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Press Release: Government Crackdown on Protest

By emerson | Published: June 5, 2011

Just after midnight on June 5th, 2011, riot police on orders from the ruling Congress Party swept into to the area occupied by anti-corruption protester, Baba Ramdev, and his supporters. Over fifty thousand people were rousted and Ramdev was forcibly abducted by police and removed from Delhi. The police used clubs and tear-gas to force [...]

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Fundamental rights in India

By emerson | Published: June 4, 2011

When the Constitution of India was written there were already ample examples from other established democracies. These demonstrated a proliferation of approaches to defining the nature of rights and how to balance the protection of rights against the power of government. India choose to start with the basic position that any democratic government ought to [...]

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Overview of women’s rights in India

By emerson | Published: May 29, 2011

The Constitution of India contains many fundamental rights and an even longer list of rights have been interpreted by the Supreme Court. However despite procedures for the protection of those rights, the practice of law enforcement and the judiciary has been less than exemplary. The rights of minorities, the poor and in particular women are [...]

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