[humanrights-movement:2862] Fw- Human Rights Defender Mr Naba Dutta of Nagrik Mancha in police custody under false charges pl act

2010-08-17 Thread Kamayani
From: Kirity Roy Date: Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:25 PM Subject: Renowned Human Rights Defender Mr. NAba Dutta of Nagarik Mancha is in police custody under false charges, Please act To: NHRC , NHRC , WBHRC < wb...@cal3.vsnl.net.in> Cc: sech...@wb.gov.in Mr. Naba Dutta along with his 3 companions; M

Re: [humanrights-movement:2861] Good news for the sacred mountain Niyamgiri and the Dongria Kondh tribe

2010-08-17 Thread Ranjana
Sharing a small poem of Uday Prakash. It is translated into English by a friend in Delhi. Bahut hi khubsoorat hai. Ab waqt aa gaya hai Nadiyon ko unka paani lauta hee dena chaahiye Aur thoda bahut hisaab-kitaab karke Kuuon aur taalabon ko bhi Us boodhe aadmi ka lota bhi Bhar hee dena chaahiye Jo

[humanrights-movement:2860] Are veiled women free in Independent India ?

2010-08-17 Thread Kamayani
Dear friends, Bhan Sahu is reporting from Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh about a social activist Kirti. She goes to villages to talk to people about how to fight social injustice but when she returns her own home she needs to be under ghunghat ( veil). She needs to do all her work under veil. Are women f

[humanrights-movement:2859] Good news for the sacred mountain Niyamgiri and the Dongria Kondh tribe

2010-08-17 Thread Kamayani
-- Forwarded message -- From: john seed Date: Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 5:39 AM Subject: Good news for the sacred mountain Niyamgiri and the Dongria Kondh tribe To: ` Friends, some time during the last month you sent an email from www.niyamgiri.net to Indian officials to support th

[humanrights-movement:2858] Dalit woman paraded naked in Punjab's Bhagwanpur village

2010-08-17 Thread Kamayani
THE ATROCITIES AGAINST DALIT JUST SEEM TO GO ON AND ON http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Dalit-woman-paraded-naked-in-Punjab-1-held/articleshow/6320207.cms BATALA (Punjab): One person has been arrested for allegedly para

[humanrights-movement:2857] The Dalit Foundation: an Urgent Appeal for Solidarity

2010-08-17 Thread Kamayani
*Five Human Rights Defenders ( including three women ) of Dalit Foundation ( India) arrested and remanded to judicial custody on false charges on India's 64th Independence Day ( 15th August 2010 ) **in Tirunelveli District of Tamilnadu. **Henri Tiphagne, Executive Director of People's Watch has als

[humanrights-movement:2856] "Don’t Protest in Publ ic, Protest ‘Mouth-to-Mouth'" - Cops to Protesters in Chur chgate, Mumbai

2010-08-17 Thread Kamayani
-- Forwarded message -- From: Satyen K. Bordoloi Date: Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 10:00 AM Subject: YouTube: "Don’t Protest in Public, Protest ‘Mouth-to-Mouth'" - Cops to Protesters in Churchgate, Mumbai To: You wouldn’t think that one would have to protest to have the right to protest