Another case of Moral Policing Fact finding report on Bajrang Dal attack on students of Vivekananda Pre-University College, Mangalore on 15th November 2009 Prepared by : PUCL, Dakshina Kannada [Read Full Text] ...
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On 21st November 2009, Saturday, the PUCL Bangalore chapter invited the public, members of NGOs, people’s organizations and media for an interactive session with Shri Prabhakar Sinha, the national PUCL president who was visiting Bangalore. Shri Sinha was asked to share his viewpoints and experiences with the group on the current status and challenges of ...
PUCL-K and ALF book release PUCL-K and ALF organised a book launch of Harsh Mander’s, ‘Fear and forgiveness: The Aftermath of massacre’ at 6pm, on 5th September 2009 at Institute of Agricultural Technologists, 15 Queens Road, Bangalore. To take forward the discussion on what Harsh’s work means for Karnataka the launch was followed by a ...
PUCL Dakshin Kannada A Fact Finding Report on the proposed eviction of Dalits and others from Tannirbhavi, Mangalore, in Karnataka. “Dalits At Tannirbavi Being Evicted” was the headline of a news item that appeared in ‘The Hindu’ of 14th June, 2009. We were shocked to read that the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) was ...
[Read the Full Essay] GRAVEST DISPLACEMENT…… BRAVEST RESISTANCE …… The Struggle of Adivasis of Bastar, Chhattisgarh Against Imperialist Corporate Landgrab. by Sudha Bharadwaj Why this essay? I don’t live in Bastar, and I am not an adivasi. But I have been active in the working class movement of Chhattisgarh for the past 22 years, a ...
Cultural Policing in Dakshina Kannada A Report by the People’s Union For Civil Liberties – Karnataka Table of contents: Chapter I- Introduction 1.1 Need and Purpose of the Report 1.2 Background to Dakshina Kannada 1.3 Consolidation of Hindutva Forces in Karnataka 1.4 Methodology Chapter II – Vigilante Attacks in Dakshina Kannada 2.1 Amnesia Pub Incident ...
VHP, Bajrang Dal blamed DH News Service SHIMOGA, Sept 15 The Karnataka Vimochana Ranga has condemned the “planned” acts of violence unleashed by the Bajrang Dal and the VHP in Sagar town for fulfilling their political aims. In a statement issued here today, District Convenor Kashinath said that the violent incidents in Sagar were part ...
[Source] [From September 2002] New Delhi: South Indian city of KR Nagar witnessed a rise in communal temperature on September 13 evening following a clash between two youths taking on a communal colour. The tension led to communal clashes in the Karnataka state town the following morning and police resorted to lobbing of teargas shells ...
This report appeared in PUCL Bulletin of March 2002 [Read Full Report] Police firing during VHP Chief’s birthday celebrations A report by South India Cell for Human Rights Education and Monitoring and People’s Union For Civil Liberties Karnataka Fact-finding Report on the incidences of rioting and police firing which followed VHP Chief Ashok Singhal’s 75th ...