The following letter, signed by over 300 individuals from different national and regional organisations was handed over at the Iranian Consulate in Mumbai by six representatives on September 29, 2022. It was received politely and acknowledged. Mr. Abolfazi Mohammad Alikhani Consul General, Iran Consulate, Mumbai.
This post is jointly written by AYESHA KIDWAI AND NIVEDITA MENON On this international day of solidarity with the Iranian people, two feminists from India send you our greetings, in complete awe of your courage, your creativity, your solidarity with one another, your relentless resistance in the face of cruel and brutal repression.
Guest post by AYESHA KIDWAI Women in Iran cast off their hijabs and occupy the streets. Looking at these women in this photo, I think of what feelings they struggle with at this moment. How many emotions populate this picture? Courage, triumph, feelings of being exposed, fear, the sense of a point of no-return being … Continue reading Feminist reflections on the brave women of Iran: Ayesha Kidwai →
Eric Zuesse Julian Assange has long been in solitary-confinement imprisonment in Britain awaiting extradition to America on charges which could bring him 175 years in prison, but he has never been convicted of anything, and the U.S. Government has violated both the U.S. Constitution and U.S. laws by having thus imprisoned him for over a […]
Statement released by feminists from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Fiji, Malaysia and India, August 27, 2022 We are a group of feminists writing to call urgent attention to the extra-constitutional attempts of the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) to suppress dissent. Lacking a popular mandate, hunting down student protestors and activists, including a LGBTIQ activist … Continue reading SL Govt – Stop Labeling Student Protestors and Activists as Terrorists!
Eminent scholar of Modern Indian History Prof Aditya Mukherjee, ( Retd.) Centre for Historical Studies, JNU who is also editor of the ‘Sage Series in Modern Indian History’ will deliver the next (18 th) Lecture in the Democracy Dialogues series organised by New Socialist Initiative. He will be speaking on ‘Where Are We : 75 Years After Independence.’ … Continue reading Where Are We – 75 Years after Independence : Prof Aditya Mukherjee →
Image courtesy Times Now Statement by People’s Union for Democratic Rights The controversial garlanding of the recently released 11 individuals, by members allegedly belonging to the VHP on August 16, 2022, raises a pertinent question: why were these individuals released? Obviously, the fact that they had been in prison for well over the mandatory 14 … Continue reading The Gujarat Politics of Remission: People’s Union for Democratic rights →
For complete list of signatories and statement in English, see here. न्याय के लिए बिलकिस बानो के 20 साल के संघर्ष में हम उसके समर्थन में एकजुट हैं हम मांग करते हैं कि सामूहिक बलात्कार और हत्या के 11 दोषियों की समय से पहले रिहाई को तुरंत रद्द किया जाए!
FULL TEXT OF STATEMENT IN ENGLISH AND COMPLETE LIST OF SIGNATORIES AFTER THE SUMMARY BELOW. FOR STATEMENT IN HINDI SEE HERE 20 years after horrific gang-rape and mass murders in Gujarat, about 6000 citizens speak out in support of Bilkis Bano’s continuing struggle for justice! Demand the revocation of the premature release of 11 gang-rapists … Continue reading Justice for Bilkis!
Students, journalists, writers, poets in jail on trumped up, false charges Three potent symbols – the Azadi slogan, the Constitution and the National Flag – have formed the core of the battle against Hindu Rashtra and capitalist expropriation over the last decade. The Tiranga at a massive anti CAA protest And just as the Hindu … Continue reading The flag is ours! Azadi bhi! →
