The co-laureate of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, Denis Mukwege, has become an eloquent spokesperson for the effort to outlaw the use of rape as a weapon of war. Rape has often been considered as a nearly normal part of war. When an army took a city or…
Humanity Ashamed | Vidya Bhushan Rawat
Chilling details have emerged of the abduction, rape and murder of the tribal girl in Jammu by the goons affiliated to the right wing Hindu organisations.…
3 convicted in Jharkhand Dalit atrocity case after 15 yrs
Dalit the Black untouchable of this holy land, denied their basic human right. In rural areas they are suffering from myriad of problems ill health…
Shillong’s Nirbhaya family awaits justice
Apropos news report "Mother hands over accused son to police" (ST dated 20-03-2016). While commending the noble act of the mother against her accused son who had confessed to committing a heinous and gruesome crime against a 19 year old Shillong Brave-heart, who…
NHRC exposes several loop holes in the handling of the Nun rape case in Chhattisgarh
NHRC exposes several loop holes in the handling of the Nun rape case in Chhattisgarh: Calls for action taken report from Chief Secretary, DGP and SP, Raipur on specific issues (20.8.2015) PRESS RELEASE New Delhi, 20th August, 2015 The National Human Rights…
RAPE OF NUN TRIGGERS SPARK ACROSS CHHATTISGARH
The gang-rape incident of nun in Raipur of Chhattisgarh has triggered sparks across the state of Chhattisgarh. Police is yet to arrest anyone involved in the incident. Today, the Raipur protest today went on peacefully. The protest began from St. Joseph Cathedral…
Should marital rape be punishable?
Marital rape (also known as spousal rape and rape in marriage) is non-consensual sex (i.e., rape) in which the perpetrator is the victim's spouse. It is a form of partner rape, of domestic violence and of sexual abuse. The Indian govt. has said that marital…
Is ‘India’s daughter’ a victim of corporate media war ?
A few days ago our finance minister and the legal brain of the current government Mr Arun Jaitley spoke in a conference and said that ‘You cannot ban anything in the current age of information’. ‘How can any government ban anything when the flow of information…
The first lesson
I am still trying to come to terms with the horrific rape of the six month old baby in Gujarat, if come to terms you can. Quite frankly only a very sick society can come to terms with sic horror. I had expressed my immediate reaction in a short blog yesterday…