By Seema Khan

The government at the Centre and Uttar Pradesh has no regard left for law and the judiciary. They are law unto themselves. Recently, Yogi government in Uttar Pradesh had put up posters and hoardings with photographs and addresses of alleged 53 anti-CAA protesters at highly visible points in Lucknow.

These posters called them rioters, which included lawyers, women activists, politicians and a former police officer and a minor.

by Nasim Ahmed

06 Mar 2020; MEMO: The UN decision to seek India’s assistance in resolving the Palestine-Israel conflict is not only inexplicable, but also shows an incredible lack of judgement.

By AW Siddiqui

Three days of absolute carnage in North Delhi was not just shameful - it was a blot on the tolerant Indian society.

There were rioters running amok, whose acts were of the same level as of wild animals - if not worst. It’s their acts – though no fault of average Indians – that make some of us feel ashamed to be an Indian.

We are reminded of our endless wars only when the government wants to invoke patriotism without criticism.

By William Astore

By Ahmed bin Qasim

I’ve been watching the images of bloodshed and targeted attacks against Indian Muslims breaking out on the streets of Delhi. The role of the police in precipitating violence in Delhi and the detention spree in Kashmir since August 5, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi revoked the region’s nominal autonomous status, has laid bare a glaring truth: The Indian government is willing to use any means to crack down on dissent.

by Yvonne Ridley

01 Mar 2020; MEMO: The leaders of one of the most demonised and misunderstood groups in the world sat down in Qatar today and signed an accord which will see US and NATO troops withdraw after 18 years of war in Afghanistan.

By Seema Khan

 What happened in Delhi has been simmering for a long time. It was expected and no one should be surprised given the type of speeches we had been hearing during the election campaign by the BJP leaders like  Anurag Thakur, Kapil Mishra, Amit Shah and others.

by Asa Winstanley

by Thembisa Fakude

27 Feb 2020; MEMO: It is worth remembering that the initial protests in Syria were calling for social change, not regime change. It was the heavy-handed response of the Bashar Al-Assad government to the protests which changed attitudes and radicalised many ordinary people in the country.

by Seema Khan

Arvind Kejriwal taking oath as Delhi Chief Minister for the third time, and APP sweeping the Delhi elections with a massive margin, the myth of antincumbancy disappeared with party winning 63 seats out of 70. Further their was no decline in the vote share of the party.

by Xinhua writer Shi Xiaomeng

BEIJING, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Beijing and Washington rolled back some extra tariffs on imports from each other on Friday, in line with the China-U.S. phase-one economic and trade agreement signed last month in a joint bid to de-escalate tension.

Nearly two years after the United States unilaterally initiated the row, the world's top two economies are finally taking the first substantial step to end the vicious cycle of tit-for-tat tariffs and move back onto the right track.

by Nasim Ahmed