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La Comisión de Justicia y Paz informó que ya están en Colombia, los delegados de 12 países de la Misión de Observación Internacional por Garantías a la Protesta Social y contra la impunidad en Colombia, que visitará 11 regiones del país. La comisión conformada por 40 delegados de 12 países e integrado por destacados dirigentes políticos y sociales, estarán hasta el lunes 12 de julio recibiendo testimonios de primera mano de víctimas de represión estatal durante el Paro Nacional. Con esta información, la Misión pretende “identificar los contextos en que han ocurrido estos ...

Tarrem attacks indicate that the weakened Maoists remain a strong military threat The deaths of over 20 paramilitary personnel in an encounter with the Maoists in the Tarrem area near Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district once again puts the spotlight on the long-running conflict in this remote tribal region. Reports indicate a Maoist ambush of the paramilitary personnel from different units – the Special Task Force, the District Reserve Guard of the Chhattisgarh police besides the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)’s elite COBRA unit — who had proceeded to perform combing operations in Mao...

CJI S.A. Bobde Must Step Down for Asking Rape Accused to Marry Victim: Open Letter "Enough is enough. Your words, scandalise and lower the authority of the Court." CJI S.A. Bobde. Photo: PTI/File Women03/Mar/2021 New Delhi: A group of more than 4,000 women’s rights activists, progressive groups and concerned citizens have written an open letter to Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde, saying that he must resign for asking a rapist to marry his schoolgoing victim and justifying marital rape in the Supreme Court. While hearing the bail request of a government employee, a bench headed by CJI B...

Harinder Kaur Bindu, whose father Megh Raj Bhagtuana was killed by alleged Babbar Khalsa International militants in 1991, now leads protests against the new farm regime at Tikri as head of the women’s wing of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan). The Jamhoori Kisan Sabha is one of the main groups at the Singhu protest. Its president Kulwant Singh Sandhu, who was part of the failed talks with the Centre, was shot in the leg and back in an ambush by suspected Khalistan Commando Force members in 1988. Sonia Mann, a film star in south India and Punjab, has been a regular visitor to the prot...

UK: Johnson government orders review of “left wing extremism”, targeting Socialist Workers Party and “far-left entryism” Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative government has announced a review into “left-wing extremism”. The review will be led by former Labour MP John Woodcock, now Baron Walney, in his post as UK Special Envoy for Countering Violent Extremism, and will spearhead efforts to criminalise left-wing and socialist activity in Britain. What amounts to a dragnet against the left was announced on Monday as a front-page “exclusive” in the pro-Tory Telegraph und...