SUNDAY, MONDAY 2,3 DECEMBER 2001 INDIA: RIGHTS & WRONGS A DAILY MEDIA MONITOR OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN INDIA.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM/COMMUNALISM
Nun hacked to death in Chhattisgarh http://www.indian-express.com/ie20011202/nat4.html
Autopsy shows nun was raped (Raipur) http://www.indian-express.com/ie20011203/nat9.html
Cemetery vandalised (Bangalore) http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2001/12/02/stories/2001120200070100.htm
Undertrial assault case postponed Former additional police commissioner A A Khan and five others, accused in a case in 1993 involving custodial assault on 11 undertrials, appeared before the third metropolitan magistrate on Saturday for trial. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=2077135805
Christian leaders' plea to PM A delegation of Christian leaders met the Prime Minister, Mr. A.B. Vajpayee, at the airport today and urged him to delete the Sub-clause 2 of Clause 10 of the Finance Bill, that made it mandatory for Non-Governmental Organisations to publish their accounts after they were audited. http://www.hinduonnet.com/stories/2001120301680300.htm
VHP sings its mantra anew The VHP says people have vowed to chant Sri Ram, Jai Ram, Jai Jai Ram 77,220 times for 65 days. The number will double in the next few days and eventually create 10,000 siddh kshetras (enlightened areas) across India which will help clear the obstacles in the construction of the Ram Temple next year http://www.thestatesman.org/page.news.php3?id=24829&type=Pageone&theme=A
A people still hurt (Ayodhya Controversy) (Interview: Rafiq Zakaria) http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/stories/2001120200390200.htm
For an intolerant secularism (Opinion) http://www.hinduonnet.com/stories/2001120300231000.htm
Can Islam be liberal? (Opinion) http://www.dailypioneer.com/secon3.asp?cat=\edit4&d=EDITS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------
gender justice
They crushed her limbs not spirit: Lakhiben to fight polls (Porbander)
Lakhiben Odedra is lying in the women's ward of the Bhavsinh Hospital, her forearms and legs in a plaster cast. Since the day she decided to contest for the post of the sarpanch in the Bharkala gram panchayat elections in Porbandar district, Lakhiben knew she was in danger. http://www.indian-express.com/ie20011203/nat8.html
Pregnant woman commits suicide (Dowry Death) (Delhi) http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/031201/detCIT17.asp
Politics of secularism (Opinion) Muslim Women Divorce Compensation Act. http://www.hinduonnet.com/lr/stories/2001120200090200.htm
City hub for racket in girls Calcutta is becoming a key centre for both incoming and outgoing traffic in women and children, and in the absence of a concerted drive, the problem will become acute. http://www.telegraphindia.com/the_east.htm#head8
Rite or wrong? Original sin (Opinion) It is a story of a woman who has grown up on incest with the full support of her family, who has serviced an 80-year-old guru at the tender age of 11, who has slept with her father and brother before the very eyes of her mother and sisters. http://www.dailypioneer.com/archives1/FORAY.ASP?fdnam=dec201&CAT=1
Looking back in a lot of anger (Opinion) In India we are all angry. After decades of reform and women's agitations, the government is now being forced to amend the Pre-Natal Sex Determination Act to check the unbridled practice of female foeticide http://www.telegraphindia.com/editoria.htm#head6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------
dalit/tribal rights
Tribals of Orissa threaten to merge into nearby states http://www.hclinfinet.com/2001/DEC/WEEK1/1/IndiaInsideFS.jsp
Dalit families return to Sankaralingapuram Members of the Dalit families, who fled the Sankaralingapuram village in Vilathikulam taluk of Tuticorin district, close on the heels of the attack on the police on November 16, have started trickling in. Already about 20 families have come back. http://www.hinduonnet.com/stories/2001120300850400.htm
Dalit leader wants to form own Govt at Raighar hot spot http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/031201/detNAT03.asp
More embrace Buddhism After the November 4 rally at Delhi, chairman of the All India Confederation of SC\ST organisations Udit Raj (Ram Raj) once again succeeded in roping in several people into his new faith, Buddhism. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=1763414358
Fishy tales of displacement (Opinion) In recent years, thanks to the Narmada agitation, the attention of the country has been focused on the rehabilitation of the people, particularly Dalits and tribals, from the villages submerged by the reservoirs created for irrigation and/or power generation - an age-old problem that has been neglected by the governments in India during the last century. http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/031201/detide01.asp ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
HUMAN RIGHTS
J&K Cabinet wants POTO safeguards followed http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2001/12/02/stories/2001120200410900.htm
PM asks opposition to reconsider stand on POTO http://www.hinduonnet.com/stories/2001120300110100.htm
Misuse of terror law: J&K govt mulls action http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=425329357
Theatre of the Absurd! (POTO) (Opinion) http://www.thestatesman.org/arc.news.php3?id=43416&type=Pageone&theme=A&dat= 2001-12-02 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
education
Breach of contract: historians The debate on communalisation of education apart, the deletion of portions from four history textbooks of the National Council of Educational Research & Training (NCERT) also amounts to a breach of contract as per which ``no adaptation or modification of the original text can be made without the approval of the author''. http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2001/12/02/stories/2001120200100100.htm
Guru shown in objective manner: Historian At the receiving end of the controversy over 'rape' and 'rapine' is historian Prof Satish Chandra. But nowhere in his book, Medieval India, does he say that Guru Tegh Bahadur indulged in plunder and rape. Yet, it is on this charge that his text has been censured. http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/021201/detNAT03.asp
Sangh school skeletons in government cupboard Much before Parliament erupted in controversy over history, a government-appointed panel had frowned on the books used in the RSS-run Vidya Bharati schools. http://www.telegraphindia.com/front_pa.htm#head4
Saffron brigade sets its sights higher After having attained a measure of success in cleansing school textbooks for history of the ``Macaulay, Marx, madarassa'' influence, the saffron brigade now appears to have decided to step up its efforts and graduate to higher education. http://www.hinduonnet.com/stories/2001120300321100.htm
Joshi launches new freedom struggle (Education) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_ID=1135163263
Delete and control - the Parivar's mantra (Opinion) Freedom of thought is not something the BJP/Sangh Parivar is big on... It wants believers not thinkers. Changes in history syallabus. http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2001/12/02/stories/2001120200531400.htm
Like Jesus I am being crucified: M M Joshi (Interview) http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/021201/detFEA07.asp ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------
child rights/ bonded labour
Halt in illegal 'baby-sales' crowds Bhopal orphanages http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/dec02/n3.htm
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Minor boy sodomised, strangulated (Lucknow) Alleged police apathy led to sodomy and murder of an eight-year-old boy who was kidnapped four days ago. Had the police acted in time, the victim could have been rescued and kidnappers arrested. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=1173961818
Elder death cloud on police (Calcutta) A police raid on Majpara village under Beldanga police station late last night took a nasty turn when a 70-year-old woman died, allegedly succumbing to torture. http://www.telegraphindia.com/national.htm#head5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------
peace in south asia
Bangla atrocities: Sikdar threatens militant action Senior BJP leader and Union Minister of State for Communications Tapan Sikdar on Saturday threatened that his party's West bengal unit would launch a 'militant agitation' against the atrocities committed on Bangladeshi Hindus. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_ID=414530985
Mismanaging Migrants (Opinion) THE influx of Hindu minorities to districts in West Bengal and Tripura, following persecution at the hands of fundamentalist elements in Bangladesh is another reminder of the grim problem facing India for over half a century. http://www.thestatesman.org/arc.news.php3?id=43433&type=Editorial&theme=A&da t=2001-12-02
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Naxals blast court building in A.P. http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2001/12/02/stories/2001120200110100.htm
(PWG) Ban under study: Advani http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2001/12/02/stories/2001120200120100.htm
Extremism on the rise along Bengal-Bangla border: BSF http://www.indian-express.com/ie20011202/nat9.html
Bhutan ban drives ULFA to Meghalaya http://www.telegraphindia.com/national.htm#head10
Minister's house blown up (Bhubaneshwar) http://www.hinduonnet.com/stories/2001120300100100.htm
PWG's discredited means (Editorial) http://www.hinduonnet.com/stories/2001120300211000.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------
Ethnic conflicts
J&K
Militants kill 7 in Udhampur village http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2001/12/02/stories/2001120200090100.htm
43 hurt in grenade attack at Bandipora http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/021201/detNAT02.asp
Hot pursuit policy against J&K militants http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=1144799076
AIDS scene grave in J&K http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=693127416
ISI's sex trap in Kashmir Pakistan's ISI has trained about 500 Kashmiri girls to use them as a sex trap for army jawans deployed in Jammu and Kashmir. http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/dec02/isi.htm
600 BSF men killed in J&K since 1989 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=1944144976
Put Kashmir on Ice (Opinion) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=1784950918 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
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