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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

El Planeta, un organismo que agoniza-opinión – Stigmatis

¿Qué palabras se necesitan para que la conciencia y el “sentido común” ( “sentido común” entendido como sentido constructivo y de bienestar hacia el planeta) tengan mayores y mejores resultados frente a la ambición desmedida y al negacionismo?

A little girl searches for recyclable materials in a garbage dump with smelling gas evaporating around her in Mandalay city, Mandalay province, Myanmar. File photo by Nyaung U/United Nations Development Programme. 

Source: El Planeta, un organismo que agoniza-opinión – Stigmatis

Indian Authorities Stop Australian Journalist from Covering Elections | Human Rights Watch

प्रेस क्लब ऑफ इंडिया के बाहर मीडिया पर सरकारी तंत्र के बढ़ते प्रतिबंधों का विरोध करते पत्रकार, नई दिल्ली, भारत, 18 फरवरी, 2021

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Journalists protest against authorities’ growing restrictions on media, outside the Press Club of India, New Delhi, India, February 18, 2021.  © 2021 Pradeep Gaur/SOPA Images/Sipa USA (Sipa via AP Images)

Australian journalist Avani Dias left India on April 19 after the government did not extend her journalist visa until moments before it was due to expire – the latest example of foreign writers, journalists, academics, and activists being denied access to India for seemingly political reasons.

Source: Indian Authorities Stop Australian Journalist from Covering Elections | Human Rights Watch

Critics of Narendra Modi barred from entering India after speaking out against government – ABC News

British academic Nitasha Kaul has long researched the changing social and political landscape in India.

It’s led her to a dire conclusion about the world’s most populous democracy.

“What we’re witnessing post-2014 is a democratic erosion in India — that is undeniable,” Professor Kaul told the ABC.

More than 950 million Indians are eligible to vote in this year’s general election which began last week, and is held in seven phases until June 1.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to easily win a third term in office after first coming to power in 2014.

But ahead of the critical poll, Professor Kaul was shocked when she was barred from entering the country.

In February, she was detained and then deported after being invited to speak at a conference on the country’s constitution, despite holding a valid lifelong visa.

A woman with long black hair smiles at the camera in a selfie

Nitasha Kaul is among those who have been barred from entering India.(Supplied)

Source: Critics of Narendra Modi barred from entering India after speaking out against government – ABC News

Indiana: Jennifer McCormick for Governor!! | Diane Ravitch’s blog

Indiana has plunged headlong into privatization of its-once-beloved public schools.

Fortunately, there is a knowledgeable candidate for Governor who has promised to stop the destruction of public education.

Jennifer McCormick is a career educator who began as a special education teacher, then became a language arts teacher, a principal and a district superintendent.

Source: Indiana: Jennifer McCormick for Governor!! | Diane Ravitch’s blog