Prior to submission of Report on Criminal Law Amendment by retaired Indian Supreme Court Chief Justice J.S.Verma ,on the women related crimes, to the Indian government, notwithstanding the public impulse and unbridled mass uproar demanding lynching of the rape accused in the sensational Delhi Rape case, by stating that ‘a swift-trial for Rape accused should […]
MASS PROTESTS CAN NOT SUBDUE THE ‘DUE PROCESS OF LAW’
Notwithstanding the public impulse and unbridled mass uproar demanding lynching of the rape accused in the sensational Delhi Rape case, by stating that ‘a swift-trial for Rape accused should not be at the cost of a fair trial and can not overwhelm the due process of law’, the Chief Justice of Republic of India Lord […]
ARE LAWS GENERATING CRIMES?
Nothing is perfect and eternal in this world that is getting generated out of thoughts of human brain, except the God’s creation. But even that God’s creation is getting effected by certain thoughts and deeds of humans – right from the scientific inventions to make the life comfortable to the every day technology that is […]
Cartoon book satirizing ‘development’ launched in the United States
January 28, 2011 Survival International has launched in the United States a biting critique of how tribal peoples are being destroyed in the name of ‘development’. The critique is presented in a cartoon book called ‘There you go!’ that can be read in two minutes. Tribal peoples around the world, from the Penan in Sarawak […]
Bangladesh: Strong Local Government for Better Democracy
Strengthening local government was a very talked about issue in the time of Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed interim government, which was an extra constitutional and military backed governance body had ruled the country through state of emergency. The issue was welcomed by all walks of people. The issue, strengthening local government, was seriously advocated by […]
Bangladesh: Another dateline to overcome stand-off
The Election Commission (EC) in Bangladesh, in a fresh announcement on Sunday (November 23) has rescheduled the dateline for the upcoming parliamentary and upzila elections. New polling date has been announced as December 29, 2008 for parliament and January 22, 2009 for upazila poll. Originally, the elections were to be held on December 18, December […]