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• India: Tripura Police of books 102 people, including journalists, under UAPA, for reporting and writing on the recent communal violence
  12 November 2021, by siawi3

  The Editors Guild of India is deeply shocked by the Tripura Police’s action of booking 102 people, including journalists, under the coercive Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, for reporting and writing on the recent communal violence in the state.

• India: Online Petition against Communal Violence in Tripura from Nagrik Adhikar Manch and All India Lawyers Union
  12 November 2021, by siawi3

  We call upon to immediately recall the notice sent under section 41 of the code of criminal procedure mentioned these IPC offences as well-Sections 153A/153B (Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc.), 469 (forgery for purpose of harming information), 503 (Criminal Intimidation), 504 (Intentional insult with intent to provoke the breach of peace) and 120B (Punishment for criminal conspiracy) against the lawyers.

• Pakistan: No, it wasn’t a surrender/ government-TLP- negociations
  13 November 2021, by siawi3

  With TLP on board and TTP nearly so, PM Khan has scored a century against the ‘bloody liberals’ he hates.

• Afghanistan: Talking to the Taliban
  13 November 2021, by siawi3

  The Troika Plus comprising Pakistan, China, Russia and the US share a common view and understanding of the latest situation across our western border. It was followed by an extended Troika meeting with a delegation of senior Afghan Taliban leaders headed by the acting foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi. It is important for the international community to continue to engage with the Afghan Taliban but without compromising on the core principles of human rights and an all-inclusive government with women representation.

• Afghanistan : l’explosion d’une mosquée fait au moins trois morts
  13 novembre 2021, par siawi3

  Au moins trois personnes ont été tuées et 15 blessées dans une explosion vendredi 12 novembre dans une mosquée de la région de Nangarhar, dans l’est de l’Afghanistan, devenue l’épicentre de la récente vague de violences entre les talibans et leurs rivaux de l’organisation djihadiste État islamique.

• India: V for Vigilante, T for Terrorist - Is Vigilantism a form of Terrorism?
  13 November 2021, by siawi3

  Surveys indicate that instances of vigilante groups taking the law into their own hands for various reasons connected with inter-faith matters, are on the increase. At the same time, terrorism is a subject of daily reportage.

• India: Where would the citizens go in a situation where most doors are closed?.
  13 November 2021, by siawi3

  The bending of rules and misuse powers by police, enforcement, security agencies, state officials and by ruling politicians are not new but their repeated use is endangering our democracy.

• India: The Policeman and the General Are Now India’s Theoreticians of Democracy and Human Rights
  13 November 2021, by siawi3

  In recent remarks, both National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat have pointed an accusing finger at civil society.

• India: “Not just a love story?”
  14 November 2021, by siawi3

  Mounika has experienced the oppression that a woman born in a patriarchal household in rural India faces, and worse. Her traumas have shaped her life, both private and public. Love Story conveys an essential truth about love: it involves not only exploring and learning new things together but unlearning many things we imbibe from society and hold deep within us. Living in a patriarchal society makes us all patriarchal. The same applies to caste.

• India: Media -Tripura: Two Journalists Arrested for Covering Communal Violence Get Bail
  15 November 2021, by siawi3

  The Tripura police charged over a hundred people under the UAPA for protesting, but also for simply mentioning the communal violence in the state’s northern districts on various social media platforms.

  Cases have been filed against 68 Twitter accounts, 32 Facebook accounts and two YouTube accounts. The cases, first filed at the West Agartala police station, have since been transferred to the state’s crime branch.

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