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• India: Hate Watch: Indians reject communally polarising call to #BoycottMuslims
  6 July, by siawi3

  Addressing the Muslim community, the Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy - IMSD reminded that Blasphemy laws are unacceptable in a secular liberal constitutional democracy. Right-wing groups and trolls had made communal hashtags viral, but citizens have rejected the absurd call to socially boycott an entire community.

• India: Teesta Setalvad’s arrest: Dissident Voice of a ‘Foot Soldier of the Constitution’
  8 July, by siawi3

  Giorgio Agamben’s theorization of State of Exception comes to our mind in the context of Teesta Setalvad’s arrest: “...modern totalitarianism can be defined as the establishment, by means of the state of exception, of a legal civil war that allows for the physical elimination not only of political adversaries but of entire categories of citizens who for some reason cannot be integrated into the political system”.

• India: Citizens for Justice and Peace -CJP Statement on the Arrest of Teesta Setalvad
  8 July, by siawi3

  Teesta is an activist who always believed in the rule of law and our Constitution and has boldly carried out her activities in compliance with these. Even in the past when she was hounded we have stood by her and we continue to do so today.

• India: Statement Against The Conduct Of Delhi And Uttar Pradesh Police in Mohammed Zubair’s Case
  9 July, by siawi3

  The Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms is deeply concerned about the manner in which the Delhi Police has filed questionable charges against Mr. Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of Alt News and arrested him, based on a 2018 tweet that merely involved remarks on a screenshot from an old hindi film.

• India: Supreme Court Grants Mohammad Zubair Five-Day Interim Bail in UP Case
  9 July, by siawi3

  He had been charged for allegedly hurting religious sentiments by the Uttar Pradesh police.

• India: Building a Feminism That Centres the Voices of the Oppressed
  9 July, by siawi3

  The violent caricaturing done by and for the benefit of privileged folks is a reality for all oppressed communities, including Dalit women.

• India: The Law, Public Ethics and Family – the Influences on Teesta Setalvad
  9 July, by siawi3
  Source: https://thewire.in/books/law-public-ethics-family-influences-teesta-setalvad
  BOOKS India: The Law, Public Ethics and Family – the Influences on Teesta Setalvad
  Sunday 22 January 2017,
  by Teesta SETALVAD
  Biography
  This excerpt  (...)
• India: The Arrest of Teesta Setalvad
  9 July, by siawi3

  Clearly, a message is being sent out to other civil liberties groups and activists resisting the communal behaviour and ideology of the Sangh Parivar and this BJP government that you had better watch out! An active and justice-loving citizenry willing to carry out independent fact-finding on any issue that may expose the iniquities and brutalities of state or central authorities will not be tolerated.

• Le président du Sri Lanka en fuite, sa résidence officielle envahie par des manifestants
  9 juillet, par siawi3

  Gotabaya Rajapaksa est protégé par l’armée dans un lieu tenu secret, a fait savoir le ministère de la défense. Le premier ministre sri-lankais, Ranil Wickremesinga, a convoqué une réunion d’urgence du gouvernement.

• Rising up in Sri Lanka
  11 July, by siawi3

  Daily protests targeting the regime of the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, and the entire family dynasty he heads, began among the middle classes with the popular hashtag #gotamustgo. They have now spread to include large sections of the working class and the poor. The state sees this as a particular threat and has ramped up repression, using armed police to break up even peaceful protests and fire live ammunition at those who refuse to leave the streets.

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