Monthly Archives: March 2007

‘SIKH’ Guy in Jail for singing about ‘human rights abuses’

By Aditya | Published: March 31, 2007
(From The Independent) To the police in India, Paramjeet Singh is a “Sikh terrorist” recently arrested with two others for supposedly carrying explosives and handguns with the intention of disrupting the local elections that took place last month. But to his family and numerous supporters, he is just a musician who happens to sing about [...]
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The right to Dope ??

By Aditya | Published: March 30, 2007
Is there a right to dope? Should the possession of cannabis be legalised ? My classmate Aditya Wadhwa explored these questions in his project paper titled “Collapse of the Criminal Justice System in Trafficking of Cannabis”. I must say that he raised some really interesting arguments. While a part of it talks of the Indian [...]
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UN on Extra Judicial Killings

By Aditya | Published: March 29, 2007
UN independent expert on extrajudicial killings urges action on reported incidents 28 March 2007 – A United Nations independent human rights expert on extrajudicial killings today called for action in response to reported incidents in the United States, Iran, the Russian Federation, Bangladesh, Nigeria and Indonesia. “In recent years the United States has consistently argued [...]
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Article of Note: The Fight against Terrorism and the Rules of International Law

By Aditya | Published: March 26, 2007
An Interesting read:   The Fight against Terrorism and the Rules of International Law - Comment on papers and speeches of John B. Bellinger, Chief Legal Advisor to the United States State Department Heidelberg, 15 November 2006 Dr. Silja Vöneky2 During the last months John B. Bellinger, Chief Legal Advisor to the United States State [...]
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Questions -

By Aditya | Published: March 26, 2007
Had my Law and Poverty presentations today. Went off pretty well. Manage to educate some about state accountability and other issues. I thought of putting down some of the questions that were posed to me by Kalpana Kannabiran at the presentation; 1) On whom does one pin state accountability; the executive, legislature or the judiciary? [...]
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Bong Hits 4 Jesus

By Aditya | Published: March 25, 2007
To what extent can schools control a student’s right to free speech and expression? Can University students to exercise this right free from any authority? The above questions are sought the be answered in the Bong Hits 4 Jesus case. Below is some Info on the case in CNN  Justices hear ‘Bong Hits 4 Jesus’ [...]
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