Lenin Raghuvanshi, director of FORUM-ASIA member PVCHR, speaks of a “black day” for the survivors of the tragedy. Sentence to two years in prison for the defendants – already free on bail – shows the shortcomings of a system that is “powerless before international elite”. The Madhya Pradesh government announces an appeal. New Delhi – [ Read more ]

The Peoples SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) will be held at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi on 22-23 April 2010, a week before the 16th SAARC Summit, hosted by the Bhutanese government in Thimpu, from 28-29 April 2010. People’s SAARC (also known as South Asian People’s Assembly) was last organised in 2007 [ Read more ]