26 February, Global Day of Action against “TRIPS +”, the Indian Patent Ordinance

“We call February 26, 2005, the Global Day of Action.”

“We call it the Anti-Patents day for drugs”

“We call the day we refuse to be taken for granted by the Price-Setters, Institutions and Governments.”

Sensitisation is needed towards differently abled able.Media,particularily cinema,which is powerful medium of expression has a greater responsibility in generating awareness among the masses on various social issues.

Manitham is a Non-Governmental Organisation, aiming to bring radical changes in the society to enable individuals and communities to become self-reliant so that people may live in consonance with the true dictates of humanity in its widest scope and dimension.

Police created another Tsunami on the lives Tsunami victims Condemn police attacks and arrests in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh Express solidarity with the struggles of fisher people.

In a sense, the formation of the All India Muslim Women's Law Board would signal a victory for Indian feminism, argues Janaki Nair The author is professor of history, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta

News Release: Nepalis Demonstration in Vancouver, BC

Nepal Under Military Rule
Urgent Public Appeal from the Nepalese Human Rights Community

February 5, 2005

Mr. Deshmukh's Bulldozers
Mumbai's Man-Made Tsunami

The history of a noble race, running roughshod over bondage, obstacles and time eternal. Fearless, proud and infinitely hopeful, that is the essence of our heritage. In honoring Black America we celebrate the rebirth of the nation’s most maligned ethnic group.

Attack condemned

I am journalist working with a leading newspaper in Nepal

AN APPEAL TO THE ORISSA STATE GOVERNMENT TO PUT
AN IMMEDIATE END TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS’ ABUSE OF
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF ORISSA

Save The Narmada, Save Humanity!
Tribal Families Dumped in Open Sans Land and Houses at Javda :Maharashtra Govt. Claims "Resettlement Complete" !

Organised by IKV and Stichting Agni

19-02-2005; 15:00
Theater Concordia, Hogezand 42, The Hague
www.theater-concordia.nl

Young lawyer Lawrence Liang, based in city of Bangalore, makes an articulate case of why documentary and alternate film makers in India could do well to think of starting to license their works under an 'open content' license.

As we celebrate India’s fiftyfifth Republic Day, we should take a dispassionate look at the country’s achievements and failures. This is particularly necessary in view of the increasingly fashionable assertion that India is about to “arrive” as a Great Power and a leader of the coming “Asian Century”. The term is used in the same sense in which the Twentieth Century was called the American Century. Look at some euphoric predictions.

A "distinguished lecture"delivered at the 20th annual meeting of the Pakistan Society of Development Economists, held in Islamabad January 10-12, 2005.

Report from People's Summit for People's SAARC

Brian Behlendorf of Apache will be taking part in the Pune GNUnify event, organisers announced. So will some other big names, include MySQL founder David Axmark. This year's event will focus on localisation projects, PHP5, Python, MySQL and more. There's an awareness-building exercise for school students and teachers on the first day of the event (Feb 13, 2005) followed by an installfest and more.

Bhopalis are being forced to take to the streets again. This time for drinking water.

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