Tag: Human Rights

Analysis | Balochistan – A Saga of Devolutions, State Repression and quest for Freedom
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Analysis | Balochistan – A Saga of Devolutions, State Repression and quest for Freedom

“Today from the ramparts of Red Fort, I want to greet and express my thanks to some people. In the last few days, people of Balochistan, Gilgit, Pakistan-occupied Kashmir have thanked me, have expressed gratitude, and expressed good wishes for me.” When the Indian Prime Minister acknowledged the people of Balochistan from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Indian Independence Day in 2016, it was followed by a barrage of speculations as to the implications of this apparently benign act of expressing thanks to his well-wishers. When the elected leader of the world’s largest democracy speaks on such an important date in front of a multitude of cameras, every word is carefully measured, and whatever is said, is uttered with a purpose. Comprehending or imagining the worst possible implicat...
More than 100 former Afghan police and intelligence officers killed by the Taliban
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More than 100 former Afghan police and intelligence officers killed by the Taliban

A Human Rights Watch report released on Tuesday claims that the Taliban terrorists have killed or forcibly “disappeared” more than 100 former Afghan police and intelligence officers since taking power in Afghanistan. The report "No Forgiveness for People Like You,’ Executions and Enforced Disappearances in Afghanistan under the Taliban" categorically states that this was part of the continuing retaliation against the Afghan armed forces of the ousted government. The summary of the report published on the website states that the executions and disappearances have generated fear among former government officials and others who might have believed that the Taliban takeover would bring an end to the revenge attacks that had been characteristic of Afghanistan’s long armed conflict. ...
State-sponsored violation of Human Rights in West Bengal – Where are the torch bearers of civil liberties?
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State-sponsored violation of Human Rights in West Bengal – Where are the torch bearers of civil liberties?

Summary: West Bengal is turning out to be a nightmare for the Hindus with the community being on the receiving end of religious fundamentalists who are thriving in the state due to what seems to be state patronage. The state machinery which was supposed to protect the human rights of the aggrieved Hindus, is accused of turning a blind eye to their woes under the present political dispensation. Further, the targeted political murders and using the state machinery to stop the freedom of speech and expression of the political opponents is in contravention of the stated principles of Human Rights charter. Legislature-Bureaucracy nexus has choked Human Rights which has converted West Bengal into a rogue State. With the violation of the human rights of Hindus in the state continue...