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Aakar Patel wegen eines Tweets für das Recht auf Protest angezeigt
Am 2. Juni 2020 registrierte die Polizei von Bengaluru einen First Information Report (FIR) gegen Aakar Patel, den ehemaligen Leiter von Amnesty International India. Der Grund war ein Twitter-Beitrag, mit dem er die Menschen aufforderte, friedlich für ihre Rechte zu demonstrieren. Zum Statement von Amnesty International India: Aakar Patel Booked For Tweeting In Favour Of Weiterlesen
COVID-19 in Asia: A Closer Look At Women’s Unpaid and Underpaid Work During A Pandemic
As COVID-19 grips the world, market economy have shuttered, schools have closed, and nearly half of the global population is confined to their homes. Yet millions of care workers step out every day to keep the lights on and support those in need, for very low wages. Majority of these care workers are women – Weiterlesen
Joint Statement: In Solidarity With The Stateless During COVID-19
An urgent call to states, donors, and other stakeholders to promote and protect the rights of stateless persons in their COVID-19 responses. In Solidarity With The Stateless During COVID-19 Weiterlesen
When I Took Action: 3 Individuals Share Stories of Helping Victims of Domestic Violence
AI India Blog: 3 Individuals Share Stories of Helping Victims of Domestic Violence Weiterlesen
Thoothukudi Two Years After: Impunity on Gross Display
Two years since the brutal killings of 16 people in Thoothukudi, no action yet against any official. People’s Inquest Team: Two Years After Thoothukudi: Impunity on Gross Display Weiterlesen
The Women Warriors Fighting COVID-19 at the Frontline
AI India Blog: ASHA workers left without Hope Weiterlesen
Injustice in The Courts: Four Indian Laws That Should Have Never Existed
The criminal justice system loses credibility when people are detained for no good reason. In India, this happens frequently under many laws, where journalists, human rights defenders, lawyers and students are arrested just for being critical of the government. There are many laws in India that are problematic and need to be repealed immediately. Here Weiterlesen
Statement from academics and activists from UK on crackdown on dissent
We condemn the brutal crackdown on dissent and protest which has accompanied India’s Covid-19 lockdown. The Modi government has launched a witch-hunt of students and activists and is charging them under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). Among those charged are Umar Khalid, former JNU student leader, and Meeran Haider and Safoora Zargar of the Jamia Coordinating Committee (JCC) linked to Jamia Weiterlesen
Urgent Action: Anti-CAA-Protestierende in Haft
Meeran Haider, Shifa-Ur-Rehman und die im dritten Monat schwangere Safoora Zargar wurden festgenommen, weil sie friedlich gegen das Staatsbürgerschaftsgesetz (Citizenship Amendment Act – CAA) demonstriert hatten. Zur Aktionsanleitung Weiterlesen
Domestic Violence: What You Can Do To Help
Currently, with a nation-wide lockdown in India, many women are locked in with their abusers with nowhere to go. As per the National Commission for Women and news reports, there has been a distinct increase in cases of domestic violence due to the lockdown. Bystander Action for Domestic Violence: What You Can Do To Help Weiterlesen