Feb
8
Amnesty Int’l Urgent Action for Jailbreak Detainees
February 8, 2004 | Comments Off on Amnesty Int’l Urgent Action for Jailbreak Detainees
Amnesty International has put out an urgent action regarding the detention of social activists, human rights workers, and lawyers after the Jan. 22 jailbreak by the accused in the case of the 1995 assassination of former Chief Minister Beant Singh. Our Feb. 5 post also describes fears of torture of the alleged jailbreak mastermind.
Feb
8
Alternative Film Festival in Bombay Offers Space for Political Films
February 8, 2004 | Comments Off on Alternative Film Festival in Bombay Offers Space for Political Films
Indian film-makers have set up an alternative film festival, Vikalp: Films for Freedom, after the government run Mumbai International Film Festival (Miff) refused to air political documentaries. According to film-makers, 44 films were rejected because of their political content: “When we went through the list of films [at the government festival], we realised that all […]