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AnalysisFreedom postponed: Stories of broken promises
When the right to live with dignity is denied to millions, the Millennium Development Goals are a million miles away from the poorest of the poor More... The criminal liability of doctorsMedical immunity and prerogatives are the hallmark of a feudal society and have no place in a democratic society. Doctors should be as liable as others under criminal, civil and consumer law for their acts of negligence More... Shoot, share and create: Looking beyond copyright makes sense in filmWhy documentary and alternative filmmakers in India should start licensing their works under an 'open content' license More... The Patents (Amendment) Ordinance, 2004The full text of the ordinance promulgated by the Indian government on December 26, 2004 More... Why is the government systematically undermining the environment?Shouldn't the government be safeguarding the country's environment instead of helping industries and 'developers' bypass environmental regulations, ask some of India's leading civil society organisations in this Open Letter to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, issued on September 3, 2004. To read the complete text and endorse the letter, click hereMore... A clear and present danger in AsiaA roundup of the recently concluded 15th International AIDS Conference 2004, held in the Thai capital Bangkok More... 60 years of the IMF and World Bank, but not everybody is celebratingAs international bureaucrats congratulate each other on one more year of 'reducing poverty around the globe', activists worldwide are protesting the Bretton Woods institutions' structural adjustment programmes, undemocratic decision-making and destructive free trade agreements More... Civil Society Organisations: What they say and what they doWhat is the role and relevance of civil society organisations in a changing world? Surely, in a postmodern world, where the disjuncture between words and their meaning, rhetoric and reality is a key predicament, CSOs must be judged on the basis of what they do on the ground, rather than what they say, writes John Samuel More... |
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