25 may 2005 | CIVILSOCIETYVOICES Post
By Ravi Nair
With the tsunami tragedy barely a month and a half old, the interaction between NGOs and the government involved in the relief efforts is the most recent example of a problematic and conflicting relationship. The author expresses concern over state’s approach towards NGOs.
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27 April 2005 | Asian Times Post
By Ranjit Devraj
NEW DELHI – India’s plan to resume military assistance to Nepal, suspended after the February 1 royal coup, has nothing to do with China’s offer of support to the regime of King Gyanendra, beleaguered by a nine-year Maoist insurgency, say some security experts. Others disagree.
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April 06 2005 | Ehtasham Khan in Geneva
The future of Nepal, the King and its 20 million people will oscillate between Kathmandu and Geneva this fortnight. The troika of New Delhi, Washington and London seems to be holding the balance on the issue.
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31 October 2004
Editorial, The Kathmandu Post
Director of New Delhi-based South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre (SAHRDC), has been following human rights issues in Nepal for more han three decades. SAHRDC is the Secretariat of the Asia Pacific Human Rights Network and it has Special Consultative Status with the United Nations
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21 August, 2004 | Asian Tribune
By Mukundan C. Menon,
Different court verdicts on death sentences for rape and murder pronounced hardly five days after the August 14 execution of Dhananjoy Chatterjee at Kolkata’s Alipur Central Jail deserves serious attention in the ongoing discussion about capital punishment.
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11 August, 2004 | Financial Times
By Edward Luce, in New Delhi
New Delhi said on Wednesday it was considering redeploying its main regiment from the troubled northeastern state of Manipur in the face of mounting demonstrations against alleged human rights abuses.
The crisis, which was sparked last month by the discovery in Manipur of the battered corpse of a 32-year-old woman, has taken India’s new Congress-led government by surprise. The woman who was also allegedly raped in custody, was detained by the Assam Rifles under special anti-terrorist laws.
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