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Andy Borowitz | Trump: Mexicans Swarming Across Border, Enrolling in Law School, and Becoming Biased Judges 
 
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker 
Borowitz writes: "At a rally in San Jose, the presumptive Republican nominee said that 'making America great again' meant preventing the nation from becoming 'overrun by Mexican judges.'" 
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Muhammad Ali Mourned by Thousands at Louisville Funeral 
Jenna Fryer and Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press 
Excerpt: "Muhammad Ali made his final journey through his hometown Friday - past the little pink house where he grew up and the museum that bears his name - as thousands of mourners along the route pumped their fists and chanted, 'Ali! Ali!' for the former heavyweight champion of the world known simply as The Greatest." 
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As California Admits 2 Million Ballots Remain Uncounted, Sanders Pushes for Changing Primary Process 
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! 
Goodman reports: "On Thursday, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla said at least 2 million votes cast in California's presidential primary election have yet to be counted." 
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A Year After a Cop Fired 44 Rounds at Keith Davis, His Case Still Raises Questions About Justice in Baltimore 
Alice Speri, The Intercept 
Speri writes: "One year ago this week, Keith Davis Jr. almost became another rallying cry against police brutality when four Baltimore police officers chased him into a garage and fired off 44 rounds at him, striking him three times, including in the face." 
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The Fighting Tradition 
Mary Anne Trasciatti, Jacobin 
Trasciatti writes: "The Verizon strike recaptured some of the uncompromising militancy of the early American labor movement." 
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Obama Orders Expansion of US War in Afghanistan 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "New rules mean U.S. troops will be allowed to call in more airstrikes and fight alongside Afghan forces." 
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Climate Change Could Force Huge Migrations for People and Animals Living Near the Equator 
Chelsea Harvey, The Washington Post 
Harvey writes: "The Arctic is warming faster than anywhere else on the planet, and its rapid ice loss has not only become a major contributor to global sea-level rise, but is also destroying habitats for polar bears and people alike." 
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RSN: William Boardman | Ali's Biggest Win: As Clay v. United States in Supreme Court

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FOCUS: William Boardman | Ali's Biggest Win: As Clay v. United States in Supreme Court 
 
William Boardman, Reader Supported News 
Boardman writes: "Much of the coverage of Muhammad Ali's death kind of ducks how polarizing his life was in the 1960s as a brash young black man who loudly touted his own talents and called out the world for what it was. He was loved and he was hated, and he was especially hated by mindless sports writers reflecting the mindless prejudices of their (and our) time (with some courageous exceptions like Robert Lipsyte, Howard Cosell, Dave Anderson, and others)." 
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RSN: Matt Taibbi | Muhammad Ali Was a Hero, but His Enemies Have a Legacy Too

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FOCUS: Matt Taibbi | Muhammad Ali Was a Hero, but His Enemies Have a Legacy Too 
 
Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone 
Taibbi writes: "It's unlikely we'll ever see anyone like Ali again ... because his enemies learned from the mistake they made, and spent a generation making sure that the next of his ilk, in the unlikely event that he or she ever comes along, won't become so powerful a dissenting influence." 
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CounterCurrents: Obama Slams Door In Putin’s Face, Israel Wants A Peace Process – But Only If It's Doomed To Fail

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Brazil: Police Have Killed Over 2,500 People In Rio Since Rio 2016 Was Announced
By Amnesty International

http://www.countercurrents.org/ai060616.htm

Brazil is on a fast-track course to repeat the deadly mistakes it has been making around policing for decades, made even more evident during the 2014 World Cup, which left a long trail of suffering, Amnesty International said today in a briefing two months ahead of the Olympic Games’ opening ceremony. “When Rio was awarded the 2016 Olympic Games in 2009, authorities promised to improve security for all. Instead, we have seen 2,500 people killed by police since then in the city and very little justice,” said Atila Roque, Director at Amnesty International Brazil


Hundreds More Refugees Die In The Mediterranean 
By Martin Kreikenbaum

http://www.countercurrents.org/kreikenbaum060616.htm

Hundreds of refugees have died in two more cases of boat sinkings. Within eight days, many more than 1,200 refugees have drowned during their voyage to Europe. A refugee boat had an emergency around 75 nautical miles south of Crete on Thursday. An Italian trading vessel sailing past informed the coastguard, which sent patrol boats and other commercial ships to the area. When the first ships arrived on Friday morning, the completely overcrowded wooden fishing cutter had already capsized. Hundreds of refugees were floating helplessly in the sea. A total of 342 refugees were rescued, and nine bodies were recovered. But the scale of the sinking initially remained unclear


A Moral Revolution? Reflections On President Obama’s Visit To Hiroshima 
By Richard Falk

http://www.countercurrents.org/falk060616.htm

If more than rhetoric is attached to the call for a ‘moral revolution,’ then the place to start would be to question, prior to abandoning, the mentality that is comfortable with double standards when it come to war making and criminal accountability. The whole idea of impunity for the victors and capital punishment for the losers is morally regressive. Both the Obama visit to Hiroshima, as significant as it was, and the Kerrey relationship to the Fulbright Vietnam University, show that American society, even at its best, is far from prepared to take part in the necessary moral revolution


The Champ Lands His Second Anchor Punch And In Death Trumps Trump 
By Dr. Shaik Ubaid

http://www.countercurrents.org/ubaid060616.htm

Trump would ask where American Muslim heroes are and Ali was saying, “Hey Trump you got any hero greater than me?” Trump had been saying that Muslims don’t belong in the US, they are all foreigners and Ali’s response: “you are dumber than you look.” Trump had been spewing hate as the way to greatness and the news channels were showing Ali’s 1975 speech on love and selflessness at Harvard. Liston did not see the “anchor punch” that hit him from nowhere in his second bout. Ali’s most iconic picture is standing by the downed “Big Ugly Bear”. Ali had again delivered his anchor punch, the second time to knock Trump, “the ugly White Monster” out cold. Trump, the rectal thermometer, that was showing the rising temperature of hate so accurately will reflect the fall in hate temperature for the next 72 hours at the least, I said to myself


Muhammad Ali : The Man Who Shook The World 
By Vidya Bhushan Rawat

http://www.countercurrents.org/rawat060616.htm

Where is the option for political power of the blacks and other racial minorities in America in this heavily expansive electoral system there? The electoral system have undone many things which Muhammad Ali and other radicals of the black movement achieved so powerfully by converting America into almost bipolarity and the danger is that the same kind of capitalists are trying to influence Indian polity in the same way between two brahmanical capitalist political parties. Fortunately, Ambedkar’s socio-political legacy in India is much more powerful than Ali’s in America and hence chances of resistance in India are much bigger than in the United States where Malcolm X's black power movement has relegated into history and Christian rightwing has won over the Black identity issue


Israel Wants A Peace Process – But Only If It's Doomed To Fail 
By Jonathan Cook

http://www.countercurrents.org/cook060616.htm

In a familiar muddying of the waters, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spent the past week talking up peace while fiercely criticising Friday’s summit in France – the only diplomatic initiative on the horizon. As foreign ministers from 29 nations arrived for a one-day meeting in Paris, Netanyahu dusted off the tired argument that any sign of diplomatic support for Palestinians would encourage from them “extreme demands”. France hopes the meeting will serve as a prelude to launching a peace process later in the year


La Trobe University Versus Dr Roz Ward, Racist Australian Flag
And Academic Free Speech Threatened In Australian Universities
By Dr Gideon Polya

http://www.countercurrents.org/polya060616.htm

Academic freedom of speech is a cornerstone of university life but is under threat in neoliberal-dominated Australia not just from right-wing governments and corporate Mainstream media but also from within universities. The most recent example is the suspension (now lifted after public outcry) of La Trobe University academic Dr Roz Ward for correctly calling the Australian flag racist for containing the British Union Jack


Obama Slams Door In Putin’s Face 
By Eric Zuesse

http://www.countercurrents.org/zuesse060616.htm

Actions speak louder than mere words, and U.S. President Barack Obama has now acted, not only spoken. His action is to refuse to discuss with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russia's biggest worry about recent changes in America’s nuclear strategy — particularly a stunning change that is terrifying Putin


A View From Japan: An Interview With Motoyuki Shibata 
By Linh Dinh

http://www.countercurrents.org/dinh060616.htm

In Japan, even a serious writer may be seen on mass advertising, and a translator can become a star. One of Japan’s most famous intellectuals, Motoyuki Shibata is a specialist on American literature. He has translated books by Thomas Pynchon, Paul Auster, Steven Millhauser and Stuart Dybek, among others. Shibata is also the editor of two popular literary journals, the Japanese-language Monkey and the English-language Monkey Business. His book of essays, The American Narcissus, won the Suntory Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities in 2005. Among the pieces are “Wonder If I’m Dead,” “The Half-Baked Scholar” and “Cambridge Circus.”


Human Rights Abuses: A Recurring Alarm On Modi's Travels Abroad! 
By George Abraham

http://www.countercurrents.org/abraham060616.htm

It is time for the Prime Minister to be more assertive in addressing these concerns at home and abroad and speak out forcefully when human rights violations occur in India. Unless he can align the actions of the radical elements of his party in line with his lofty pronouncements abroad, the human rights issue will continue to cast a shadow on his trips abroad, especially to U.S. Alfred Whitney Griswold who once said the following: "Books won’t stay banned. They won’t burn. Ideas won’t go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor, and the inquisitor have always lost. The only weapon against bad ideas is better ideas". Let freedom reign!


Exit Hindutva Terrorists, Enter Lashkar Bombers – 
Towards Clean Chit To Samjhauta Bombers?
By Subhash Gatade

http://www.countercurrents.org/gatade060616.htm

Whether Indian Intelligence Agencies have decided to function as new ‘post offices’ of US intel agencies ? Put it other ways whether US intel inputs have started overriding the meticulous investigations done by Indian intelligence agencies? There are enough indications which seem to corroborate this observation


Electorally Holy Cow 
By Afroz Alam

http://www.countercurrents.org/alam060616.htm

For many of us, beef has become ‘news’ of unpleasant sort. There is now a forensic report after eight month from a lab in Mathura which claims that the meat found inside the lynched man, Mohammad Akhlaq’s home at Dadri “belonged to beef or a cow progeny”. It is in contrast with an earlier report by the Greater Noida Veterinary Officer which declared that the meat was mutton. Be it beef or mutton, no respectability is shown to the right to food, the notion of privacy and right to life of the citizens of India. On the contrary, the present forensic report is now widely circulated with right-wing bias. There is now a cynical-switch to ramp up communal narratives. The hype around this report is just an attempt to keep the electoral theology in circulation well in advance in the election bound Uttar Pradesh. In other words, beef is back to deliver for the Brahminical right-wing in the cow-belt region of India as a part of the ‘Mission 2017’


Childhood And The Colourless Rainbow 
By Zohra Batul

http://www.countercurrents.org/batul060616.htm

I always hear people saying that childhood is the finest phase of life, but not for all. For some even the Colourful rainbow has no Colours

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Snowden Tried to Tell NSA About Surveillance Concerns, Documents Reveal 
 
Jason Leopold, Marcy Wheeler and Ky Henderson, Vice News 
Excerpt: "Before he leaked any documents, Snowden said, he had repeatedly attempted to raise his concerns inside the NSA about its surveillance of US citizens — and the agency had done nothing." 
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What Made Muhammad Ali ‘Unforgivably’ Black 
Peniel E. Joseph, Reuters 
Joseph writes: "Muhammad Ali’s Black Power activism may not fit neatly into the outpouring of grief, respect and reflection in the coming days and weeks after his death Friday at age 74. But it is one of the most crucial and enduring parts of a legacy that shaped the world." 
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Tom Engelhardt | Donald Trump Is the Mosquito, Not the Zika Virus 
Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch 
Engelhardt writes: "Perhaps it would be better to see Donald Trump as a symptom, not the problem itself, to think of him not as the Zika Virus but as the first infectious mosquito to hit the shores of this country." 
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Clinton Wins Puerto Rico's Democratic Presidential Primary 
Arnie Seipel, NPR News 
Excerpt: "Hillary Clinton has won the Democratic presidential primary in Puerto Rico." 
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NPR Journalist David Gilkey, Translator Killed on Assignment in Afghanistan 
Rahim Faiez and Michele Salcedo, Associated Press 
Excerpt: "The Afghan president on Monday condemned the killing of David Gilkey, a veteran news photographer and video editor for National Public Radio, and Afghan journalist Zabihullah Tamanna, who died in an insurgent ambush the day before while on assignment in southern Afghanistan." 
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Swiss Reject Guaranteed Basic Income Plan After Worker Vs. Robot Debate 
Silke Koltrowitz and Marina Depetris, Reuters 
Excerpt: "Swiss voters rejected by a wide margin on Sunday a proposal to introduce a guaranteed basic income for everyone living in the wealthy country after an uneasy debate about the future of work at a time of increasing automation." 
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Harvey Wasserman | What Will Finally Shut Down Diablo Canyon Nukes? Could a Bernie Win Help? 
Harvey Wasserman, EcoWatch 
Wasserman writes: "The two deadly, dangerous nuke reactors at Diablo Canyon may be on the brink of shut-down. Citizen action is desperately needed on upcoming state regulatory decisions that could flip Diablo’s off switch." 
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RSN: Trump's Not Just a Bigot, He's a Huckster and a Sham-Artist, Norway to 'Ban the Sale of All Fossil Fuel-Based Cars by 2025'

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Robert Reich | Trump's Not Just a Bigot, He's a Huckster and a Sham-Artist

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Facebook Page
Reich writes: "Researchers at the National Bureau of Economic Research have found that degrees from for-profit colleges and universities are worth less in terms of future earnings than degrees from non-profit colleges and universities - and for-profits also often load students down with heavier debts."
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The Time Muhammad Ali Knocked Out Trump Over His Islamophobia
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Renowned boxing legend Muhammad Ali, who passed away at 74 Friday night, was a man known for never pulling his punches whether in the ring or in public when the truth needed expressing."
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DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz Reverses Her Position on Payday Loans Following Months of Public Pressure
Alan Pyke, ThinkProgress
Pyke writes: "After months of public pressure and a stiff primary challenge from her left, Democratic National Committee chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) reversed her position on payday lending Thursday."
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California's Registered Voters Hit Record High Ahead of Tuesday Presidential Primary
John Myers, Los Angeles Times
Myers writes: "With one of the most closely watched presidential primary seasons in modern times , California's voter rolls grew by almost 650,000 in the final six weeks of registration. And three of every four new voters were Democrats."
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America Excels in Business of Death
JP Sottile, Consortium News
Sottile writes: "America may lag behind the developed world in many categories, but it is No. 1 in the 'merchant of death' business, experiencing a boom in the commerce of boom, especially in areas destabilized by U.S. invasions."
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Fatal Migrations: Visualizing the Landscape of Migrant Deaths in Arizona
Daniel Alarcon and Josh Begley, The Intercept
Excerpt: "Just a few hours south of Tucson, on the other side of the border, there's a quiet, dusty Mexican town called Sasabe. The streets are empty, the pavement rutted in places, overcome by the sandy earth in others. Like countless towns along the border, Sasabe feels less like a place where people are born, grow up, live, work, marry and raise children; and more like a way station, a place designed for an itinerant population of migrants and would-be border crossers."
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Norway to 'Ban the Sale of All Fossil Fuel-Based Cars by 2025'
Jess Staufenberg, The Independent
Staufenberg writes: "Norway will ban the sale of all fossil fuel-based cars in the next decade, continuing its trend towards becoming one of the most ecologically progressive countries on the planet, according to reports."
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RSN: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | In Memoriam of Muhammad Ali

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's Facebook Page 
Abdul-Jabbar writes: "During my more than 50 years in the public eye, I have met hundreds of renowned celebrities, artists, athletes, and world leaders. But only a handful embodied the self-sacrificing and heroic qualities that defined my friend and mentor, Muhammad Ali." 
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Muhammad Ali: The Black Superman Who Became The ‘Greatest’
By Sazzad Hussain

http://www.countercurrents.org/hussain040616.htm

Muhammad Ali, the boxer who took the sport beyond the ring for his own conviction of dignity, equality and human rights is no more. The legend who earned the nickname of Black Superman and icon of the deprived over the privileged fought like a true fighter throughout his life elevate human dignity from the clutches of racism and deprivation to live with heads held high was a personality that dominated the world arena for good reasons


The Greatest 
By Professor Francis A. Boyle

http://www.countercurrents.org/boyle040616.htm

We all knew Ali was a great fighter
That made him a great man
The Greatest


But if You Don't Vote For Hillary, Then What . . . . ? 
By Paul Haeder

http://www.countercurrents.org/haeder040616.htm

and the beat goes on as young and not-so-young women expect a vote for Hillary from spouses, significant others, brothers, you name us, we must vote for the stinky one


A Dozen Dead, Tens Of Thousands Displaced As Floods Hit Germany And France
By World Socialist Website

http://www.countercurrents.org/wsws.htm

Tens of thousands of people have been displaced by flooding that is hitting southeastern and northwestern Germany and central France, claiming between 12 and 18 lives, according to reports. It is feared that the death toll could climb higher. With the Seine River having risen nearly 6.5 meters (21.3 feet) in Paris, officials are projecting that the river will crest this weekend, which would avert broader flooding of the city. Rain is forecast to continue through to the end of next week in central France, however


The Devil's Century 
By Vincent Di Stefano

http://www.countercurrents.org/stefano040616.htm

Nuclear Reactors are an insult to all of life. They were born of the will to create weapons of immense destructive power three generations ago. The invisible storm of radioactive atoms now dispersed through land, water and air has grievously poisoned the earth, her creatures and an increasingly ailing humanity. And yet this insane method of boiling water continues to be championed by those in high places


In Uruguay The March Of Silence: For South America's Martyrs And Revolutions 
By Andre Vltchek

http://www.countercurrents.org/vltchek040616.htm

They were marching shoulder-to-shoulder, young and old, in absolute silence. Some were carrying small placards with names and photos of their loved ones, who disappeared four decades ago, during the pro-Western dictatorship here in Uruguay. The entire center of Montevideo came to a standstill. Blocks and blocks of this marvelous city were literally inundated by the river consisting of human bodies


Climate Change Censorship: Australia And UNESCO 
By Dr. Binoy Kampmark

http://www.countercurrents.org/kampmark040616.htm

Censoring climate change and its reporting is a big business, notably among fossil fuel obsessives and those in denial. It continues to fulfil a role in the policies of Australia’s Turnbull government. Even after the demise of Tony Abbott last year, his successor continues to scrub his own environmental credentials from his profile. As he does so, an assortment of weasel words have found their way into the political argot: “innovation”, “growth” and a host of other empty treats


Russian-Americans Warn Nuclear War Will Leave Millions Of Americans Dead:
Which Candidate Most Likely To Deescalate? 
By Robert Barsocchini

http://www.countercurrents.org/barsocchini040616.htm

A group of Russian-American political analysts have issued a detailed warning to US citizens. They note that allowing the regime in Washington to attack or provoke Russia might leave the US in ruins and tens or hundreds of millions of Americans dead. This could happen after a US attack on Russia, a provocation interpreted as an attack, or even simply a mistake, as has nearly happened numerous times in the past


Racial Prejudices Deep Inside Our Heart 
By Vidya Bhushan Rawat

http://www.countercurrents.org/rawat040616.htm

The brutal killing of a Congolese national by the goons in Delhi brought shock waves among all the right thinking people in general and African community in particular who have been witnessing increasing racial slur against them in India in the past two years. Unfortunately two important ministers in the Central Cabinet felt that it was a minor incident. General V K Singh who is habitual of putting foot in his mouth said that this was a ‘minor’ incident blown out of proportion by the media. Sushma Swaraj too said that India can’t be racist


Re-Reading Dr BR Ambedkar’s Earliest Paper On Caste 100 Years Later 
By Dr K S Sharma

http://www.countercurrents.org/sharma040616.htm

It is hundred years since Dr B.R. Ambedkar (1891-1956) wrote, CASTES IN INDIA: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development, a Paper he presented on 9th May 1916 at an Anthropology Seminar at Columbia University. That was one of his earliest significant works, a scholarly work ; written by the scholar when he was 25, much before he became a politician. In fact , he was totally reluctant to be a politician at the time despite pleadings by some leaders of the freedom movement. This was regarded as an important, thorough though brief Thesis of 47 paras. Some of the most quoted, cited even in recent past, ideas and lines of Ambedkar are from this thesis


The Politics Around Kashmiri Pandit Rehabilitation 
By Faiza Nasir

http://www.countercurrents.org/nasir040616.htm

Let the Kashmiri Pandits depose their confidence in their Muslim counterparts in the valley, and let the Kashmiri Muslims on their part see this as an opportunity to revive their age old culture of harmony and diversity back. And let some sense prevail in the current government which instead of implementing the polarising agendas of right wing group and proposing ghettoisation in the name of rehabilitation should do something substantial and genuine for the Kashmiri migrants and help them rehabilitate in the valley


Power Projects: The Pride Of Possession 
By Abdul Majid Zargar

http://www.countercurrents.org/zargar040616.htm

There should be no surprise in hearing opposing voices to demands from Kashmir Civil Society & general public for return of Hydro power projects particularly after Mehbooba Mufti was made to assume reins of power by New-Delhi empty handed. Though the return of two power projects was listed on the original ‘agenda of Alliance’ between PDP-BJP, yet the Union Power Minster had the gumption to renege on the commitment lock, stock & barrel. On the fore-front of these opposants or thwarters are the people whose links with the establishment are too obvious to be ignored


Stop Persecuting Lawyers Collective!
By People's Union For Civil Liberties

http://www.countercurrents.org/pucl040616.htm

PUCL strongly condemns the continued persecution of Senior Advocates Indira Jaising and Anand Grover and the `Lawyers Collective’ organisation run by them, by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) using the coercive provisions of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 2010 in an arbitrary, biased and politically motivated manner