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MI5 spied on Doris Lessing for decades
Newly declassified documents show that Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing was spied on by British security services for more than 20 years. Previously top secret files reveal that Lessing’s...
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‘Affection cannot be manufactured or be regulated by the law’: Lawrence Liang...
Lawrence Liang, lawyer, scholar and co-founder of the Bangalore Alternative law forum, delivered a lecture at the JNU teach-in titled “What the Nation really needs to know” on Sunday. He addressed the...
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UN says EU-Turkey refugee deal would violate law
Proposals to send back refugees en masse from the European Union to Turkey would contravene their right to protection under European and international law, agencies and rights groups say. The UN’s...
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“We don’t recruit Muslim”: Modi govt’s Ayush Ministry
New Delhi: In a sensational blunt statement, Modi Government’s AYUSH Ministry has said that as per government policy, it does not recruit Muslims. This unbelievable truth came out in a reply to an RTI...
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Detained by police for investigating the attacks in Paris
by Hicham Hamza, Panamza.com An independent journalist and founder of the investigative website Panamza, I was detained for seven hours by police about an article in which I revealed the Israeli origin...
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Telangana: Makeshift chapel burnt down in Nizamabad
Nizamabad: A makeshift prayer hall belonging to the Christian community in Gopanpally village of Nizamabad in Telangana was burnt down by unknown people. The Nizamabad Superintendent of Police said...
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150 People Booked For Smearing PM, Finance Minister’s Posters With black ink,...
MEERUT: As many as 150 people have been booked in connection with smearing of black ink and throwing eggs at the posters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley here during a...
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The government has come up with a whole new way to deal with the media
Is there a new pattern emerging in the way supposed media offences are dealt with? A pattern which has less to do with law and procedure and more to do with state discretion or intimidation? If you...
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Psychologists Who Designed the CIA Torture Program Can Be Sued by Victims,...
By Sarah Lazare / AlterNet April 25, 2016 For the first time, a federal judge is allowing torture victims to sue the psychologists who devised the CIA’s brutal interrogation methods that included sleep...
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Highway of Death: 25 Years Later – Air strikes against Iraqi troops...
The Highway of Death (Arabic: طريق الموت ṭarīq al-mawt) refers to a six-lane highway between Kuwait and Iraq, officially known as Highway 80. It runs from Kuwait City to the border town of Safwan in...
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Religious Tolerance In India Deteriorated In 2015: U.S. Commission
NEW DELHI — Religious tolerance in India deteriorated in 2015, and religious freedoms of minorities were violated by Hindu nationalist groups, “tacitly supported” by members of the ruling Bharatiya...
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Top court green-lights surveillance of Japan’s Muslims
Tokyo, Japan – Mohamed Fujita used to host religious study groups at his home that were open to all Muslims. But today he’s afraid to invite strangers, in case they’re police informants. Extensive...
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Wear it with pride: Hijab now a choice
Once more the hijab made news. The Supreme Court came up with a dresscode for a repeat All-India Pre Medical Test (AIPMT) last month to put a leash on cheaters but managed to stir the hornet’s nest...
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US will not release hunger-striking Guantanamo detainee
Lawyers from the US justice department have blocked a legal request, made on health grounds, to release a Guantanamo Bay detainee who weighs just 34kg after an eight-year hunger strike. Yemeni...
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Dissent is not disloyalty: By Nissim Mannathukkaren
Source: The Hindu by: Nissim Mannathukkaren The right of dissent — or, if you prefer, the right to be wrong — is surely fundamental to the existence of a democratic society. That’s the right that went...
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MI5 spied on Doris Lessing for decades
Newly declassified documents show that Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing was spied on by British security services for more than 20 years. Previously top secret files reveal that Lessing’s...
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Nearly 80% Of Divorced Indian Muslims Are Women
In India, for every divorced Muslim man, there are four divorced Muslim women, anIndiaSpend analysis of Census 2011 data shows. Across religious communities, except Sikhs, there are more divorced women...
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If Pakistan and 21 other countries have abolished triple talaq, why can’t India?
The All-India Muslim Personal Law Board has been mulishly opposed to abolishing triple talaq, which is a procedure a Muslim adopts to divorce his wife by pronouncing talaq three times in one sitting....
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Muslims stage protest prayers near Rome’s Colosseum
Organisers staged demonstrations after authorities closed down five makeshift mosques on administrative grounds Hundreds of Muslims offered Friday prayers near Rome’s Colosseum to protest at the...
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Sanders: If Donald Trump takes people’s anger and turns it against...
Senator Bernie Sanders says his camp will become President-Elect Trump’s worst nightmare if he goes after minorities in America. The former Democratic presidential hopeful says he’s prepared to work...
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