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Manipuri is not Merely a Dance
The armed forces were deputed to Manipur for suppressing the separatists. The forces can search the houses without warrant, destroy them, take people into custody, interrogate them and even shoot to kill. The actions of the armed forces cannot be questioned in a court of law. The massive deployment of forces has only worsened the situation. Innocents get killed in the cross fire between the separatists and the service personnel. More than 25000 have been killed in the last six decades. Many Manipuris harbour a doubt; is Manipur really a part of India? .
Fight for rights: Irene Fernandez
- IRENE FERNANDEZ, winner of the 2005 Right Livelihood Award (the Alternate Nobel Prize) was in Kochi recently. Daughter of pre-World War II migrant Malayalee parents, she is a campaigner for migrant worker, plantation workers and women's rights. Irene is also a trade union organiser, environmentalist and the central committee member of the National Justice Party of Malaysia. Veteran campaigner Irene Fernandez in conversation with about her work among Malaysia's migrant workers
A `shocking' development
In a recent lathi charge on protesting student activists, Kerala's police used electric shock batons. The state's model of development has many votaries worldwide, but the savageness in police actions on mass programmes does not seem to be going away, reports
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No justice for Kerala victims
On JUNE 26, 2006, the Kerala High Court ordered that the Rs 50 lakh
allocated by Kerala government for the victims of the pesticide
endosulfan in the state's Kasargod district should be disbursed
expeditiously reports
Baba Amte: Restless and romantic
He was a zamindar by birth and a successful lawyer by training.
He charmed and transformed generations of youth and propelled them
into social and political activism. Baba Amte, who passed away last week,
was a rare combination of sensitivity and courage,
writes.
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