India
Security, Terrorism Laws Used to Silence Dissent in India
Under India's controversial anti-terror law, UAPA, a suspect can spend years in jail without trial if the accusations against them seem true. Meanwhile Indian...
Bengal SIR: SC Orders ECI to Publish Names of Individuals Flagged for ‘Logical Discrepancies’
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Monday issued a slew of directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to ensure that the...
SIR Must Be Stopped Until Reconsidered and Reworked – Jury Report on Public Hearing in Delhi
A National Convention on Defending Universal Adult Franchise, convened by Bharat Jodo Abhiyan, the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) and the National Alliance...
Oxfam Cites Reservation in India as Example of How Power can be DemocratisedÂ
Oxfam also cited the example of Brazil's Participatory Budgeting that emerged in the 1990s and saw significant expansion during the 2000s.
As it flagged billionaires...
SC Directives on Bengal SIR Exercise: Abhishek Banerjee Says BJP’s ‘Game is Over’
KOLKATA -- Reacting to the Supreme Court's directives to the Election Commission of India (ECI) in relation to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process...