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  India: CPI Press Release on Mass Killings in Chhattisgarh | Feb 11, 2025

  11 February

  The recent encounter killings in Chhattisgarh, purportedly in the name of combating Maoist extremists, have raised serious concerns. Though the CPI has stark ideological differences with the Maoist extremists, the government’s approach of mass killings leaves no space for dialogue and a political solution. Local communities have expressed apprehensions that innocent tribals may have been wrongfully targeted under the guise of eliminating Maoists, further deepening mistrust.

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  India: Letter to the home minister by members of parliament on the delay in the Naga peace process talks (Feb 3, 2025)

  8 February

  PDF —letter to the Home Minister Amit Shah by members of parliament on the delay in the Naga peace process talks (Feb 3, 2025)

• Resist Fundamentalism — Communist Party of India on Recent Development in Bangladesh (Feb 7, 2025)

  7 February

  The Communist Party of India strongly condemns the recent acts of vandalism targeting the house of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and other historical monuments in Bangladesh. These attacks are part of a disturbing pattern aimed at erasing the progressive and secular legacy of Bangladesh while strengthening fundamentalist and reactionary forces. It appears that the events that took place have indirect backing from the present caretaker government.

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  India: EGI Statement on seizure of mobile phones of journalists by Chennai police | Jan 31, 2025

  6 February

  The Editors Guild of India is concerned by the reports that Chennai police has seized the mobile phones and electronic devices of several journalists, as part of investigations into a sexual assault of a student in the city. As per reports, the First Information Report (FIR) was available on a government website, and some journalists had downloaded the report in pursuit of professional work.

• Tapan K Bose (1946 - 2025) | Tribute from PIPFPD

  30 January

  Tapan Kumar Bose, renowned documentary filmmaker, human rights and peace activist known across South Asia, is no more. Tapan breathed his last at his home in New Delhi 30th January 2025

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