Civil Liberties

Explained: Why internet shutdowns are a violation of human rights | NL Cheatsheet https://youtu.be/stKr2negDlA 

Meghnad S explains the far-reaching implications of internet shutdowns in India, and why we should take this issue seriously.

https://civilsocietyonline.com/environment/from-avalanche-to-disaster-in-chamoli/

Ton February 7. the Rishiganga in Uttarakhand suddenly turned virulent. Laden with boulders, water and ice it crashed through its banks in Chamoli district causing an unexpected flash flood. Had there been no barrier in the path of the flood, it would have entered the larger Alaknanda Valley and gradually petered out as the bed slope decreased. The damage would have been minimal.

The barriers: a bridge across the Rishiganga, the small 13.2 MW Rishiganga hydroelectric project.

and then in the larger Dhauliganga (West) river the barrier was 520 MW Tapovan-Vishnugad dam.

https://www.newsclick.in/Govt-Raids-on-Newsclick-Our-Voice-Cant-be-Muzzled

It has become a routine practice with the present government to deploy government-controlled agencies to deal with all those who disagree with and criticise the government. In the past, the income tax department, the ED, various Central investigative agencies like the Central Bureau of Investigation and National Investigation Agency, have been selectively used in this manner against a range of people – from journalists to political leaders, to even farmers’ leaders.

The whole panoply of the legal instruments available with the government have been deployed for such politically motivated coercive actions, including filing cases of sedition, defamation, harming harmony, breach of peace, etc. under the Indian Penal Code, and use of other laws like the Disaster Management Act, the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), the Information Technology Act, and others.

Prime Time With Ravish Kumar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvzZo-f7Iq8 - February 9, 2021:Many kinds of movements are taking place within the Farmers Protest. A movement is also about the release of the arrested people. The police have a hundred arguments to arrest an agitator. The matter of the release of everyone is not able to gain prominence and even after getting the place, the release does not matter. It is obvious that going into a movement and practicing democracy is risky. Those who have never been in any movement should understand that voting is not the only task. That is a day's work and a few hours' work. A bigger task than that is to monitor and question the decisions and actions of governments for five years. Also for his right and for the rights of others.

Noudeep Kaur..

किसान आंदोलन (Farmers Protest) के भीतर कई तरह के आंदोलन हो रहे हैं. एक आंदोलन गिरफ्तार लोगों की रिहाई को लेकर भी है. किसी आंदोलनजीवी को गिरफ्तार करने के लिए पुलिस के पास सौ दलीलें होती हैं. सभी की रिहाई की बात प्रमुखता से जगह हासिल नहीं कर पाती है और जगह मिलने के बाद भी रिहाई पर फर्क नहीं पड़ता है. ज़ाहिर है किसी आंदोलन में जाकर लोकतांत्रिकता का अभ्यास करते रहना जोखिम भरा काम है. जो कभी किसी आंदोलन में नहीं गए हैं उन्हें यह समझना चाहिए कि मतदान करना एकमात्र काम नहीं है. वो एक दिन का और कुछ घंटों का काम है. उससे कहीं ज़्यादा बड़ा काम है पांच साल तक सरकारों के फैसलों और कार्यों पर नज़र रखना और सवाल करना. अपने अधिकार के लिए भी और दूसरों के अधिकार के लिए. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvzZo-f7Iq8