Will ‘apologists’ take a bullet for the nation?

Human rights group calls for boycott of King’s administration

AP Published on Jul 21, 2015 SHOTLIST : New Delhi – January 30, 2006 1. Wide of news conference 2. Cutaway reporters 3. SOUNDBITE (English): Suhas Chakma, Director, Asian Centre for Human Rights: “(The) International community must boycott or disengage with the administration of King Gyanendra. It basically means imposing visa restrictions on King Gyanendra, […]

As COVID-19 spreads, India tries to control the narrative by targeting journalists, Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times 04 October 2020 By NEHA THIRANI BAGRI MUMBAI, India —   Four days after India locked down in late March to fight the spread of the coronavirus, Jagat Bains got a call from a group of migrant working families in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh. With construction work having ground to a halt, the […]

Chakmas, Hajongs starving in Arunachal, says rights body, The Hindu

The Hindu27 April 2020 ‘Their ration cards were seized in 1991’ A Delhi-based rights body has sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention in ensuring food for the Chakma and Hajong communities in Arunachal Pradesh who have allegedly not been included in the government’s economic package. The Chakmas and Hajongs, displaced in the 1960s by violence […]