture, the country requires journalism to tell the stories of courage, of loss and grief and also of resilience, of the state of preparedness and about the efforts being made by communities, individuals, civil society and government. For better media coverage of critical issues like human...
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