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Damodar Prasad

Civil Society, Victim Industry and Keralam

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“Chithralekha is a symbol and sign of the marginalization that Dalits face in modern Kerala”, notes the solidarity mission in its report after visiting Payyanur to ascertain the facts about the hoodlums stigmatizing and victimizing Chitralekha. It is salutary that some of the civil society activists and groups in Keralam after some initial fabrication like [...]

March 17th, 2010 | Category: movements | 1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (6 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5)
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A S Ajith Kumar

Dangerous Zone?

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Heartening to see that tremendous support has been building up for Chitralekha’s fight for justice. It must be the online activities which created such great support for the cause. (for instance, the request for endorsement in fishpond). But unfortunately there is something disturbing. While all these activities where going on DHRM leader V V Selvaraj [...]

February 12th, 2010 | Category: just One point | 1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (3 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)
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Anivar Aravind

10th year of hunger strike: Call for Action in Support of Irom sharmila

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[Cross Posted in ManipurFreedom.org]
Dear Friends,
On 2 November 2009, Manipur poet and activist Irom Sharmila, will enter the 10th year of her hunger strike demanding the repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).
Introduced in 1958 the AFSPA grants the Indian military special powers throughout North-East India to:

Arrest citizens and enter their property without [...]

October 8th, 2009 | Category: Politics, movements, state | 1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (4 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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Anivar Aravind

Statement: Oppose backdoor changes to coastal regulation norms!

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Updated: 2st July 2009 with Media Release and List of signatories
As you might be aware, the ten-month period that the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) had given itself to vet public comments received on the Draft Coastal Management Zone (CMZ) 2008 Notification comes to an end in June. This Draft, based on the recommendations [...]

June 16th, 2009 | Category: statements | 1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (8 votes, average: 4.13 out of 5)
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