Violence-Conflict

Below, I share a write-up by Johnson Jament, an academic researcher from the coast of the Thiruvananthapuram district, where an intense struggle against the Adani Port Project has been unfolding. Arrayed on opposing sides are the fisher people who have inhabited the coast since the past 500 years (according to historical record) and more, whose … Continue reading Police Violence against the Fisher People on the Kerala Coast: A People’s Account →

Following is the text of an open letter sent by the Bisthapan Birodhi Jana Andolon Mancha, a coalition of people’s organizations, activists, journalists and citizens to the Governor of the Odisha. It was released in Bhubaneswar yesterday the 3rd of December 2022.

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.

AYESHA KIDWAI reflects on the injustice done to Bilkis Bano on the 75th anniversary of India’s independence, by the release of the 11 convicted rapists (who raped her during the Gujarat carnage of 2002, and killed her 3 year-old daughter), by way of her translation of Krishn Chander’s short story written in 1948, entitled Ek Tawaif … Continue reading Why remember Partition? And what to remember? Ayesha Kidwai →

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!

Statement by women’s groups, democratic rights organizations and individuals Shri Ajay Singh Bisht, The Chief Minister, UP Shri Avnish Kumar Awasthi, Secretary, Home, UP Dr Devendra Singh Chauhan, DGP, UP Shri Ajay Kumar SSP, UP Police We, the undersigned women’s organisations, democratic rights groups and individuals, write to you to strongly condemn the attempts of … Continue reading Letter to UP Administration: Women’s groups, democratic rights orga

This article by VISHWAS SATGAR was earlier published in the Daily Maverick, South Africa, Satgar has written for Kafila on earlier occasions. Vladimir Putin’s regime, unlike Franco, Mussolini or Hitler, has a formidable nuclear arsenal.

We publish below a statement by Radical Socialist on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The statement minces no words in condemning the aggression as well as NATO but refuses to make the NATO the justification for Russia’s yearning for the lost empire. 1. We condemn Russia as an imperialist aggressor using the dreams of an … Continue reading Statement on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Radical Socialist →