2021

Recently eminent jurist and former judge of the Supreme Court of India, Justice Madan B. Lokur, made three important points which have been widely welcomed by all citizens devoted to strengthening democracy in India (interview with Karan Thapar, the Wire.in, October 6 2021). Firstly he stated that the reason why our Supreme Court has been called the most powerful court internationally is that it derives its strength from the people. The constitution provides fundamental rights to people and (…)

Remember the 2004 science fiction climate movie ‘The Day After Tomorrow’, that predicted extreme global warming, floods and other frightening weather changes. Proved true today with extremely high summer temperatures, blazing forest fires and floods in many regions across the planet. Today climate change is a reality. COP26, the next round of UN climate talk Conference of the Parties will be held in person in Glasgow, UK, from 31 October to 12 November this year.
The meeting attended by (…)

by P. S . Jayaramu
(11th, October, 2021)
Karnataka Government has embarked on implementing the New Education Policy 2020 in a mission mode from the academic year 2021-22, by starting the introduction of four years UG programmes, along with Certificate and Diploma Courses, with provision for exit and re-entry options, credit transfer facilities, etc, without adequate preparations. My focus here is on the initiatives to be taken to revive Social Sciences in the State..
Social Sciences (…)

In the early hours of October 15, Lakhbir Singh, a 35-year old labourer from the Mazhabi Sikh community (Dalits who converted to Sikhism), was brutally tortured and murdered at the protest site at Singhu border near Delhi. It has been alleged that Lakhbir Singh had attempted to steal the holy scriptures of the Sikh community. Members of the Nihang Sikh sect have come forward and taken the responsibility for the barbaric act. Not only have the leaders of the Nihang community not shown any (…)

PRESS RELEASE
October 21, 2021
Fact-Finding Report Released
In the wake of the massive surge in the recent attacks against Christians in India , United Against Hate Along with Association for Protection of Civil Rights and United Christian Forum organised a joint Press Conference addressing a series of attacks against Christians and Churches in UP and other parts of the country. Three Hundred and Five (305) incidents of violence 273 Days of 2021 were reported on UCF toll-free helpline (…)

[October 21, 2021]
As South Asians, we are deeply distressed and saddened by the spate of violence and killings in Bangladesh on the occasion of Durga Puja and Vijayadashmi.
Attacks on minorities are a sign of injustice and a matter of shame for any society and bring a bad name to the Government.
Our heartfelt empathy and solidarity with all those killed, injured and affected in any way by this inhuman and mindless violence.
Even as we were feeling some relief at the Government of (…)

Afghanistan continuing political social and economic crisis - the deepening humanitarian catastrophe was at the core of the urgent concerns that motivated a host of civil society and human rights advocates to join the Pakistan–India Peoples Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD) in a singular online conversation that went beyond state narratives of security and competitive national interests, to surface civil society perspectives of Afghan peoples struggles. PIPFPD, one of the oldest civil (…)

GENEVA (15 October 2021) – On the first anniversary of the murder of French school teacher Samuel Paty, UN experts paid tribute to his commitment to teaching human rights values and said the best way to honour him is to defy fundamentalism and defend human rights.
Mr. Paty was beheaded by an extremist on 16 October 2020 near the school where he taught in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, outside of Paris, following a social media campaign that misrepresented his attempts to teach freedom of (…)

22 October 2021
Author: Anil Sigdel, Nepal Matters for America
The alliance between the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist and Leninist) (CPN-UML) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) (CPN-MC), which won a landslide victory in the elections three years ago, has now fractured into three different political parties. The merger between the CPN-UML, led by then prime minister [KP Sharma Oli, and the CPN-MC, led by former rebel leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal (known as Prachanda) (…)

Dave Kellaway reports on the latest attack by fascist forces in Italy, this time against the CGIL HQ in Rome.
14 Oct 2021
Last Saturday, on the 9 October, hundreds of fascists forced their way into the CGIL’s HQ in Rome. Fascist leaders had openly called for this action from the platform of the No Vax, No COVID Pass demonstration. Offices were trashed on several floors. The attack has sent shock waves through the world Italian politics and the labour movement.
Yesterday, 12 October (…)