By Nazma Mustafa on February 7, 2015
abduction, Amar Desh, arrest, Bangladesh, BHUTAN, Burma, Ekushe TV, International Federation of Journalists, Khaleda Zia, killing, Muhammad Yunus, Nepal, remand, Sheikh Hasina, Sri Lanka, Taslima Nasreen, torture
INTERNATIONAL
Bangladesh was a land of greens – and now in that green land volcanic eruption is mounting not geologically but politically. William Milam is a Senior Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Centre in Washington, DC, and former US Ambassador to Pakistan and Bangladesh. He is attached with that soil for a long time. A recent […]
By Hiranya Saikia on June 13, 2013
AFSPA, AFSPA nullifies the Right to Life, Armed Forces Special Powers Act, Army, Assam, disappearances of arrested persons, extrajudicial killings, fake encounters, Human Rights, human rights violation, independence from India, Indian Army, Indian Parliament, Jeevan Reddy Committee, killing its own citizens, Manipur, mass arrests, Meghalaya, molestation, Naga National Council, occupational army, Operation Bajrang, torture, Tripura, ULFA, Why the AFSPA should be repealed
ARTICLES, HEADLINES
The Indian Constitution which came into force on 26th January 1950 guaranteed the Right to Life and the Equality before Law to the people of India along with social, economic and political justice, freedom of thought and expression on which Indian democracy thrives. These pillars of democracy on which India claims to be the largest […]
By Ayekpam Basanta Mangang on May 12, 2013
AFSPA, Agartala, arbitrary detention, are we in a state of war, Armed Forces Special Power Act 1958, Armed Forces Special Powers Act, arrest, Assam, Bangladesh, BBC report, BHUTAN, China, detain, extra judicial killings, Human Rights, human rights violation, insurgents, Irom Sharmila, Irom Sharmila Chanu, Mahatma Gandhi, Manipur, Mizoram, Myanmar, Nagaland, outright killing, Supreme Court, torture
EXCLUSIVE, REGIONAL
Starting with the Naga insurgency since India’s independence in 1947, the north eastern region which has international borders with China, Myanmar, Bhutan and Bangladesh continues to be in the grip of secessionist insurgency. These demands for secession however, evoke strong reactions from the Indian State and deployment of a large number of security forces in […]
