South Asia Citizens Web

India: Karwar Declaration from the National Climate Justice Conclave of NACEJ | May 2, 2026

NAPM — 2026-05-02T18:42:56Z

2nd May, 2026: The National Alliance for Climate and Ecological Justice (NACEJ) held its first All-India Conclave from 26th to 29th March, 2026 in Karwar, Karnataka, to reaffirm our actionable commitment to constitutional, ecological and social justice within India and globally. This conclave marks more than a year of the inception of NACEJ, an initiative of the National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM) - a 3-decades old pan-Indian alliance of people's movements and organizations. NACEJ was initiated in September 2024;

- Environment, Health and Social Justice / India, Press Release, Environment, Climate Change, Social struggles / Citizens Movements

Radical Socialist Statement on the evolving situation in Iran

2026-04-25T12:35:03Z

The illegal and unconscionable war waged by the US and Israel against the people and state of Iran will not only be remembered for its moral depravity but also for the colossal strategic blunder it has become. Unlike Israel which has long wanted to permanently cripple Iran politically, militarily and territorially, for the US the war never had a clear set of reasons.

- Dissident Left Archive / Iran, Israel, USA, War, imperialism, Politics

India: 2026 Draft Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Second Amendment Rules expand online censorship - Statements from Rights Groups

2026-04-21T01:53:30Z

Adoption in India of 2026 Draft Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Second Amendment Rules would allow the government to treat ordinary social media users who comment on news and current affairs on par with registered news publishers, and thereby threaten free speech

- Screening South Asia: Public Sphere, Citizenship and Technologies of Control / India, Press Release, Human Rights, Internet, Social Media, Censorship, Freedom of Expression

India: LPG Crisis Driving Migrant Workers Home, But No Guarantee of Work in Villages | NREGA Sangharsh Morcha

2026-04-15T16:42:47Z

The ongoing war in Iran has disrupted global oil supply chains, pushing up LPG prices and triggering factory slowdowns across India. Once again, the country's poorest are bearing the brunt. Migrant workers are returning to their villages en masse — but this time, there is no safety net of MGNREGA waiting for them at home.

- South Asia Labour Activists Library / Labour, Migrants, War, Economic Crisis, India, Iran, Protest

Israelis, Indians, filmmakers and intellectuals condemn India's Ban on the film 'The Voice Hind Rajab'

2026-04-07T11:42:53Z

In a statement released today, Israelis, Indians, filmmakers and intellectuals condemned India's ban on The Voice of Hind Rajab on the pretext of safeguarding Indo–Israeli relations. J.P. Loo, initial signatory, said: ‘The ban is an attempt to turn diplomacy into a blank cheque for censorship.'

- In Defence of Freedom of Expression, Public Space in / on South Asia / Israel, India, Press Release, Freedom of Expression

India: Move to use Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) to take away Church properties | Statement from All India Christian Council

2026-03-27T20:54:57Z

All India Christian Council condemns the move to use FCRA to take away Christian properties meant for the development of Dalits, tribals, OBCs and marginalised people. the monies given to these institutions and projects came from individual and Christian churches for the wholistic development of these communities through Christians in India. As things stand, whatever authority the proposed bill sets up under the BJP government will be run by RSS-affiliated individuals.

- Communalism Repository / India, Minorities, Press Release, Funding

India: Statement on Sealing of UNI's Premises — Editor's Guild of India (Mar 21, 2026)

2026-03-22T21:58:35Z

March 21, 2026 | New Delhi: The Editors Guild of India (EGi) strongly condemns the use of excessive force, as well as the undue haste shown in implementing a High Court order cancelling the allotment of land on which the premises of United News of India, one of India's oldest independent news agencies, was situated, and allowing the Land and Development Office of the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry to retake possession of the land.

- Human Rights / India, Press Release, Media, Police Misconduct, Human Rights

Bitter Leaves: Women Workers in Sri Lanka's Tea Plantations | Indian Ocean Podcast (March 6, 2026)

2026-03-12T13:03:16Z

Ahead of International Women's Day, we speak with Menaha Kandasamy of the Ceylon Workers Red Flag Union in Sri Lanka.

Tea from Sri Lanka reaches cups around the world. But the workers behind it—most of them women—continue to face low wages, unsafe conditions, and the long shadow of a colonial plantation system.

In this episode, Menaha discusses the workers' tribunal on plantation labour, the challenges of organizing in the estates, and why international solidarity still matters.

- South Asia Labour Activists Library / Labour, Agricultural Labour, Tea Plantations, Sri Lanka, Audio / Video

Pakistan, India Peoples' Forum For Peace and Democracy Statement on the Military Attack on Iran | March 2, 2026

2026-03-03T01:54:55Z

Pakistan India People's Forum for Peace and Democracy, which met on Saturday evening [Feb 28, 2026], condemns the attack on Iran by the combined forces of the United States and the Netanyahu regime in Israel.

- Citizens Action and Concerns for Peace in South Asia / Iran, Press Release, War

India: A compilation of statements from all major left formations on the Israeli-US Aggression Against Iran | Feb 28, 2026

2026-03-01T00:33:35Z

statements by CPI, CPM, CIMPL on the Israeli US war on Iran — Feb 28, 2026

- Dissident Left Archive / India, Iran, Press Release, Left, War, Anti imperialism, Peace