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May 27, 2018July 6, 2018 by Eye Art Collective

Eyezine is dead: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Eyezine is officially shutting down today, almost five years since it began in the winter of 2013. We started in a small room in Calcutta, with the willingness to pursue truth-telling of hyperlocal issues being…

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January 26, 2017January 27, 2017 by Manisha Ganguly

Solidarité des Femmes: Women’s March in Paris

BY MANISHA GANGULY On the 21st of January, the day after Donald Trump swore in as President of the United States, women all over the world in 70 countries joined…

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November 24, 2016November 25, 2016 by Manisha Ganguly

Kashmir Is Everyone’s Problem: Do Human Rights Matter Anymore?

BY MANISHA GANGULY On November 13, Khurram Parvez, Kashmiri human rights defender and Chairperson of Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) was awarded the 2016 Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award for his…

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November 17, 2016 by Firestone

WATCH: “Why Hasn’t Central Government Declared a National Medical Emergency Yet?”

"More than 300 Adivasi children have died in Malkangiri in the past two months of Japanese Encephalitis, official figure says 110 but local activists say the number is much higher,…

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November 17, 2016February 22, 2017 by Firestone

Hundreds Join Anti-Trump Protest in London

Anti-racism protesters gathered outside the US Embassy in London clash with 3 right-wing disrupters from EDL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iBVL1Rjuxk&feature=youtu.b BY MANISHA GANGULY| Thursday 9th November 2016 More than two hundred anti-racism protesters gathered…

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November 16, 2016 by Siddhesh

Speaking Truth To Power: In Solidarity With Those Fighting For Human Rights in Bastar

On November 4, Samnath Baghel was killed by armed Naxals in his home in Nama village under the Sukma district in Bastar. On November 5, an FIR was DU Professor…

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November 11, 2016November 11, 2016 by Firestone

Crisis Group: Turkey’s PKK Conflict Veers onto a More Violent Path

The International Crisis Group has published a report entitled: Turkey’s PKK Conflict Veers onto a More Violent Path. In the report, published on 10 Nov and written by Berkay Mandiraci, the group…

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November 10, 2016November 10, 2016 by Eye Art Collective

“The future of our planet is at stake”: Eco-warriors fight Heathrow expansion

Grow Heathrow remains last man standing as UK government gives green-light for third runway project. This is the way the world ends, not with a bang, but with poor government…

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November 10, 2016November 10, 2016 by Firestone

In Tweets: How Demonetisation Is Affecting Indians Without Privilege

On the evening of 8th November 2016, Indian PM Narendra Modi declared that from midnight onwards, denominations of Rs. 500 and 1000 would cease to be legal tender, as a measure to curb…

October 20, 2016October 20, 2016 by Swastisha Mukherjee

Jadavpur ICC releases report on student accused of sexual harassment

The Internal Complaints Committee of Jadavpur University (JU) in  its report against Ekalavya Chaudhuri, the student accused of sexual harassment, recommended that the offender should receive  pastoral treatment or counseling. The…

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October 13, 2016 by Firestone

Native Americans Arrested at Protest for Indigenous People’s Day

Twenty seven protesters were arrested yesterday while blockading construction of a pipeline over sacred native burial ground. The arrests by riot police on the eve of Indigenous People’s Day, were…

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October 3, 2016 by Manisha Ganguly

Further Government ban on Fundamental Freedoms in Jammu and Kashmir

On the basis of an administrative order by the District Magistrate Srinagar, the Jammu and Kashmir Police yesterday stopped the publication of Kashmir Reader, a popular English daily newspaper published…

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September 22, 2016September 23, 2016 by Pallab Deb

DAC Issues Call for Protest against Kaziranga Killings

Delhi Action Committee released the following statement against the recent police killings in Kaziranga, Assam, and calls for a protest gathering at Assam Bhawan, Sardar Patel Marg, New Delhi, on…

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September 22, 2016September 22, 2016 by Pallab Deb

Success of The Saroda Land Struggle: Resisting Savarna-Patriarchy

Saroda, September 21 - The activism of Jignesh Mevani and the members of the Rashtriya Dalit Adhikaar Manch (RDAM), along with the residents of Saroda Village, bore fruit when the mapping…

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September 21, 2016 by Firestone

Session Court Orders Release of Khurram Parvez but Police Continues to Detain

Kashmir, September 20-- Late this evening, Principal District and Sessions Judge, Srinagar, set aside the detention order of the Executive Magistrate on Khurram Parvez based on multiple police illegalities. No…

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September 19, 2016September 19, 2016 by Eye Art Collective

Yet More Dalit Deaths Shock The Nation

Adding to the spate of brutalities against Dalits across the country, a Dalit youth named Satish More from Nariyara Village (Pamgarh) was tortured to death at the Malmula police station…

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September 13, 2016September 13, 2016 by Swastisha Mukherjee

No Country for Free Speech : An Independent Overseas Journalist

In an open letter, Mr Shiv Inder Singh, an independent  overseas journalist from Punjab, claims that he lost his job owing to his criticism of PM Modi’s government. Dear Sir/…

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September 8, 2016 by Firestone

State Violence Against Peaceful Public Meetings

6 September 2016 —  Over the last week – August 29 to 5 September, of uninterrupted curfew in Kashmir, the government’s unbridled use of force on peaceful public meetings/rallies, which…

"I am here to protect the water for the children...and to protect our ways of life," said Iyuskin American Horse of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, who was arrested Wednesday. (Photo: Earthjustice/Twitter)
September 8, 2016September 8, 2016 by Siddhesh

World Watching as Tribal Members Literally Put Bodies in Path of Dakota Pipeline

Thirty-eight activists were arrested in two states on 31 August 2016 (Wednesday) as protests against the $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) continue. While construction on one section of the pipeline…

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September 5, 2016September 6, 2016 by Eye Art Collective

FeministReads #1: “Caste is Not a Rumour” & “No Outlaws”

#FeministReads by FemPositive #FeministReads is a flagship project started by FemPositive in April 2015 with the aim to promote and archive Indian feminist literature and marginalized narratives through a weekly book…

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September 2, 2016 by Firestone

150 Million Indian Workers Strike Today Against Modi’s Anti-Labor Policies: Find Out Why

September 2, 2016 will see one of the largest coordinated labour strikes ever in India, possibly in the world. Trade unions cutting across political affiliations will shut down key sectors…

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August 28, 2016September 1, 2016 by Firestone

DU Students Release Statement in Solidarity With Kashmir

The current escalation of violence in Kashmir started on July 8, 2016 after the killing of Hizb ul Mujahideen’s Burhan Wani by the armed forces of the Indian State. As…

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August 14, 2016August 14, 2016 by Firestone

Statement Against RSS Attack on Journalist Neha Dixit and Press Freedom

We, the undersigned journalists, activists and academics, condemn in the strongest terms, the brazen attack launched by RSS organizations and individuals on journalist Neha Dixit and Outlook magazine for a…

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August 11, 2016 by Firestone

Former Face of Gujarat Riots to Join Azadi Kooch, Will Work for Dalit Muslim Unity

Dasha, Gujarat -- Ashok Parmar, who came into limelight during post Godhra riots in 2002 when he was captured by photographer Sebastian D'souza with a saffron band on head and iron…

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August 5, 2016 by Firestone

20,000 People Demand End to Manual Scavenging in Surendranagar District

August 5, Surendranagar, Gujarat — The Surendranagar District Collector (DC) will hold a meeting with the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of the districts’ seven municipalities, to investigate the ongoing practice of employing…

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July 31, 2016August 3, 2016 by Eye Art Collective

Lack of Safety in Chennai Beaches

Chennai, 25th July — The highly crowded and risky Marina Beach, the longest natural urban beach in India, has a notorious reputation. "Within the first week of July, five persons in…

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July 28, 2016 by Firestone

Jadavpur Student Accused of Multiple Counts of Sexual Harassment Suspended by VC

The Vice-Chancellor of Jadavpur University, Suranjan Das, moved to suspend the accused Ekalavya Chaudhuri from attending college, pending an investigation by an independent probe committee into his actions. Chaudhuri, an…

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July 25, 2016July 29, 2016 by Manisha Ganguly

Sexual Harassment Survivors Speak Out, Take Social Media By Storm: Read Their Joint Statement

On the 23rd of July 2016, an undergraduate student of Jadavpur University, Ekalavya Chaudhuri, was exposed via Facebook for alleged sexual harassment of over a dozen women, some of them…

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July 25, 2016July 31, 2016 by Firestone

Ashoka University Students, Faculty, Alumni Release Petition Condemning State Violence In Kashmir

To The Govt of India. and the Govt. of Jammu and Kashmir, We, the undersigned—current students, alumni of the Young India Fellowship, and faculty of Ashoka University—write to voice our…

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July 24, 2016July 25, 2016 by Firestone

Will Justice Forever Elude Survivors of Kunan-Poshpora?

Over 25 years on, Freny Manecksha unravels the grisly twists and turns in the tale, a take that involves allegations of gendered violence by the Indian army In April 2013,…

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July 24, 2016July 25, 2016 by Firestone

Lethal Injuries from ‘Non-Lethal’ Weapons

Despite the call by human rights organizations to stop the use of weapons such as pellet guns and chilli grenades in tackling riots or mob fury, security forces in the…

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July 24, 2016July 25, 2016 by Firestone

Halla Mach Jayega: How Bollywood Has Been Responsible For The Spread of Eve-Teasing

"Towal me bahar jaogi to Halla mach jayega Towal me bahar jaogi to Halla mach jayega Kar dogi badnaam tum Karo na aisa kaam tum Tumko aise dekh Har ek…

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July 24, 2016July 25, 2016 by Firestone

In Defence of the Writer

The recent Chennai High court judgment concerning the writer Perumal Murugan is a requisite addition to the Indian jurisprudence as it underlines the relationship between the writer and society, which…

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