Planet Watch
UN moves to outlaw nuclear weapons in 2017
The UN adopted a resolution—hailed by disarmament campaigners as an important landmark—to launch negotiations in 2017 on a treaty outlawing nuclear weapons.
Tag: India
Oceania
World Court turns down nuclear arms case
The International Court of Justice refused to hear a claim by the Marshall Islands that the UK, India and Pakistan have failed to fulfill treaty obligations to halt the nuclear arms race.
South Asia
India: high court rules in violent water dispute
Riots broke out after India's highest court ordered the state of Karnataka to share water from the disputed Cauvery River with the neighboring state of Tamil Nadu.
South Asia
Amnesty closes India office after sedition charges
The India branch of Amnesty International closed its office after being accused of "sedition" by Hindu fundamentalists over its reports on human rights abuses in Kashmir.
South Asia
‘Untouchable’ protests against Hindutva vigilantes
Dalits ("Untouchables") in India's Gujarat state launched a protest mobilization to oppose a wave of terror by Hindu fundamentalist vigilantes given a free hand by authorities.
South Asia
India: court convicts 24 in 2002 Gujarat pogrom
A court in Ahmedabad convicted 24 individuals of murder and other charges related to the 2002 anti-Muslim riots in the state of Gujarat that left more than 1,000 dead.
Greater Middle East
Bernie Sanders must drop Tulsi Gabbard!
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a key supporter of Bernie Sanders, is also a supporter of the genocidal dictatorship of Bashar Assad. Bernie’s partisans urgently need to call him on this.
South Asia
Land-grabbing behind India’s new caste wars
Inter-caste violence and protests mount in India as corporate interests seize untitled peasant lands, increasing economic pressure on rural communities.
Inner Asia
Two Tibetans self-immolate in one day
The year's first self-immolation in the Tibetan region was reported as a monk burned to death in Kardze prefecture. An exile-born Tibetan youth survived his self-immolation in India.
South Asia
Kashmir jihadis claim attack on India border base
The Kashmir-based United Jihad Council claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on the Indian air force base at Pathankot, near the border with Pakistan.
South Asia
India: writer’s revolt over Hindutva terror
Over 40 Indian writers have returned their awards to the National Academy of Letters in protest of a wave of deadly attacks on secularist and rationalist writers and activists.
South Asia
Nepal: protests in response to new constitution
Enactment of Nepal's new constitution sparked angry protests in the southern plains, where the traditionally excluded Madhesi people are demanding greater autonomy.