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• Inde : Le projet hindouiste sur le Jammu et Cachemire
  23 août 2019, par siawi3

  En cherchant à la mettre au pas de manière autoritaire, le BJP poursuit son projet de construction d’une nation hindoue, où les musulmans sont relégués au rang de citoyens de seconde zone.

• India: International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) warns of dire consequences of military escalation in Kashmir
  22 August 2019, by siawi3

  “Until all the nuclear-armed states, including India and Pakistan, comply with the prohibitions spelled out in the ban treaty and eliminate their nuclear weapons,” Dr. Helfand said, “the entire world will remain at risk of a catastrophic nuclear war from which there will be no recovery.”

• India: Supreme Court Refuses to Check State Blockade in Kashmir.
  15 August 2019, by siawi3

  “They created desolation and call it peace”. The people of Kashmir will not submit to it. Rise they will.”

• The Kashmiri’s Stories Must be Heard
  20 August 2019, by siawi3

  One can’t ignore them. One can’t simply shut them up, put them behind bars and stifle their voices. The true story of Kashmir and its people must be heard. Kashmiri voices cannot be suppressed and snatched away by force. It’s inhumane, unjust, unnatural and catastrophic at the same time. Yet it happened. And we can’t allow it any longer.

• India: Beyond Kashmir – some thoughts
  25 August 2019, by siawi3

  Many analysts have presented critique of the Abrogation of Article 370 and its impact on the political and social conditions but not much has been expressed about the causes of such hasty policy decisions. While the ‘ timing’ has been somewhat unexpected, there were many indicators that led to such a move. Hence, the decision is not very much surprising.

• India: Government’s Decision on Jammu and Kashmir: A Long Leap into Unconstitutionality
  13 August 2019, by siawi3

  Jammu and Kashmir will no longer be even a full-fledged state. The entire area has been divided into two Union Territories - Jammu and Kashmir (with Assembly) and Ladakh (without Assembly).

• India: What is to be Undone ?
  24 February 2016, by siawi3

  We are being intimidated in broad daylight by persons who do not care a whit for reasoned speech – let alone the law. All we hear these days is a reminder of the heavy price we shall pay for opposing Modi, the Sangh and their ‘development agenda’. Indian politics has entered a phase of extreme danger – from the standpoint of the laboring citizens who need democracy the most.

• India: Kashmir - A coup on the Constitution and Kashmiris
  8 August 2019, by siawi3

  It is pertinent to point out that Article 370 of the Constitution of India is a self contained Article. It determined how the Constitution of India would apply to J&K and also specifically provided for the procedure for the abrogation of Article 370 itself.. The President can pass an order under Article 370 (3), removing article 370 only if the Constituent Assembly of Jammu & Kashmir recommended the same.

• Bangladesh is hardening its policies on the Rohingya refugees to fend off another refugee crisis from the North
  5 October 2019, by siawi3

  In Bangladesh two refugee situations have become increasingly a source of tension in the past month or so. One of them is the Rohingya refugee crisis, which had received much international attention two years ago when it became a major crisis. The other one is the potential refugee crisis in Assam, where a large number of local residents are being dropped from the National Register of Citizens, and local politicians are talking about sending back these ‘illegal Bangladeshis’.

• India: “This government has systematically gone after people who believe in the Indian Constitution”
  11 July 2019, by siawi3

  Last week, several artists, writers, academics, lawyers and journalists across India came together to show their support for NGO Lawyers Collective. In a statement titled “Standing up for those who stood with us,” the signatories, which included names like Theatre maker, Anuradha Kapur, advocate Karuna Nundy, and filmmaker Anand Patwardhan among others, called upon the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the home ministry to “desist from the unjustified and vindictive use of criminal law” against its founders Indira Jaising and Anand Grover. Citizens for Justice and Peace condems repression and invite signatures.

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