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• Sri Lanka: Gota, You’ve Got Blood On Your Hands: Awakening Of National Conscience
  4 May, by siawi3

  It’s also a once-in-a-lifetime privilege to be part of this upheaval which has attracted many a youth in the country.

• Sri Lanka: Legacy Of Today’s Youth: Galleface Should Be Renamed As ‘Freedom Square’
  4 May, by siawi3

  Their demand for the total dissolution of the status quo, its irritating doorkeepers, the current set of parliamentarians, and introduce a people-friendly constitution whose chapters and verses are more akin to real human values and multifaceted rights and privileges bestowed on the people rather than on a finite set of corrupt politicians and bureaucracy.

• Sri Lanka: Typical Propaganda By A Corrupt Nefarious Regime!
  4 May, by siawi3

  It is unfortunate that even today we have people not only in Sri Lanka, but also people who have been living in multi-cultural, pluralistic societies for so long, who are still deaf and blind towards the needs and aspirations of non-majoritarian communities.

• Sri Lanka: Widespread suffering and pessimism among masses countrywide: Survey
  4 May, by siawi3

  People are also calling for an audit of the Members of Parliament and an end to the Rajapaksa family politics.

• Statement from the Social Scientists’ Association on Sri Lanka’s Current Crisis
  4 May, by siawi3

  This is a new and rare democratic moment for Sri Lanka. Let us not miss it. We urge all political and civil society actors to respond to the messages coming from the protesting young citizens with utmost seriousness and responsibility.

• India: Hate Speech: Is administering an ‘oath’ to make India a ‘Hindu-rashtra’ legal?
  5 May, by siawi3

  In at least three instances courts have sought Action Taken Reports (ATR) in cases filed against Chavhanke who is notorious for his spewing venom against minorities using his TV channel and also on public platforms.

• Pakistan: Men on the moon
  5 May, by siawi3

  Pakistani politics’ disregard for consensus and science has turned moon-spotting into a farce

• India: We celebrate and we worry
  5 May, by siawi3

  What about the processions celebrating birthdays of an endless number of Hindu deities? Are they integral to Hinduism?

• India: Jamia Shooter Now Amplifying Hindutva ‘Hate’ Music Videos Featuring Violence Against Muslims
  5 May, by siawi3

  Despite his history of making communally charged speeches and advocating violence, he continues to be at liberty in defiance of his bail conditions. Uploading “music” videos featuring the assault and abduction of Muslim men is the latest turn that the communal career of the Hindutva extremist known as ‘Jamia shooter’ has taken, but the police continues to ignore his violent activities

• India’s Anti-Conversion Laws: a Violent attack on the Dignity of Dalits, Adivasis and Women?
  6 May, by siawi3

  “Whoever contravenes the provisions of section 3 in respect of a minor or a person of unsound mind or a woman or a person belonging to the Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not less than 4 years” (Karnataka’s Bill, p.2, emphasis added).This quote from Karnataka’s anti-conversion bill, ironically named “The Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill” (passed on December 23, 2021, but still awaiting final approval by the Legislative Council) reveals how the largely savarna lawmakers view the SCs, STs and women who, they are convinced, need their protection from conversion since they are incapable of making any free choice in this matter.

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