By Peter Greste, Macquarie University Israel has emerged as one of the world’s leading jailers of journalists, according to a newly released census compiled by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists. Each year, the committee releases a snapshot of the number of journalists behind bars as of December 1 2023 was the […]
Published: December 10, 2023 Updated: December 13, 2023 By Andrew Thomas, Deakin University As the Israel-Hamas war continues, there’s been a lot of discussion around Zionism. Put simply, Zionism is a nationalist movement that advocates for a homeland for the Jewish people in the Biblical Land of Israel. It is the organisation […]
১৪ ডিসেম্বর ২০২৩ রাজা মণীন্দ্র রোডের উপর এক নির্মম অভিযান চালায় কলকাতা পুরসভার উদ্যান বিভাগ। মইয়ের প্ল্যাটফর্মে চেপে মসৃণ গতিতে বৈদ্যুতিক করাত নিয়ে ২৫-৩৫ ফুট উঠে গেলেন কলকাতা পুরসভার উদ্যান বিভাগের কর্মীরা। হাত নাড়িয়ে সদ্য উড়তে শেখা আর বাপ-মা পাখিদের তাড়ালেন। তার পর বাসা, বাচ্চা, উড়তে না-শেখা সদ্য পাখা ও লোম গজানো কৈশোরেও পা না-দেওয়া […]
Many hailed the COP28 summit hosted by UAE as ‘historic’ because everyone signed up to transitioning away from fossil fuels in an attempt to reach global net zero emissions by 2050. Others lambasted the final agreement for being weak because it failed to commit countries to the tougher job of phasing out fossil fuels altogether. Alaa […]
The Infant deaths in Murshidabad district hospital are once more evidence of the severe state of malnourishment amongst pregnant and lactating mothers and the failure of the State and Central Government to provide even legally guaranteed entitlements to mothers who need extra nutrition. By Groundxero 14 December, 2023 The death of 14 infants […]
The Delhi Police today detained and attacked the protestors who have gathered near Jantar Mantar to oppose grave violation of democratic rights. Campaign Against State Repression (CASR) condemns the rampant brutality meted out by the Delhi Police on Protestors on Human Rights Day! By Samyuktha Kannan | 10 Dec, 2023 On December 10th, globally recognized […]
By Steve Pye, UCL According to the president of COP28, the latest round of UN climate negotiations in the United Arab Emirates, there is “no science” indicating that phasing out fossil fuels is necessary to restrict global heating to 1.5°C. President Sultan Al Jaber is wrong. There is a wealth of scientific […]
By Philip Fearnside, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA) and Rosimeire Araújo Silva, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA) The Amazon is facing an unprecedented drought that is projected to continue affecting the region at least until mid-2024. The lowest water levels in 121 years of river-level records have been recorded in the city of Manaus. […]
“This day of action grows every year because the movement to hold Amazon accountable keeps getting bigger and stronger,” said the head of UNI Global Union. By JAKE JOHNSON Nov 24, 2023 Amazon workers and allies in dozens of countries around the world took to the streets Friday to protest the e-commerce behemoth’s […]
দেখতে দেখতে তিস্তা মহাবিপর্যয়ের এক মাস পার হল। সিকিম ও পশ্চিমবঙ্গে এই প্রচণ্ড ধ্বংসলীলার সার্বিক ক্ষয়ক্ষতির হিসেব করে উঠতে পারেনি দুই রাজ্যের সরকার। এখনও ভিড় ত্রাণশিবিরে, পথঘাট থেকে, ঘরবাড়ি, ভগ্ন, বিপর্যস্ত বাঁধ থেকে মাটি-বালি-পাথরের স্তুপ সরানোর কাজ চলছে। প্রায় এক মাসের মাথায় বেড়ানোর উদ্দেশ্যে কালিম্পং গিয়েছিলেন সন্দীপ দাস। তাঁর কলমে হ্রদভাঙা বন্যায় অন্যতম বিপর্যস্ত এ […]
গ্রাউন্ডজিরো প্রতিবেদন : অনিমেষ দত্ত বাংলা সাহিত্য এক বিরাট মহাসাগর। আর এই মহাসাগরেই নিজের জায়গা পাকাপোক্ত করে অধিষ্ঠান করছে লিটল ম্যাগাজিন। কলকাতা বইমেলায় লিটল ম্যাগাজিন প্যাভিলিয়ন কিংবা সারা রাজ্যে নানান জায়গায় লিটল ম্যাগাজিন মেলার মাধ্যমে এই ‘অন্যরকম’ সাহিত্য পাঠকের কাছে পৌঁছে যায়। বাংলা লিটল ম্যাগাজিন শুধু ‘অন্যরকম’ সাহিত্য নয়, বরং একটা আন্দোলনও বটে। আর এই […]
Groundxero | 20th October, 2023 Mohammed Zubair, one of the founding members of fact-checking website AltNews, has won the the 2023 Freedom of Expression Awards – Journalism by Index on Censorship for his fight against fake news and disinformation in India, which has led him to face attacks, slander and even jail. The Index […]
What the demand for same-sex marriage in India shows is the neoliberal and mindless nature of the so-called queer movement here that has no knowledge of decades of feminist critique and is the willing handmaiden of neoliberal capitalism, writes Ashley Tellis. The Chief Justice of India is quite right to state that the role […]
Groundxero | 20th October, 2023 The People’s Union For Civil Liberties (PUCL) has expressed its deep disappointment with respect to the verdict of the Supreme Court of India denying the right to marry to the LGBTQI community. PUCL termed the judgement as a setback to the wider human rights movement and liberalisation of social […]
Groundxero Report | 19th October, 2023 Uttam Mardy (22), a first-year postgraduate Adivasi student of North Bengal University (NBU) committed suicide at his Malda home last Monday on 16 October. Family members of Uttam Mardy have filed a complaint with police and varsity authorities, alleging that he was a victim of ragging and torture at the University hostel. […]