It has been over four months since the beginning of largely peaceful protests in Syria calling for political reform and for the Syrian President to step down. The Syrian authorities’ response to thei...
On 21 March 2011, Amnesty International will launch a new report revealing how administrative detention in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir is being used to detain people for years at a time, wi...
Libya has witnessed horrific levels of violence in the last few days. Hundreds of innocent people have died, among them protesters who were peacefully demanding basic political and human rights refor...
Of the many times that the United States of America has been accused of being hypocritically silent towards distress situations of international importance, a few have been, directed to favor India. ...
4th January 2011My cheeks began to hurt from smiling so much. I would swivel my hips and jump a little every couple of minutes. The people around me were starting to stare. To them, I probably came a...
I started blogging about 4 years ago. It was around the same time they threw, the Egyptian blogger, Kareem Amer into prison. Of course, I hadnt heard of him then. I spent the next four year writing a...
On the third anniversary of the violent crackdown on the “Saffron Revolution”, Amnesty International calls on the Myanmar government to immediately and unconditionally free all political prisoners ar...
With an increasing death toll in protests in Kashmir, Amnesty International calls on the Indian authorities to take urgent steps to ensure respect for the right to life and to investigate past killin...
Amnesty International has urged Indian authorities to carry out an effective investigation into a video clip that appears to show detainees in Kashmir being stripped and humiliated by security forces...
The house was old,lay quite & forgotten.Insides cold, & the wood, rotten.The peeling paint, & the shattered glass,the unkempt garden,& the withered grass,told a story of its heroic past;A story with ...
The entire Mumbai community, online & offline, is a buzz with the upcoming strike on the 12th August 2010. The frequently rejected, underappreciated & weary commuters of this city cant take i...
Wouldnt you do just about anything for the progress of you country? And dont you feel offended when another fellow patriot refuses to honour the needs of this country? Well, offend away, as I tell yo...
Southeast Asian nations should press the Myanmar government to protect the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly, and association throughout the elections period and beyond, Amnesty Inte...
I recently read someone define evil as the intention to cause harm/hurt. This instantly made me wonder what ‘unintentional’ harm would be called. After much philosophical brooding, I concluded, that ...
Authorities in India should avoid excessive use of force while dealing with demonstrators in the Kashmir valley, Amnesty International said today. Over the last month, a total of 11 persons, at least...
Amnesty International is calling on the UN to set up an independent investigation into possible war crimes committed in Sri Lanka in the final months of the civil war which ended in May 2009. Both si...
Amnesty International calls on the Government of India as a regional leader, to use its influence to improve the human rights situation in Myanmar in advance of the upcoming elections.With Myanmar’s ...
Amnesty International India prepared a list of top 10 things to know about Indias human rights record over the past year. While not everything on this list unpleasant, its shocking how little weve mo...
Amnesty has been running a campaign against poverty called Demand Dignity.Their supporting rationale being, Human Rights = Less Poverty.The 3 major areas of focus in this campaign are,1. Slums: Right...
Vasuki is a Tamil refugee now living outside Sri Lanka.* In 2009 she spent several months in the No Fire Zone in Northern Sri Lanka struggling to survive with her 2 small children. Vasuki shares some...
Education has kept me a little too busy to update this blog & so might be the case for at least another month. But in the meanwhile I take great pride to inform you that I have decided to share t...
Lately after interacting with numerous people on various forums I have now begun to notice that most can’t seem to differentiate between Racism & Racial Prejudice. Most of you, like the people I ...
I pride my individuality,my whole, my soul;I flaunt my rationality,my comfort at being alone.Never a teary eye,Never a dramatic sigh,I never try, I never try!In a sudden piffany,I realise;there isn't...
I may not be a super cook, but really do enjoy cooking. This, I think, is probably the by-product of my immense love for food. Several times a day, I catch myself thinking about different flavours an...
How was your last movie experience at a multiplex? Were you satisfied with the services that you received for the money that you paid? And talking about money, what is the average damage for an avera...
I've been meaning to do this for a while, put down the top ten things I want to do/accomplish before I die. So here it is, in order of practicality than importance, things I wish to do before I kick ...
I need to inspire, the world I desire.Delivered with honor,melded with dignity,I need inspiration,can you give that to me?With pillars of faith,painted with integrity,I need inspiration,but none I ca...
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