Habib Siddiqui

  In the 1980’s  Jack Healey  was the man who took the Universal Declaration of Human Rights directly to the oppressed. In those days, the Amnesty International was the sole torch bearer. The Human Rights Watch, which evolved from  the Helsinki Watch , the Cold War era anti-Soviet American NGO, wasn’t birthed yet. Living in Washington, DC in the 1990’s, I had the privilege and honour of knowing, being guided by and working alongside Jack in the mid-1990’s. Jack had already vacated his position as the Executive Director of Amnesty International/USA, the leadership he had held for 12 years since the early 1980’s. I was then running one of the Internet’s first and largest human rights campaigns in the world, with a singular focus on my deeply troubled birthplace of Myanmar (or Burma as I prefer to call it in protest of the junta’s changing the name to whitewash its bloody crackdown of our student-led People Power revolt in August 1988). Jack showing me one of his treasu...

  Ram Puniyani   After RSS was formed it went on creating many organizations steeped in its ideology of Hindutva or Hindu Nationalism, a concept based on Aryan race, Brahminical values and the land from Sindhu to Seas. It has given birth to many organizations which are more than 100. Many other organizations have sprouted which may not be a formal part of Sangh Parivar, as known popularly, but are having the same ideology. These include many others like association of Sadhus and saints outside the VHP, the cow vigilantes and those out to initiate violence at the drop of hat in the name of Hinduism. It seems that by now many such aggressive organizations are spouting things which go much beyond what limits RSS wants to put on its followers. For Cow vigilantes Modi had given a statement that murder in the name of cow is not acceptable, and just a few hours later a Muslim man was  done to  death on this issue. Apart from the phenomenon which is continuing. “ Prime Minis...

  চিন্ময় মহারাজের জামিনের জন‍্য যাঁরা কেঁদে আকুল, তাঁরা উমর খালিদের জামিন নিয়ে একটা কথাও বলছেন না। https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPGSZIRZuo8 Salute! When darkness surrounds Bengali people, great people like you are the torch bearers who clear up the confusion. Vey is proud of you, Dear অনিকেত চট্টোপাধ্যায়। Link: চিন্ময় মহারাজের জামিনের জন‍্য যাঁরা কেঁদে আকুল, তাঁরা উমর খালিদের জামিন নিয়ে একটা কথাও বলছেন না। https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPGSZIRZuo8

  Fri, Jan 3 at 5:10 PM Dear HABIB,   The ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people has entered another calendar year.  Our people in Gaza are fighting to survive the harsh winter and cold rains, their tents flooded and destroyed. Just a few hours ago, Israel issued another forced expulsion order at  Al Awda Hospital , threatening to kill all 96 patients and doctors. Since Oct. 2023, Israel has killed  219 journalists and 1,000+ healthcare workers  in Gaza in an all-out assault on Palestinian life. As a contractor for the Israeli military occupation, the Palestinian Authority has followed Israel’s brutal repression of journalists by shutting down Al Jazeera and assassinating journalist  Shatha al-Sabbagh  in Jenin. The fight continues until total liberation and return.  Fight like hell to shut down the genocide economy. Support Monday’s healthcare workers-led  #SickFromGenocide day of action , and read more below.   Your Activist S...