18 November, 2004
Africa's Children Of War
By Meera Selva
More than 100,000 children have been abducted, tortured and sexually abused before being recruited to fight in Africa's long-running civil wars in the past three years
28 October, 2004
Confronting Honour Killings
ACHR Report
The Pakistan government bulldozed the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2004 against honour killings in the National Assembly and adopted it on 26 October 2004 without any debate amidst opposition walkout
24 October, 2004
Indian Army And The Legacy Of Rape In Manipur
By Shivali Tukdeo
Masculine military privilege and its visible aggression in Manipur can only be understood in terms of an ancient war tactic which uses rape as a tool to control and dehumanize the enemy. As Manipuri women take their struggle to streets, they have become an inspiration to everyone suffering and fighting patriarchy. In struggle, together!
15 September, 2004
Student Loans And Suicide
By Ajit Kanitkar
Engineering student Rajani's suicide is a wake-up for India's banking system, and is also a clear signal that we need to urgently address issues of equity in our educational system
24 August, 2004
India's Intifada
By Satya Sagar
The rest of India should oppose what is happening to their brethren in the north-east as the Indian State is perpetrating atrocities in their name
19 August, 2004
As Help The Needy Charity Trial Nears,
Case Further Politicizes
By Madeleine Baran
In the eighteen months since Central New York oncologist Rafil Dhafir was arrested and charged with violating the US embargo against Iraq, he has been sitting in a Syracuse jail, ignored by most of the national media, as prosecutors continue to add charges threatening him with a maximum sentence of almost 300 years in prison
09 August, 2004
Manipur Burns
By Biswajyoti Das
Manipur, a remote northeastern state of India, has been simmering for nearly a month with hundreds of people demanding the withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, which gives sweeping powers to security forces
25July, 2004
Manipuri Women's Dramatic protest
By Kalpana Sharma
The photograph was riveting. Manipuri women holding up a banner that read: "Indian Army: Rape us". The women, all middle-aged, were naked, masking their state of undress behind the banner
24 July, 2004
In The Name Of Modi
By CPDR, Mumbai
A report of All India Fact Finding Team on the 'encounter' of four alleged terrorists by Gujarat Police on June 15, 2004 at Ahmedabad
17 July, 2004
Saudi Arabian Bad Dreams
By Human Rights Watch
A new 135-page report, "Bad Dreams: Exploitation and Abuse of Migrant Workers in Saudi Arabia", released recently by the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) provides the first comprehensive look at the pervasive abuses foreign workers endure in Saudi Arabia
Muslims Portrayed
By Ghali Hassan
Media images of Islam are omnipresent and are part of Western culture of racism and imperial design
16 July, 2004
Encounters Of A Fascist Kind
By J. Sri Raman
"Encounter killings" in India refers to mystery-shrouded police killings of targets, especially "extremists" of various kinds, to killings for which lawless law-keepers see no need to provide elaborate explanations
15 July, 2004
Encounter Truth : Gujarat Police
As Investigator, Prosecutor And Judge
By Mukundan C Menon
Even after three weeks of making all that orchestrated loud claims, charges and accusations against the four alleged Lashkar terrorists killed in the June 15 encounter at Ahmedabad outskirts, the Gujarat police fails to produce evidence to their claims
09 July, 2004
Stigma Of Criminality
By Human Rights Features
The discrimination, abuse, and social and economic marginalisation faced by millions of Indians belonging to 'denotified and nomadic tribes' have their roots in 19th century British colonialism but this historical pattern of marginalisation and abuse continues even today
08 July, 2004
Every Moment For Me Is Fear
ByKamwaura Nygothi
As an asylum seeker, I discovered what racism really means when I was 'dispersed' to Middlesbrough
26 June, 2004
I Am A Terrorit: Come shoot Me
By Shabnam Hashmi
A powerful article written in the context of the Gujarat encounter killings in which four persons including a young girl lost their lives
24 June, 2004
Torture In Custody
By ACHR
The government of India legitimises torture by encouraging its use in the administration of justice and by providing impunity to the law enforcement personnel
21 June, 2004
Some Mother's Son
By Beena Sarwar
There is strength and inspiration to be drawn from those who use their pain, not to cause further destruction, but to heal and move ahead. One such woman is Visaka Dharmadasa, whose young son Achinte went missing in September, 1998 when the LTTE attacked his unit of the Sri Lankan army
05 June, 2004
I Have Been In Torture Photos, Too
By Gerry Adams
The Abu Ghraib images are all too familiar to Irish republicans.Gerry Adams , president of Sinn Féin and MP for Belfast West recounts how he was treated in jail
17 May, 2004
'They Tied Me Up Like A Beast
And Began Kicking Me'
By David Rose
As America struggles to come to terms with military abuse in Iraq, similar stories are emerging from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Tarek Dergoul, a Briton released from the camp in March, talks here for the first time about his two-year ordeal.
09 May, 2004
Six Pakistanis And One Indian Were
Gunned Down to Impress America
By Greg Bearup
Six Pakistanis and one Indian migrant workers who were trying to get to Greece to find work on the Olympic sites were picked up Macedonian officials and they were shot in a stage managed encounter
08 May, 2004
Panic In Bangkok
By Satya Sagar
The massacre at Pattani's Krue Se Mosque could be a turning point in the history of Thailand with the heightened possibility of retaliation and real (as opposed to the hitherto imagined) terrorism in different parts of Thailand including the capital city Bangkok
07 May, 2004
The Right To Conversion
By Nivedita Menon
Why is religious conversion any different from other conversions?
06 May, 2004
Tharu Autonomy: When The Slaves
Rise Up On The Nepal Plains
By A World to Win News Service
The Tharus, an aboriginal people who inhabit the western plains of Nepal are asserting themselves and winning back their lost under the programme of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
Killings At Pattani's Krue Se Mosque
And A Cover Up Enquiry
The commission of inquiry inquiring into the killings at Pattani's Krue Se mosque is restrictive, unrepresentative and inconsistent with international standards on independence and impartiality for holding such inquiries
29 April, 2004
Demolishing Lives And Livelihoods In Delhi
By Nagraj Adve
Even as India goes to the polls, over 50,000 people have been effectively disenfranchised in the heart of the nation's capital, Delhi. This has happened following the destruction of over 15,000 jhuggis (slum dwellings) since mid-February
25 April, 2004
Caste In Yemen
By Marguerite Abadjian
In Yemen, lowest of the low Caste are the Akhdam, street sweepers and beggars, held down by prejudice and despair
17 April, 2004
For A Dignified Death
By Lila Rajiva
There is a sanctity to death as surely there is to its counterpart, life and that sanctity is violated when the body is forced to live in painful, humiliating weakness and dependency
05 April, 2004
Protect The Life Of Sreeni Pattathanam
A National Defense Committee was formed by PUCL, Kerala to further the actions against the Kerala Government's inhuman Order of prosecution against the Malayalam writer and eminent rationalist leader Mr. Sreeni Pattathanam
02 April, 2004
Aliens In Their Own Country
By Massoud Shadjareh
Forget about the latest arrests around London. Forget about police profiling of Muslims - the general public now categorises all things Muslim as terror-orientated. Why?
28 February, 2004
Mining To Destruction And Hijacking
Their Rights To Submission
By Goldy M. George
Mining industry is an industry where large scale environmental degradation and humanrights violation takes place in full view of the public eye. But the persons involved in these crimes get away quite easily
24 February, 2004
For The Right To Strike!
By Tapan Sen
Today India is witnessing the 9th all India general strike since the onset of the disastrous liberalised economic policy regime. It's for the worker's right to strike made illegal after a court ruling
23 February, 2004
Is It Safe To Play Cricket In India?"
By Raja Swamy
With the Indian cricket team's tour of Pakistan just days away, Indian's are fruriously discussing whether it is safe to play cricket in Pakistan, but they forget to ask the question," Is it safe to play cricket in India?"
19 February, 2004
One Third Of The Worlds Urban Population
Lives In A Slum
By Simon Whelan
United Nations reported that one billion peopleapproximately one third of the worlds urban dwellers and a sixth of all humanity, live in slums
27 January, 2004
A Gun as Tall as Me'
By Jo Becker
Burma has more child soldiers than any other country in the world. They account for approximately one-fourth of the 300,000 children currently believed to be participating in armed conflicts around the globe
21 January, 2004
One of the dangers of Nepal's TADA is the inclusion of disruptive activities within the broad definition of terrorist acts. This allows for the application of TADA to political acts also