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India: Chastity belts a common practice in Rajasthan
A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission.
India: Writer Taslima Nasrin again attacked by fundamentalists
The Indian police have filed a case against Nasrin for "creating religious tensions".
India: Publication: "HIV/AIDS and the Law", by the Human Rights Law Network
"HIV/AIDS & the Law", released in July 2007 by HRLN's 'HIV/AIDS and the Law Initiative'.
India: First female President - Pratibha Patil
In July 2007, Pratibha Patil was elected India's first woman president.
India: Human rights groups protest against Shrawasti mass rape
Human Rights organisations from across the state of Uttar Pradesh protest against the alleged mass rape in Shrawasti of 12 Muslim women.
India: Neighbour threatens female students for pursuing higher education
"Only girls with bad character go to college."
Dossier 28: Secularism in India
India: Shariat courts protected under Muslim personal law
The government has informed the Supreme Court that Muslims have a right to establish Shariat panchayats to settle disputes between two people and fatwas issued by these courts are not in conflict with or parallel to the Indian judicial system.
WSF: Hindu fundamentalism in India: Ideology, strategies, and the experience of Gujarat
India: Gujarat 2006 - women & children in Modi's regime
Women have been special targets of communalist ideology and communalist violence.
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