HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS BULLETIN
(An Electronic Newsletter of Indian Social Institute, New Delhi)
| Volume 13 | MAY, 2011 | No. 09 |
| HUMAN RIGHTS & LAW UNIT
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1. HUMAN RIGHTS GENERAL Woman gets life term for killing husband Death sentence caught in a row Supreme Court reveals four points essential to escape murder conviction Man gets life for ‘honour-killing' of daughter Lokpal will not eradicate corruption, says Binayak Sen
2. DALIT/ SCHEDULED CASTES Priest, son held for beating Dalit boy NAC wants new law to end practice of manual scavenging Dalit grooms asked to get off from horses in Raj Seven Dalit families flee from village
3. HEALTH ICMR working on oral vaccine against cholera Tobacco farming is also injurious to health
5. CRIME/ CORRUPTION Nun complains against Jetlite Judicial magistrate convicted, jailed in Gujarat Prisoners beat doctor to death 100 cops in dock as 2 Bluelines flout rules
6. TRIBALS State issues notices to 72 Thane schools for tribals Necessary to ensure livelihood security of tribals: Tirath
7. MINORITIES Alencherry installedas Major Archbishop Kerala textbook contains anti-church contents: Catholic church Protestant church backs St Mary’s
8. WOMEN Women more vulnerable to harassment for dowry
10. HOUSING/SLUMS Doubts cast over redevelopment of Dharavi sector five Medha Patkar ends fast after Maha govt agrees to demands
11. EDUCATION Pvt schools to face prosecution for unfair admission practice SC refuses to stay implementation of semester system
12. TERRORISM AND INSURGENCY Maoist couple surrenders at Puri I am not a sympathiser or opposer of Naxals: Binayak Sen
14. LABOUR HC dismisses plea against extended working hours CII to help SC, ST candidates get jobs
15. DEFENCE Why does Arundhati Roy want to burn Kashmir: Abdullah
16. NATURAL DISASTER Tanker fire, road mishap kill 36 in Assam
17. CHILDREN 128 kids died after vaccine in 2010, govt can't say why Rescued children suffering from abuse find no solace in State orphanages
18. ECONOMY Govt hikes FDI limit in carriage services Govt introduces new provisions in FCRA Act 2010
19. POLITICS Binayak Sen says BJP has problem with his work Breach in collective responsibility hurts govt and Ministers must speak as one: Constitution
20. AGRICULTURE Now, dalit farmers accuse Gujarata government of land grabbing Crop rots, farmer kills himself
21. POVERTY India's 68 pc people may get legal right to subsidised food
23. PANCHAYATI RAJ No-confidence can't be vested in the bureaucracy: SC
24. RESERVATION State to retain 34 per cent reservation for Backward Classes in panchayat elections
26. POLITICAL/DEMOTRATIC RIGHTS: OTHER NATIONS Short-range nukes show Pak targeting Indian forces: Expert India, Pakistan discuss demilitarisation of Siachen
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