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President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s decision to award Eurico Guterres, a former pro-Indonesia militia leader who was acquitted for human rights abuse, has been met with intense criticism, with rights groups highlighting the gesture as the government’s lack of commitment to upholding human rights. ....
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s decision to award Eurico Guterres, a former pro-Indonesia militia leader who was acquitted for human rights abuse, has been met with intense criticism, with rights groups highlighting the gesture as the government’s lack of commitment to upholding human rights. ....
Manual scavenging endures in India despite being outlawed in 2013. 2 hours ago Women from Dalit castes continue using their hands to clean and scrape faeces and carry it away from upper-caste homes. | M Palani Kimar, Pep Collective Prime Minister Narendra Modi picked October 2, 2020, Gandhi Jayanti, as the day he would declare India “manual scavenging free”. When Bezwada Wilson, convener of the Safai Karamchari Andolan, an advocacy group, learnt of the decision, he submitted data to the government on manual scavengers, who, even after Swachh Bharat, were still cleaning dry and insanitary latrines. In September, at a meeting, chief secretaries from various states were asked if it was still feasible to declare India free of manual scavenging, the outlawed practice of cleaning sewers, septic tanks, railways tracks and other receptacles of human and other waste. ....
The “farm laws” introduce deregulation and facilitate large corporations into the sector with the stated intent of “modernising systems” and “helping farmers realise better prices”. The laws weaken state control over pricing and sale of food crops by allowing corporate retailers to directly buy from and enter into pre-agreed contracts with farmers, bypassing government marketing boards set up to ensure fair prices. They deregulate crop storage by allowing private traders to stockpile and removing restrictions meant to avoid speculation and inflation. Farmers’ agitation against the three anti-farmer and pro-corporation laws crossed the 100-day mark in early March. In a definitive moment of the resistance, when the Modi government blocked peaceful marches to New Delhi by digging trenches and fixing nails and concertina wires, farmers responded by planting flowers and sowing crops, demonstrating a firm resilience in the face of repression. ....
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