-The Indian Express On the Delhi rape case, let’s keep the indignation, disturb legislative slumbers The Verma Committee Report (VCR) speaks against civil society and political rape cultures. The poignancy and urgency of the VCR owes much to the experience of conversing with rape survivors and traumatised children. A precious message of the VCR is this: one may not take law reform seriously without taking human and social suffering equally seriously. The committee...
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When forces probed their own for rape -Muzamil Jaleel
-The Indian Express Verma panel wants criminal trial for armed forces men in rape cases. A look at some such cases in Kashmir One of the key recommendations of the Justice J S Verma Committee has been that sexual offences by armed forces personnel be brought under ordinary criminal law. In Kashmir, the armed forces have frequently sought — and got — immunity from prosecution in civilian courts after their personnel have had...
More »A moment of triumph for women-Kalpana Kannabiran
-The Hindu The comprehensive reforms suggested by Justice Verma and his colleagues will protect the right to dignity, autonomy and freedom of victims of sexual assault and rape Starting with Tarabai Shinde’s spirited defence of the honour of her sister countrywomen in 1882, women’s movements in India have been marked by persistent and protracted struggles. But despite this rich and varied history, we have in recent weeks found ourselves shocked at the...
More »Court notice to Centre, Manipur on killings -J Venkatesan
-The Hindu The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Union and Manipur governments on a petition filed by Extrajudicial Execution Victim Families Association Manipur (EEVFAM), seeking a probe into cases of extrajudicial killings in the State. A Bench of Justices Aftab Alam and Ms. Ranjana P. Desai issued the notice and appointed advocate Menaka Guruswamy as the amicus curiae. It directed the matter to be listed for further hearing on...
More »Assam ethnic violence spreads to new districts-Prabin Kalita
-The Times of India GUWAHATI: The ethnic violence between Bodos and Bengali-speaking Muslims, which sparked off in Kokrajhar on July 20 and soon affected neighbouring Chirang and Dhubri districts, has spread to new areas with fresh incidents of violence being reported from Baksa, Nalbari and Kamrup (rural) in the past 12 hours. There was no report of any loss of life. On Wednesday midnight, after miscreants set a Tata Nano car on...
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