March 01, 2005
Still waiting for justice in Gujarat, India
One must be careful when expressing resolutions—especially on one's web site—but I have decided, in an effort to bring a little focus to "Awake," to indeed focus on a country or specific area of the world for one month complete. It's really half-experiment, half-resolution (ha! there's my "out"); so I'll see how it goes. Since I've just returned from India, I thought it appropriate to begin with the great sub-continent. So here we go...
Scoop: Indian: No justice for victims in Gujarat (Amnesty Internation press release, March 1, 2005)
Background:
- Related Amnesty background report: India: Justice, the victim — Gujarat state fails to protect women from violence
The background report from Amnesty is quite lengthy; scroll down to the footnotes at the end for some interesting insights, both cultural and political.
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