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Selections from recent content

Letter of Appeal to the UN Re. Cases of Security Forces Killing and Injuring Civilians in Kashmir
by Angana Chatterji

Religious Violence Drives India's Descent into Obscurantism
by Javed Naqvi

Avert Crackdown Make Way for Peace in Kashmir
Statements by Concerned Citizens and groups

Hindutva and Politics: The Case of Vishwa Hindu Parishad
by Geeta Puri

Letter to the UN Re. Humanitarian Crisis in Kashmir
by concerned academics, activists and citizens

Time to Ban 'Hindu Janjagruti Samiti' and 'Sanatan Sanstha'
by Subhash Gatade

Finding the Road to Peace in Sri Lanka
by Rohini Hensman

Statement by Academics and Activists on the Harassment of Ashis Nandy and a Demand for Withdrawal of Spurious Charges Levied Against Him
released by Veena Das

Statement to official commission of Inquiry re communal violence in Kandhamal, Orissa
by Angana Chatterji

When state panders to religious interests, it threatens womens rights: the case of Asian women in UK
by Pragna Patel

Dont let them silence Taslima Nasreen: Stand Up For The Sake of Freedom of Expression in India
An SACW compilation of opinions and statements

Professor Patnaik and The Aftermath of Nandigram
by Dilip Simeon

Final Interim Report of an Independent Citizens’ Team from Kolkata on the Current State of Affairs in Nandigram
30 November 2007
by Kavita Panjabi, Anuradha Kapoor, Rajashri Dasgupta, Saswati Ghosh, Shyamoli Das, Swapna Banerjee, Trina Nileena Banerjee, Shuktara Lal, Sushmita Sinha, Shubhasree Bhattacharya and Sourinee Mirdha

The Religion of Force
by Dilip Simeon

Pakistan needs real democratic government
by Zia Mian

The Ongoing Struggle For Democracy in Sri Lanka
by Rohini Hensman

Delhi Petition Condemns assault on Freedom of Expression

Fears for Democracy in India
by Martha C. Nussbaum

Stop campaign to terrorize a theatre group in Pakistan
by Madeeha Gauhar

SEZ's and Land Acquisition: Factsheet for an unconstitutional economic policy   |  SEZ aur bhoomi adhigrahan (Hindi Version)
by Citizens Research Collective

1984 anti-Sikh riots: 
Citizens Appeal for impartial prosecution of Sajjan Kumar, Congress (I) MP

Neglect of Children Under Six in the Union Budget 2007-8: A letter to India's Prime Minister
Government of India will be spending less than Rs 5,000 crores this year on children under six, who represent more than 15 per cent of India’s population.  This compares with Rs 96,000 crores to be spent on “defence”.  This is a staggering and unacceptable imbalance in Budget priorities. 
by  Jean Dreze, N.C.Saxena, Shantha Sinha, Aruna Roy, Kavita Srivastava, Harsh Mander, Vandana Prasad, Arun Gupta , Annie Raja, Veena Shatrugna, Sudha Sundararaman

India's Hindu Taliban :
Hindutva's Uncivil Society in Eastern UP
by  Subhashini Ali
'Yogi Parighatna: Poorvi Uttar Pradesh Mein Hindu Rashtra ki Dastak' (Hindu Rashtra knocking on the door in Eastern UP)
by Subhash Gatade [A 64 page booklet in Hindi]

India: Refuse to sit by and let mass crimes go unpunished
by Teesta Setalvad

Clemency for Mohd. Afzal Guru - A petition submitted to the President of India (emailed on 7 February 2007 at 22.36 hrs )

Sri Lanka: Is there light at the end of the tunnel?
by Rohini Hensman

Re-imagining Pakistan
by Pervez Hoodbhoy

13 Questions *
by Arundhati Roy 
(* The Introduction in 13 December - A reader: The Strange Case of the Attack on the Indian Parliament)

Attack on India's Parliament: Last chance to know what really happened
by Nirmalangshu Mukerji

"We are tired of Military Rule"
A statement by some concerned Pakistani citizens

Open Letter for overturning the section 377 of the Indian Penal Code
by Vikram Seth and others

India: Listen to Sharmila's Voice of Conscience! Repeal the Armed Forces Special Powers Act Now!
by Theeradesa Mahilavedi fisher womens group and other women's groups in solidarity 

Pakistan: Waiting for Enligtenment
by Pervez Hoodbhoy

We Condemn the heinous Crime in Mumbai
A statement by Pakistani Peace Activists on bombings of July 11, 2006

An Open Letter to Nepali Democrats
by Dilip Simeon and Madhu Sarin

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- Minorities In South Asia
by by K.N.Panikkar
- Interrogating 'terrorism - Speak the truth - Stop the killing
by Dilip Simeon
- Sri-Lanka: Achieving Legitimacy with Accountability
by Sri Lanka Democracy Forum (SLDF)
- India's 1984 Riots Revisited: Time for a National audit
by Lalitha Ramdas
- A Very Special Police: India's 'Special Cell' and Abuses
by Nirmalangshu Mukherji
- A Dangerous Illusion
by Mukul Dube (Introduction in The Parivar Raj and After, published by Vikas Adhyan Kendra, Mumbai, August 2005)
- Tanika Sarkar and Sumit Sarkar on Politics in India
An interview by Snehal Shinghavi
-Tsunami Victims Perceptions of the Proposed Buffer Zone and its Implications in Eastern Sri Lanka
by N. Shanmugaratnam
- India Through Pakistani Eyes: Observations on science and society in India
by Pervez Hoodbhoy
- Science, Scientists and Science Movements in India - a comment on Pervez Hoodbhoy's 'India Through Pakistani Eyes'
by Meera Nanda
- An open letter to the Pakistan President re representation of women and labour in local govt bodies
- SAHR Demands Nepal's return to democratic rule
- India: Citizens Letter to National Human Rights commission re the attack on S.A.R. Geelani
- The attack on S.A.R. Geelani and questions re the December 13 Case
An open letter to the Home minister of India
- Nepal Under Military Rule: Public Appeal from the Nepali Human Rights Community
- Royal Takeover in Nepal: Drastic and Ill-advised
by Kanak Mani Dixit
- Globalization and Pakistan's Dilemma of Development
by Hassan N. Gardezi
- We, the Citizens of Bangladesh Demand Security . . .
A statement by women in Dhaka
- A last chance for peace in Sri Lanka
by Rohini Hensman
- Global War on Terrorism and Democratic Rights
by Tapan Kumar Bose
- UK: Hullabaloo over the English play Behzti
- India: The Indira Sagar Dam - State Accountability and Rehabilitation Issues
by Independent People's Commission
- Sri Lanka: Broadening the discourse on peace and security
by Prof. Asoka Bandarage
- India: Open Letter to the Media
by feminists, rights activists and organisations
- Letter to India's Prime Minister Re: The Dec 13, 2001 attack on Parliament
- Who Attacked the Indian Parliament?
by Nirmalangshu Mukherji
- State Accountability in Communal Riots: Proposed Law on Duties of State Authorities
by Harsh Mander
- India's National Anthem: Are we still singing for the Empire?
by Pradip Kumar Datta
- The Sri Lankan Peace Process
by Asoka Bandarage

International People's Tribunal On Human Rights And Justice In Indian-Administered Kashmir

Freebinayaksen.org

Citizens Challenge Emergency Rule in Pakistan

Online Petition: Urge the Indian government to condemn the Burmese military junta

Unmistakably Sangh: The National HSC and its Hindutva Agenda
A report by The Campaign To Stop Funding Hate [17 January 2008]

Lying Religiously: The Hindu Students Council and the politics of deception
A report by Campaign to Stop Funding Hate
[April 15, 2007]

A Petition to the Govt. of Bangladesh re the death by torture of Mr Choles Retchil

Pakistan: Record of the conflict between the Government and Dawn
2004-2007

Campaign to Save Afzal Guru From the Gallows by JKCCS

An open letter against death penalty to India's President and Prime Minister
by Jagmohan Singh and Anand Patwardhan

Hanging Afzal Would be a Stigma on Indian Democracy: Afzal in his own words
A booklet by The Society for the Protection of Detainees' and Prisoners' Rights
(SPDPR) 

Justice for Afzal Guru
call for a fresh inquiry into the attack on the Indian parliament

War in Kashmir and the undermining of Indian democracy South Asia Citizens Wire - 06 October, 2005

Vadodara: Violence on Gujarat's "Gaurav" Day
- A PUCL Interim Report, May 1-13, 2006

India Justice, the victim: Gujarat state fails to protect women from violence
- A Report by Amnesty International -January 27, 2005

The Foreign Exchange of Hate:
An investigation into the American funding of Hindutva Fundamentalists
(Published by Sabrang Communications and the South Asia Citizens Web -2002)

Twenty Years of Impunity: The November 1984 Pogroms of Sikhs in India -2004

Selections from links area:

• Heritage of Kashmir
• Jashn-e-Azadi
• Kafila
• Remembering Eqbal Ahmed
• Neelan Tiruchelvam Trust
• Radio Free Nepal Blog
• Right to Food Campaign
• South Asians for Human Rights
• Zubaan Books