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PEOPLE's UNION for CIVIL LIBERTIES Maharashtra State Unit
PEOPLE’S UNION FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES Maharashtra State Unit Ad Hoc Committee Convenor: Mihir Desai; Members: Sandhya Gokhale, Rajni Bakshi, Sitaram Shelar, Dolphy D’souza, Alex D’mello, Lara Jesani Email: [email protected] Date: 06.06.2018 PUCL, MAHARASHTRA CONDEMNS THE ARREST OF SURENDRA GADLING, SUDHIR DHAWALE, RONA WILSON / RANA JACOB, SHOMA SEN AND MAHESH RAUT ON 6TH JUNE 2018 PUCL strongly condemns the vindictive and arbitrary arrest of Advocate Surendra Gadling, Mr. Sudhir Dhawale, Mr. Rona Wilson / Rana Jacob, Ms. Shoma Sen and Mr. Mahesh Raut on 6th June 2018. They have been reportedly booked under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), on the allegation of spreading controversial pamphlets and delivering hate speeches in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence that broke out in January 2018. Even before their arrest, systematic raids were carried out by the police at their premises early in the morning. It is reported that the above persons are being taken to Pune on transit remand from their respective locations by the Pune police. All these above persons have been active in various movements and organizations, and have publicly defended the rights of Dalits and various sections of marginalized people. The simultaneous arrests at all India level (Nagpur, Pune, Mumbai, Delhi) by State authorities, smack of predetermined planned attack on people who have been protesting against injustice and atrocities perpetuated by various State and non-State Hindu right-wing groups. These arrest amounts to blatant violation of citizen’s rights to freedom of expression and voicing dissent, and is clearly a move to target individuals working for rights of the marginalised sections of society, and to produce a chilling effect on voices of dissent. -
Building and Strengthening Communities and Social Networks PROTEUS a J O U R N a L O F I D E a S
SPRING 2011 VOLUME 27:1 PROTEUS A JOURNAL OF IDEAS Building and Strengthening Communities and Social Networks PROTEUS A J OURN A L OF I DE A S Building and Strengthening Communities and Social Networks VOLUME 27:1 SPRING 2011 An ancient Greek sea divinity, herdsman of seals, Proteus could be elusive by changing his form at will appearing as a lion, a serpent, a boar, water, or a tall tree. However when those who caught him succeeded in holding him fast, Proteus assumed his proper shape of an old man and told the truth. PROTEUS A J O U R N A L O F I D E A S VOLUME 27 SPRING 2011 NUMBER 1 BUILDING AND STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES AND SOCIAL NETWORKS Upcoming Issues of Proteus Watch for our Call for Papers on H-Net and in the Chronicle of Higher Education among other places in the Summer of 2011. Contents Upcoming Theme: The Human Body 1 Editor’s Notes: Building Communities 37 From Pathways to Portals: Getting to the Laurie J.C. Cella Root of a Public Housing Community Nicola Mann We welcome ideas for future themes! 5 Editor’s Notes: Exploring Social Networks Richard A. Knight 51 Social Networking & Virtual Community Submissions, requests for further information, or orders for copies should Xin-An Lu be addressed to the Managing Editor of Proteus at [email protected]. 7 News Talks: Critical Service-Learning for Social Change 57 Google in China: Finding Creative Spoma Jovanovic, Dan DeGooyer, Jr., Solutions to Cultural Differences and David Reno Christopher E. Eby 23 Something Old, Something New, Something 63 Online Activism for a Heterogeneous Time: Borrowed, Something Blue: Lessons The Pink Chaddi Campaign and the Social Learned During a Service-Learning Media in India Experience in the Gulf Coast Saayan Chattopadhyay Sean R. -
REPRESENTATION of VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN in INDIAN PRINT MEDIA: a COMARATIVE ANALYSIS Rupsayar Das Student, M.A
Students’ Research Global Media Journal – Indian Edition/ISSN 2249-5835 Sponsored by the University of Calcutta/ www.caluniv.ac.in Summer Issue / June 2012 Vol. 3/No.1 REPRESENTATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN INDIAN PRINT MEDIA: A COMARATIVE ANALYSIS Rupsayar Das Student, M.A. Second Year Department of Journalism and Mass Communication University of Calcutta,India Email: [email protected] Abstract: This study aims at investigating print news discourses on a relatively recent act of violence perpetrated on women in India, which evoked a nation-wide non-violent protest, popularly known as „The Pink Chaddi‟ Campaign, 2009. We considered some of the top English national and local daily newspapers (online editions) for analyses; using advanced computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS) called Leximancer v3.5. We aimed to explore the frames in the news discourse through intra-media analyses, and perform comparative inter-media analyses between national- and local newspaper corpora. The „concept maps‟ produced by Leximancer v3.5, in the unsupervised-mode, threw light on the nature of the news discourse on the Campaign. We found slight evidence that some of the newspapers tried to downplay the VAW and took a detour towards political blame-game. These results somewhat reflected the results of Caputi et al. (1992), O‟Connor (2002) and Wetschanow (2003). Keywords: „The Pink Chaddi‟ Campaign, CAQDAS, Leximancer v 3.5, Concept Maps, News Frames, News Discourse Introduction It is true that we live in the 21st century, but even to this date, social malice and malpractices are still very much prevalent which are reminiscent of the past. -
Indian Society
www.livemint.com 2018-01-01 Gordon Brown Protectionist and “bring-back-control” movements will continue to flourish so long as globalisation remains leaderless, lacks a human face, and advances like a runaway train careening out of control. Sadly, there are good reasons why globalisation has become a dirty word for millions of people. The pillars of the 30-year-old Washington Consensus have been collapsing. Most now agree that free trade without fair trade creates millions of losers, in addition to some winners. Unregulated capital flows, especially short-term speculative flows, can destabilize economies. And rising social inequalities can be bad for growth. These realizations are punching holes in the free-market fundamentalism— focused on liberalization, deregulation, privatization, tax-cutting, and the shrinking of the state—that has prevailed in policymaking circles over the last few decades. Ten years after the global financial crisis, we can now accept that individuals and corporations acting solely in their own self-interest do not always serve that of the public. And yet a new economic paradigm for the global age still has not emerged. In the resulting vacuum, protectionism, anti-trade populism, and illiberal—often xenophobic—nationalism have gained ground, fueled by anxieties about stagnant wages, technological unemployment, and rising insecurity. Make no mistake: those left out and left behind by globalisation are actively searching for something and someone to articulate their discontent and shelter them from change. But neither nationalism— whether that espoused by US President Donald Trump or its other manifestations—nor overly formulaic or elaborate systems of global governance will meet the needs and desires of people for prosperity, security, equity, and self-determination. -
Cultural Policing in Dakshina Kannada
Cultural Policing in Dakshina Kannada Vigilante Attacks on Women and Minorities, 2008-09 March, 2009 Report by People’s Union for Civil Liberties, Karnataka (PUCL-K) Publishing history Edition : March, 2009 Published : English Edition : 500 copies Suggested Contribution : Rs. 50 Published by : PUCL-K Cover Design by : Namita Malhotra Printed by : National Printing Press Any part of this Report may be freely reproduced, copied or transmitted as necessary. PUCL-K only asserts the right to be identified with the reproduced version. Contents Chapter I- Introduction ................................................... 1 1.1 Need and Purpose of the Report 1.2 Background to Dakshina Kannada 1.3 Consolidation of Hindutva Forces in Karnataka 1.4 Methodology Chapter II - Vigilante Attacks in Dakshina Kannada ...... 8 2.1 Amnesia Pub Incident 2.2 Intimidation of Independent Voices 2.3 Valentine’s Day Offensive 2.4 Continuing Attacks with Renewed Impunity Chapter III - Understanding Cultural Policing in Dakhina Kannada ......................................26 3.1 Strategy of Cultural Policing 3.2 Role of Organizations Professing Hindutva 3.3 Role of the Police 3.4 Role of the Media 3.5 Role of the Public 3.6 Impact of Cultural Policing Chapter IV - Cultural Policing leading to Social Apartheid: Violation of the Constitutional Order .......39 Chapter V - Civil Society’s Response to Cultural Policing ...43 5.1 Komu Souharde Vedike (KSV) 5.2 Karnataka Forum for Dignity (KFD) 5.3 Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) 5.4 People’s Movement for Enforcement -
Pils Must Be Under CJI Or Top 4 Judges: SC Bar Body
millenniumpost.in RNI NO.: DELENG/2005/15351 SUNDAY REGD. NO.: DL(S)-01/3420/2015-17 millenniumPUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL.13, ISSUE 14 | Sunday, 14 January, 2018 | New Delhi | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 post NO HALF TRUTHS CITY PAGE 3 WORLD PAGE 6 FILM PAGE 16 BMW MOWS DOWN UK’S FIRST WOMAN SIKH MP STRONG MAN IN DU CAMPUS APPOINTED SHADOW MINISTER BACKBONE Quick News44 BAR COUNCIL OF INDIA FORMS 7-MEMBER TEAM TO MEET ALL BUT TOP 5 SC JUDGES Chopper with ONGC staff Saudi women at football crashes; 5 bodies found game for first time PILs must be under CJI or OUR CORRESPONDENT JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia allowed MUMBAI: A Pawan Hans heli- women to enter a copter with seven persons on- football stadium board, including five ONGC for the first time top 4 judges: SC Bar body officers and two pilots, crashed to watch a match, off the Mumbai coast minutes as the ultra-con- OUR CORRESPONDENT after it took off for the state- servative king- PM’s PRINCIPAL owned company’s oil installa- dom eases strict decades-old rules separating NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court SECY DRIVES TO tion in the Arabian sea. So far, the sexes. The new measure comes after Riyadh, Bar Association (SCBA)on Satur- five bodies have been recov- long known for imposing harsh restrictions on day expressed “grave concern” over CJI HOUSE, FAILS ered, Oil and Natural Gas Cor- women, announced it was lifting a ban prohib- the differences of the four senior- poration said in a statement. Mumbai coast killing 27 com- iting them from driving, as well as reopening most judges with Chief Justice of TO MEET HIM Search operations are on for pany persons and the pilot cinemas. -
Setback for NCP's Saseendran TN Has Dozen CM Candidates-In-Waiting
NEW DELHI | SATURDAY | JANUARY 6, 2018 nation 07 KERALA SEX-TALK SCANDAL Political gains TN has dozen CM motive behind Setback for NCP’s Saseendran triple talaq ing for the court’s decision on The woman had said in her candidates-in-waiting Complainant the woman’s plea for approach- petition that she had com- Bill: CPM ing the CPI(M)-led ruling LDF, plained against the former KUMAR CHELLAPPAN n Madurai-based son of Haassan, another film star, PTI n THIRUVANANTHAPURAM withdraws in which NCP is a partner, with Minister due to some misun- CHENNAI Karunanidhi, would react to who too had announced his a request for reinstating him in derstanding and she wanted the Stalin’s candidature. The DMK political plans is making nois- he CPI(M) on Friday the Cabinet. A judicial com- case to be withdrawn as a set- ith superstar Rajinikanth has not won any election with- es from the sidelines before he Taccused the BJP-led settlement plea mission which had looked into tlement had been reached out- Wdeclaring his political out the cooperation of Alagiri plunges into the arena. Haassan Government at the Centre of VR JAYARAJ n KOCHI the matter had already exon- side the court. She had dreams on the New Year Eve, who wields considerable influ- too has not announced the using the triple talaq bill for erated him effectively. approached the High Court Tamil Nadu politics which had ence in southern Tamil Nadu. details of the political outfit to “political gains”. Prime Minister he dreams of Kerala NCP’s In fact, Friday’s develop- after the Chief Judicial moved around former Chief Anbumani Ramadoss, son be launched by him. -
The Week That Went By! Weekly News Page Jan 1St - Jan 7Th G.K Snippets … - India Will Start Its 8Th Stint As a Non-Permanent Member of the UN Security Council
The week that went by! Weekly News Page Jan 1st - Jan 7th G.K snippets … - India will start its 8th stint as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. There are five permanent members - USA, UK, France, China and Russia. Further Readings Law, Policy and Governance Daily snippets 1. Vaccine close to approval, hints DCGI - V.G. Somani, Drug Controller General of India (DCGI), indicated at a webinar that the country was close to approving a COVID-19 vaccine. The PM warns of the need for people to remain vigilant. 2. Kangana committed 'grave violation of plan' while merging flats : Court - Actor Kangana Ranaut violated the sanctioned plan while merging her three flats, a civil court in Mumbai remarked while rejecting her plea seeking to restrain the Mumbai civic body from demolishing the unauthorised construction. - Judge L.S. Chavan noted in the order that Ms. Ranaut, who owns three flats on the fifth floor of a 16-storey building in Khar, merged them into one. In doing so, she covered the sunk area, duct area, common passage and converted free Floor Space Index into a habitable area. “These are grave violations of the sanctioned plan for which the permission of the competent authority is required,” said the court. 3. Assam's doubtful citizens get a centre to learn their rights - Aditpur is a village, about 20 km from western Assam’s Barpeta town, is teaching the Constitution of India to “doubtful” Indians who are unlikely to have heard of it. “Assam has over 5 lakh people who are being deprived of their citizenship rights because of having been struck off voters’ list and being slapped with notices as suspected foreigners, the Sambidhan Kendra, probably the first of its kind in India, is an effort to make such people aware of their citizenship rights,”. -
Speaks Sudha Bharadwaj
A Life in Law and Activism SUDHA BHARADWAJ SPEAKS People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) l January 2021 A Life in Law and Activism SUDHA BHARADWAJ SPEAKS Published by : Peoples Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL) Edition : January 2021 Sudha Bharadwaj’s Darshana Mitra and interview by : Santanu Chakraborty Edited by : Arvind Narrain Pictures credit : PUCL Cover Design : Vinay Jain Layout : Vinay C Dedicated to all those who have been unjustly imprisoned for exercising their constitutional right to freedom of speech and expression The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting. — Milan Kundera CONTENTS Acknowledgements ....................................................................11 Foreword ................................................................................... 13 INTRODUCTION Sudha Bharadwaj and the Right to Dissent Arvind Narrain ........................................................................ 19 ANTI-TERROR LAWS UAPA: Law as Instrumentality of State Tyranny and Violence V. Suresh ...................................................................................43 BHIMA KOREGAON The Bhima Koregaon–Elgar Parishad Conspiracy Case: A PUCL Background Document Shalini Gera and V. Suresh ......................................................83 SUDHA BHARADWAJ SPEAKS Becoming a Lawyer ................................................................. 105 Early Life ..................................................................................110 Shanker Guha Niyogi: Bringing the -
Bhima Koregaon Case Hearing: Arguments by Petitioners and Respondents
BHIMA KOREGAON CASE HEARING: ARGUMENTS BY PETITIONERS AND RESPONDENTS. BY KRITIKA A & NIKITA AGARWAL The hearing on the petition Romila Thapar and Ors. vs. Union of India and Ors., known as the Bhima Koregaon case continued on September 19, 2018 at the Supreme Court heard by Chief Justice of India Deepak Misra, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice A.M. Khanwilkar. In the long arguments which lasted till 4 o’clock with a one hour lunch break, both sides—for the five plus five activists’ arrested on June 6th and August 28th in connection to Bhima Koregaon violence under FIR No. 04/2018 and the prosecution, the State of Maharashtra put forth their best arguments. Senior counsel for the activists Abhishek Manu Singhvi opened his argument by pointing towards the first FIR filed by Anita Salve, a Dalit woman and eye witness to the violence unleashed by right wing extremist groups: “Anita Salve, an eye witness to the violence of 1st January 2018, lodged FIR 2/2018 at P.S. Pimpri on 2nd January 2018, stating that violence was unleashed by a mob armed with swords, rods etc. against the Dalits and specifically names Sambhaji Bhide, Chief of Shivajinagar Pratishthan and Milind Ekbote, Chief of Hindu Janjagaran Samiti, as the perpetrators and conspirators of the attack.” He emphasised that a belated FIR was filed by Tushar Damgude, who is an Intervenor before this Court, on January 8th, eight days after the incident and seven days after the first FIR. This FIR is what is known as FIR 4/ 2018 and the raids and arrests of the activists’ have taken place under this FIR. -
The Bates Student Archives and Special Collections
Bates College SCARAB The Bates Student Archives and Special Collections 1-17-2018 The Bates Student - volume 148 number 09 - January 17, 2018 Bates College Follow this and additional works at: https://scarab.bates.edu/bates_student The Bates Student THE VOICE OF BATES COLLEGE SINCE 1873 WEDNESDAY January 17, 2018 Vol. 148, Issue. 9 Lewiston, Maine FORUM ARTS & LEISURE SPORTS Kerry Manuel ’21 shares Will Hibbitts ’21 takes a Morgan Baxter ’20 discusses the women’s basketball stand on the new Speakers, Abraham Bronwell ’20’s new team’s quarky home Performers, and Protests EP, Old Mirror. game ritual. policy. See Page 4 See Page 6 See Page 11 Inside Arts & Leisure: Inside Sports: Szlachetka ’02 and Posner ’18 Winter Athletes Discuss Music and Life Brave Frigid Temps HALLEY POSNER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF TORY DOBBIN MANAGING ARTS EDITOR This week, Editor-in-Chief Hal- ley Posner ’18 had the opportunity to interview Matthew Szlachetka ’02, known as the musical artist Szlachetka (pronounced SLA-HET- KA), about his upcoming album and journey in thew music indus- try. Szlachetka also spoke with The Bates Student about his future plans OLIVIA and outlook on music in today’s so- The swimming and diving team feels effects from cold temperatures. GILBERT/THE BATES STUDENT ciety. Here is an abridged transcript of that conversation that has been frostbite before heading outside for edited for clarity: VANESSA PAOLELLA practice. STAFF WRITER The Bates Student (BS): What While members of the track and have you been up to for the past few field team were not on campus dur- While training over winter years? ing break, athletes were expected to break can be arduous at the best of Szlachetka (S): I’ve pretty train on their own. -
Reviving the Iraqi Ba'ath
VOLUME VII, ISSUE 3 u FEBRUARY 10, 2009 IN THIS ISSUE: REVIVING THE IRAQI BA’aTH: A PROFILE OF GENERAL MUHAMMAD YUNIS AL-AHMAD By Fadhil Ali.............. ....................................................................................1 PRIMAry THREAT TO INDIA REMAINS HOME-GROWN LEFT- AND RIGHT-WING TERRORISM General Muhammed By Chietigj Bajpaee ....................................................................................4 Yunis al-Ahmad BALOCHI NATIONALISTS INTENSIFY VIOLENT REBELLION IN IRAN Terrorism Monitor is a publication By Chris Zambelis.........................................................................................7 of The Jamestown Foundation. The Terrorism Monitor is HINDU RADICALS POSE TERRORIST CHALLENGE TO THE SUB-CONTINENT designed to be read by policy- By Wilson John.............................................................................................10 makers and other specialists yet be accessible to the general public. The opinions expressed within are solely those of the Reviving the Iraqi Ba’ath: A Profile of General authors and do not necessarily reflect those of The Jamestown Muhammad Yunis al-Ahmad Foundation. By Fadhil Ali Unauthorized reproduction or he U.S.-led invasion of Iraq not only toppled Saddam Hussein, but it also redistribution of this or any put an end to three and a half decades of political domination by the Jamestown publication is strictly prohibited by law. TBa’ath party over Iraq. Despite a proliferation of political parties and militant organizations eager to take or at least share power in a new Iraq, the Ba’athists, who once held a monopoly on power and remain convinced they are the only legitimate government in Iraq, are still active and reorganizing. The Iraqi Ba’athists, however, have split into two factions, one based in Iraq and the other in Syria. The latter group is led by General Muhamad Yunis al-Ahmad, a once relatively obscure member of Saddam’s general staff who has emerged as a claimant to the leadership of the Iraqi Ba’ath party.