Earlier, on June 10th and June 28th 2024, we issued statements on the manner in which the senior political leadership, for short-term political gains, allowed India's women wrestlers to be…
Vinesh Phogat on 7th August, Wednesday got disqualified from contesting the final for a gold medal for a technical reason. Her weight exceeded 100 grams in the 50 kg category.…
Dear Vinesh, Congratulations!! You have not lost. You are our hero and will remain so. Yesterday in Paris you showed what you really are. Your skill is unmatched and there…
New Delhi, Jun 16, 2023: National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) strongly condemns the way Delhi Police filed the application to cancel the POCSO case against BJP MP Brij Bhushan…
Seven women wrestlers have filed First Information Report about sexual harassment by Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, a six times Member of Parliament and president of the Wrestling Federation of India.…
Published as the front page story in 'The Indian Express' on May 23, 2023, Vinesh Phogat in her write up titled 'Like many girls, I had to suffer silently all…
Collective statement by women and human rights organisations condemning the state repression and police atrocities on the wrestlers in their struggle for justice against sexual harassment We the undersigned women…
The protests by women wrestlers Vinesh Poghat, Sakshi Malik, Anshu Malik and also male wrestler Bajrang Punia while is aimed at demanding an action against Brijbhushan Singh Sharan who used…
Don't cry. Pity this nation which knows about your medals not your pains and wounds. They clip your wings and celebrate your blood spilled journey with sugar-coated smiles. Words are…
The protest by prominent Indian wrestlers against BJP MP Brij Bhushan for sexual harassment of female wrestlers including a minor is assuming new dimensions with police declaring that they will…
Mohammed Ali born as Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. is considered one of the greatest boxers of all time. He won a gold medal in boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics…
They were the best times. They were the worst times. Those were the times which was divided by an India of the Raja and the Praja. One side of an…
On the day that the Prime Minister was inaugurating a new Parliament house, democratic space was being crushed outside! More than 1150+ people including activists, lawyers, academics, former civil servants,…
Leading athletes of the country, like World Championships medal winner Vinesh Phogat, Olympic medalists Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik and others, who were protesting against the sexual harassment of women…
PUCL Condemns Arrest of Women Wrestlers & supporting Activists And demands their immediate release! PUCL strongly condemns the brutal manner by which the Delhi Police forcibly arrested the women wrestlers…
“An investigation of police records by The Indian Express reveals that since March 2017, when Yogi Adityanath took charge, and till date, the state has witnessed 186 encounters. This works…
Vinesh Phogat is a prominent woman wrestler who has been the proud winner of gold medals for India in Asian and Commonwealth Games. In more recent times, however she has…
Leading athletes of the country, like World Championships medal winner Vinesh Phogat, and Olympic medalists Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik and others, are protesting against the sexual harassment of women…
It has been weeks since some of the country’s best-known and most successful wrestlers have been on ‘dharna’ at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, to voice their outrage against the highhandedness…
7th May, 2023: National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM) expresses full solidarity with the women wrestlers of our country who have been agitating for action against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh,…
Several leading women wrestlers of India have been in the thick of a struggle against sexual harassment since the beginning of this year. They have been helped by some male…
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