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Clippings and Articles for
Organisations working on
Human Rights and Legal Advocacy

Human Rights
March 2009	Human rights violation maximum in UP, Delhi, Hindustan Times, 16 Mar 2009
December 2008	Human Rights and Law Enforcement Agencies: Responsibility and Accountability, Dr. Yogendra Kumar Srivastava, Legal News and Views, 01 Dec 2008 The ‘Disappearance' Syndrome, Subhash Gatade, Frontier, 07 Dec 2008 Ulfa is worst violator of world laws, Manoj Anand, The Asian Age, 10 Dec 2008 Fighting for your rights, Vishakha Avachat, DNA, 10 Dec 2008 Human rights for all, still a distant dream, P N Benjamin, The Deccan Herald, 10 Dec 2008 Rights call a dead letter, Anjali Sharma, The Statesman, 16 Dec 2008 Revisiting the spirit of human rights, Daisaku Ikeda, The Deccan Herald, 25 Dec 2008
November 2008	Cry freedom, Mohammed Wajihuddin, The Times of India, Mumbai, 02 Nov 2008 'Rights activism uses space within the Constitution', Jyoti Punwani, The Times of India, Mumbai, 05 Nov 2008 A law and its victims, Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprastha, Frontline, Magazine, 07 Nov 2008 SC for guidelines on encounter and custodial deaths, Rakesh Bhatnagar, DNA, Mumbai, 17 Nov 2008 Blame it on communists, Li Onesto, Frontier, Magazine, 23 Nov 2008 They are 'Dreaded Terrorist', Subhash Gatade, Frontier, Magazine, 23 Nov 2008 More people now say terrorism justifies torture, Anjali Sharma, The Statesman, 25 Nov 2008
September 2008	5 countries account for all child executions: HRW, The Times of India, Mumbai, 11 Sep 2008 Don’t blame the human rights defenders, Maja Daruwala, The Hindu, Chennai, 14 Sep 2008 Human rights first, Rajindar Sachar, The Times of India, Mumbai, 25 Sep 2008
August 2008	Enforced disappearances Mir Hafizullah , Combat Law Magazine, 01 Jul 2008 Human Rights in the Age of Counter-Terrorism Shiraz Deen , IPS UN Journal, 06 Aug 2008 Released But Not Free Shobhita Naithani , Tehelka Magazine, 30 Aug 2008 Government, senior cop in dock over wrongful arrest Ketan Tanna, The Times of India, Mumbai, 28 Aug 2008
July 2008	Human Rights Watch: end government support for Salwa Judum, Aarti Dhar, The Hindu, 16 Jul 2008 Do law & politics intersect or collide in the ICC?, Ramesh Thakur, The Hindu, 21 Jul 2008 Peace or justice?, The Deccan Herald, 17Jul 2008
June 2008	Calling, an Ansar Burney in India, Nirupama Subramanian, The Hindu, 13/06/2008 Mend your ways, The Deccan Herald,13/06/2008 Political Prisoners, Frontier,11/05/2008 Dirty tricks , Subhash Gatade, Frontier Magazine, 25/06/08 Addressing the issue of enforced disappearances, Mukul Sharma, The Hindu, 24/06/2008
May 2008	'India fails in implementation of rights', Yojna Gusai, The Asian Age, Mumbai, 12 May 2008
March 2008	Repeal or kill me: Sharmila, Arkitectindia, 06 Mar 2008 Sharmila’'s protest, Assam Tribune, 15 Mar 2008 NHRC got the highest number of complaints in 2007-08, The Hindu, Chennai, 10 Mar 2008
February 2008	India refuses to help Tibetan genocide probe, Ramesh Ramachandran, The Asian Age, Mumbai, 17 Feb 2008 Ground beneath their feet, Bhaswati Chakravorty, The Telegraph, Calcutta, 05 Feb 2008 Operationalising the "responsibility to protect", Ramesh Thakur, The Hindu, Chennai, 15 Feb 2008
January 2008	Ignorance is not bliss, Saheli Mitra, The Telegraph, Calcutta, 16 Jan 2008 Speak out against torture, Europe, Thomas Hammarberg, The Asian Age, Mumbai, 14 Jan 2008, "Parallel reports" submitted to U.N., Bageshree S., The Hindu, Chennai, 11 Jan 2008, The Midnight Knock, Ketan Tanna, The Times of India, Mumbai, 04 Jan 2008
December 2007	Debate that will never die R.K. Raghavan, Frontline Magazine, 21 Dec 2007 Indian farmers need human rights C. Raj Kumar, The Hindu, Chennai, 07 Dec 2007 “Keeping detainees in nude is against fundamental rights” K.T. Sangameswaran , The Hindu, Chennai, 10 Dec 2007 The dignity of the individual Christopher Lingle , MINT, Mumbai, 17 Dec 2007 Still in human blights The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 10 Dec 2007