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Friday, July 30, 2004
Posted by: Awaaz / 7/30/2004 08:34:53 PMSEMINAR & ‘TEACH-IN’ (Series: Aspects of Communalism & Civil Conflict)
SATURDAY 31 JULY 2004, SOAS
12.00noon – 1.30pm PRESENTATIONS
Networks of religious fundamentalism in Pakistan and the UK (Arif Azad)
Gender, religion and religious violence (Manali Desai & Shabnum Tejani)
Kashmir: politics, violence and religion (Najeeb Mubarki)
1.30pm – 2.30pm BREAK (Lunch available from local shops)
2.30pm – 5.00pm WORKSHOPS & DISCUSSIONS (with break from 3.30pm – 4.00pm)
Current and planned projects (Suresh Grover)
Future work & research
Places are by prior registration only but we very much hope you can contribute and become involved in Awaaz’s work around these and other areas. To register, please send an email with your name to contact@awaazsaw.org
Please try to arrive by 12.00noon sharp.
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Tuesday, July 27, 2004
Posted by: Awaaz / 7/27/2004 08:44:31 PMHUMAN RIGHTS FEATURES
(Voice of the Asia-Pacific Human Rights Network)
(A joint initiative of SAHRDC and HRDC)
B-6/6 Safdarjung Enclave Extension, New Delhi 110 029, India.
Tel: +91-11-2619 2717, 2619 2706, 2619 1120; Fax: 2619 1120
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HRF/102/04 Embargoed for 29 July 2004
Dear Madam/Sir,
Please find enclosed HRF-102 titled "Losing hearts and minds".
Peace slogans are all very well, but it is actions that count. If the latest extrajudicial killing in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur is any indication, the Indian government can forget about winning hearts and minds in the country's "disturbed areas".
Manipur is one of the states in which the Armed Forces Special Powers Act
(AFSPA) is in force. The Act gives the Central Government the power to declare any State or Union Territory a disturbed area and allows security forces to fire at any person if it is considered "necessary for maintenance of law and order." Arbitrary executions are only one aspect of life under the AFSPA. The Act effectively grants immunity to security forces by requiring that the Central Government's permission be obtained before legal action can be initiated.
As explained in our initial correspondence to you, HRFs are meant to provide background information on human rights issues. You are free to use the features for reference in any work that you may do. If you use a feature or a part thereof in any published work, please cite HRF as the source. We would also appreciate it if you could send us a copy of the published work.
Back issues of Human Rights Features are available on our website at the URL given below:
http://www.hrdc.net/sahrdc/hrfeatures.htm
Thanking you,
Ravi Nair
For the Editorial Collective
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Posted by: Awaaz / 7/27/2004 08:43:13 PM
Rebuilding Justice and Hope in Gujarat
The Agenda Ahead
IIC, Janandolan, Citizen Initiative & Anhad
Cordially invite you to a seminar
Rebuilding Justice and Hope in Gujarat: The Agenda Ahead
Venue :Main Auditorium,India International Centre,Max Muller Marg,New Delhi-110003
Time : 9.30 am to 1.30 pm
Date: Thursday July 29, 2004
9.30 - 9.45 am
Audio - Visual on Gujarat
9.45 - 10.15 am
Subversion of Legal Justice
Indira Jaisingh, Farha Naqvi
10.15 - 10.45
Compensation and Rehabilitation
Gagan Sethi, Prof Ansari
10.45 - 11.15
POTA As An Instrument Of State Terror
Colin Gonsalves, Nitya Ramakrishnan
11.15 - 11.30
Tea Break
11.30 - 12.00
The Truth About Godhra
Mukul Sinha, Zafar Saifullah
12.00 - 12.30
Economic Boycott
Zakia, Cedric Prakash
12.30 - 1.30
The Unfinished Agenda
Harsh Mander, Amrish Patel,Chaman Lal, PC Sen
IIC, Janandolan, Citizen Initiative & Anhad
4, Windsor Place, New Delhi-110001
Ph. : 23327367/ 66 E-mail: anhadinfo@yahoo.co.in
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