The bill introduced in the Rajya Sabha by the home minister early last month to amend the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1961 making it "an offence per se to publish a wrong map of India" is clearly...
Civil Liberties
Telling the World about Human Rights in India THE Attorney-General, K Parasaran, had received quite a grilling a few years ago when he tried to fob off the members of the Human Rights Committee set...
Detention of Legislators A G Noorani Our legislators have been aggressive in claiming privileges against the people, supposedly their masters, but they have been quiescent in asserting their...
Repression in Kashmir A G Noorani Cases of police atrocities are being reported with increasing frequency in Jammu and Kashmir The national press and civil liberties groups appear to be unaware of...
Amnesty International and India A G Noorani The locus standi of international non-government bodies is by now well established. Both Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists...
perhaps be persuaded to tumble out of one's tongue, and, suddenly, there could be, who knows, a return, if not to passion, at least to a temporary revocation of the state of non-passion: "Tis like...
the insensitive acts of commission which are making them suspect in American society. The Pollard case, an Israeli operation where an American Jew was used for naval espionage, is almost putting...
Customs as Censors A G Noorani The Customs Act docs not confer the power to mutilate books, only to ban their import
Protesters Dubbed Spies A G Noorani The Gujarat government is invoking the Official secrets Act to suppress agitations against the Narmada Project. How valid is the use of this act in these...
resources. Those in charge know their mind, and are fully conversant how to go about to achieve their ends. To rail against the peril of a domestic debt trap sounds to be a most honourable exercise...
traditions, is finally working against his supremacy in the party. The irony of the situation is its sharp contrast with Indira Gandhi. She had started her prime ministership under the strong vigil...
Bashing Journalists A G Noorani In the field of human rights the saying 'knowledge is power' has a special relevance and force. We need the help of NGOs committed to human rights. In turn we owe a...
Terrorism and Rule of Law A G Noorani IT is exactly twenty years since civil disorders began in Northern Ireland in the wake of the procession (they call it march) in Londonderry of October 5,1968...
Open to the World's Gaze A G Noorani International concern for human rights within a country is legal and legitimate. The Chi Michelsen Institute's review of the human rights situation in India, in...
