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The Safai Karmacharis are made to risk life under the ground in sewer lines and septic tanks to toxic gases and asphyxiation. Now, with the current dangerous air pollution levels, their lives are at risk above the ground also. The AQI and the toxic levels of the air pollution are far above any safety standards and is nothing short of a medical emergency. An AQI above 400 is hazardous, impacting even healthy individuals and posing serious risks to those with existing health condition.
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India: Protect cleaning workers in times of dangerous air pollution levels | Press release Safai Karamchari Andolan (Nov 19, 2024)
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India: Statement from Editor’s Guild on Bombay High Court striking down IT Amendment Rules 2023
by , 20 SeptemberThe Editors Guild of India welcomes the verdict of the Bombay High Court, striking down the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2023, as unconstitutional, specifically Rule 3, which sought to empower the Central government to form a Fact-Check Units (FCUs) to identify "fake and misleading" information about its business on social media platforms.
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Statement by Radical Socialist on the raging student movement in Bangladesh | July 19, 2024
21 JulyThe Sheikh Hasina led government in Bangladesh likes to promote itself as anti-communalis[st] and democratic. But in reality, this is an extremely authoritarian government. Two elections, 2018 and 2023, have been won by them through extreme rigging, the level of which is unachievable currently by any party in India .
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India: Arrest Order Against Medha Patkar a Travesty of Justice | AIKS, July 3, 2024
3 JulyAIKS expresses deep concern and dismay at the punishment of 5 month imprisonment and Rs.10 lakh fine against Medha Patkar in a defamation case filed by the present Lieutenant Governor of Delhi VK Saxena. The defamation case was filed in an Ahmedabad Court in 2001 and on the direction of the Supreme Court was transferred to Delhi.
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Passing Away of Karamat Ali - Statement issued by PIPFPD India chapter on 21st June 2024, New Delhi
21 JuneThe Pakistan India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD, India chapter) extends heartfelt condolences and solidarity to the peace-loving people of South Asia on the passing of Karamat Ali on 20th June 2024
