CED Publications
CED Publications
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July 2008 |
Clippings
and Articles for Organisations working on Human Rights and Legal Advocacy |
| sl.no. |
Title | Source and Date | Author |
| Capital Punishment | |||
| 1 | Deadly gamble | Frontline Magazine , 04 Jul 2008 | V. Venkatesan |
| Caste Practices | |||
| 1 | The outsiders | Tehelka, 05 Jul 2008 | Shobita Naithani |
| Child Rights | |||
| 1 | Goa has turned the screws on paedophiles | The Times of India, 26 Jul 2008 | Shibu Thomas |
| 2 | Review unnatural sex: HC | The Asian Age, 25 Jul 2008 | Umesh Mohite |
| 3 | AMMY versus Mummy | The Times of India, 27/07/2008 | Bachi Karkaria |
| Corruption | |||
| 1 | Time to weed out the corrupt | The Asian Age, 02 Jul /2008 | Joginder Singh |
| 2 | Rot in system | The Deccan Herald, 11 Jul 2008 | k |
| 3 | Who's afraid of the NREGS | Tehelka, 19 Jul 2008 | Rajkishor Mishra, Pradeep Baisakh |
| 4 | Clean up the system | The Times of India, 21 Jul 2008 | Sudhanshu Ranjan |
| 5 | A wake-up call on money in Indian political arena | The Asian Age, 20 Jul 2008 | Paranjoy Guha Thakurta |
| 6 | In politics, truth is strictly optional | The Asian Age, 28 Jul 2008 | Joginder Singh |
| Displacement | |||
| 1 | Games Governments Play | Tehelka, 19 Jul 2008 | Anil Varghese |
| 2 | Roll back SEZ | Down to Earth, 01 jul 2008 | Nidhi Jamwal |
| 3 | Three decades on, promises unfulfilled | MINT, 16 Jul 2008 | Maitreyee Handique |
| 4 | Despair for Singrauli farmers as govt pushes power projects | Mint, 11 jul 2008 | Maitreyee Handique |
| 5 | MP set to expand rehabilitation package for Sasan villagers | MINT, 25 jul 2008 | Maitreyee Handique |
| Domestic Violence | |||
| 1 | SC clarifies 7-year wife suicide law | The Telegraph, 31 Jul 2008 | k |
| Dowry | |||
| 1 | Men force review of 'biased' dowey law | The Telegraph, Calcutta, 07 Jul 2008 | Charu Sudan Kasturi |
| 2 | The Bitter Half? | Sahara Time, 19 Jul 2008 | Vinod K Shukla |
| Freedom of Speech, Expression | |||
| 1 | Stop press | Frontline, 04 Jul 2008 | Dionne Bunsha |
| 2 | Let Nandy live in peace: Apex court | The Times of India, 02 Jul 2008 | Dhananjay Mahapatra |
| 3 | Hate and abuse | Frontline, 01 June 2008 | V. Venkatesan |
| Governance | |||
| 1 | Horsetrading & the law | The Hindustan Times, 16 Jul 2008 | Satya Prakash |
| Human Rights | |||
| 1 | Human Rights Watch: end government support for Salwa Judum | The Hindu, 16 Jul 2008 | Aarti Dhar |
| 2 | Do law & politics intersect or collide in the ICC? | The Hindu, 21 Jul 2008 | Ramesh Thakur |
| 3 | Peace or justice? | The Deccan Herald, 17Jul 2008 | k |
| Judiciary | |||
| 1 | Judging the judges | The Telegraph, 02 Jul 2008 | Shibani Chattopadhyay |
| 2 | 'Courts must be careful on guilt plea' | The Times of India, 22 Jul 2008 | Shibu Thomas |
| 3 | Strengthening the prosecution system | The Hindu, 17 Jul /2008 | N.R. Madhava Menon |
| 4 | Judicial excessivism | Down to Earth, 01 jul 2008 | Judicial excessivism |
| 5 | “Speedy trial is a constitutional right” | The Hindu, 16 Jul /2008 | J. Venkatesan |
| Labour & Law | |||
| 1 | A life of ‘dirt’, danger, drudgery at work | The Hindu, 06 Jul 2008 | Vidya Venkat |
| 2 | Labour pains before exit | The Business Standard, Mumbai , 09 Jul 2008 | M J Antony |
| 3 | Scavenger rehab plan a failure: help groups | The Hindustan Times, 16/07/2008 | Vikas Pathak |
| 4 | Unorganised Still | Frontier, 22 Jul 2008 | Bharat Dogra |
| 5 | Latter-day slaves | Tehelka, 05 Jul 2008 | H Singh |
| 6 | Vulnerable Jobs for Women | Frontier, 13 Jul 2008 | Kanaga Raja |
| Legal Aid | |||
| 1 | Law students pool in to bail out woman | The Asian Age, 16 Jul 2008 | K A. Dodhiya |
| Media & Rights | |||
| 1 | British tabloids to pay L600,000 in damages | The Hindu, 22 Jul 2008 | Hasan Suroor |
| 2 | Growing intolerance | The Hindu, 06 Jul 2008 | Sevanti Ninan |
| 3 | Breaking News | The Deccan Herald, 27 Jul 2008 | K S Dakshina Murthy |
| 4 | Stop press | The Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 27 Jul 2008 | Dipti Nair |
| 5 | Media's invasion of privacy | The Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 29 Jul 2008 | Sudhanshu Ranjan |
| Personal Laws | |||
| 1 | Bonanza for the 'other woman' | The Telegraph, Calcutta, 23 Jul 2008 | Shabina Akhtar |
| Reservation | |||
| 1 | A question of merit | DNA, Mumbai, 20 Jul 2008 | PS Krishnan |
| Right to Health | |||
| 1 | Govt likely to relax human trial norms | The Business Standard, Mumbai, 24 Jul 2008 | Joe C Mathew |
| Right to Information | |||
| 1 | RTI applicants to get travel costs | The Times of India, Mumbai, 14 Jul 2008 | Viju B |
| 2 | RTI pleas to make Cashgate public | The Times of India, 25 Jul 2008 | Himanshi Dhawan |
| 3 | Bureaucratic hurdles sap RTI Act’s efficacy | The Hindu, Chennai, 18 Jul 2008 | Shyam Ranganathan |
| 4 | Centre gives babus right to rejection | DNA, Mumbai, 11 Jul 2008 | Vineeta Pandey |
| Right to Life | |||
| 1 | Mercy killing evokes debate | The Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 24 Jul 2008 | Lillian DCosta |
| 2 | Abortion rule under review | The Telegraph, Calcutta, 31 Jul 2008 | k |
| Right to Participation | |||
| 1 | Panchayats leading social change: survey | DNA, Mumbai, 14 Jul 2008 | Vineeta Pandey |
| Right to Shelter | |||
| 1 | SC relief for penalised slum-dwellers | The Times of India, Mumbai, 29 Jul 2008 | Nauzer Bharucha |
| Right to Work | |||
| 1 | NREGA: ship without rudder? | The Hindu, Chennai, 19 Jul 2008 | Jean Dreze |
| 2 | City rickshaws fight ban | The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 27 Jul 2008 | Zia Haq |
| Rights to Prisoners | |||
| 1 | No legal basis for freeing life convicts after 14 years: court | The Hindu, Chennai, 23 Jul 2008 | J. Venkatesan |
| Rights to Tribals | |||
| 1 | Tribals fight to save Niyamgiri | Saharatimes, Magazine, 12 Jul 2008 | Saroj Mishra |
| 2 | Panel wants 10% quota for nomadic tribes | The Hindustan Times, 07 Jul 2008 | Vikas Pathak |
| 3 | Tribe faces eviction for failing to stop forest fire | The Times of India, Mumbai, 07 Jul 2008 | Nitin Sethi |
| 4 | State inaction | Down to Earth, 01 Jul 2008 | Savvy Soumya Misra |
| Violation of Rights | |||
| 1 | Trail of violence: rights activists at risk | The Hindu, Chennai, 26 Jul 2008 | Mukul Sharma |
| Violation of rights by Police | |||
| 1 | Tide against torture | The Hindu, Chennai 10 Jul 2008 | kk |
| Violence Against Women | |||
| 1 | No mercy for girl who feigned rape | The Telegraph, Calcutta, 13 Jul 2008 | k |
| 2 | Rape — there is never an excuse, ever | The Hindu, Chennai, 26 Jul 2008 | Julie Bindel |
| 3 | Bridging the gaps in the silence | The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 19 Jul 2008 | k |
| 4 | Court: ignore minor flaws in victim’s evidence in rape case | The Hindu, Chennai, 18 Jul 2008 | k |
