Aisha Maniar
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, November 10, 2015 23:53 - 1 Comment
Comment">High-Tech Fundamentalist: Narendra Modi’s UK Visit is a Shameful Victory of Business over Human Rights Comment
The UK visit this week by Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, has met with outrage and condemnation among human rights groups. While Modi promotes India as an industrial Hi-Tech hub abroad, he has allowed mob rule and impunity to reign at home, argues Aisha Maniar.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Thursday, January 2, 2014 13:19 - 1 Comment
Comment">The Hunger Games: Riding Roughshod over Human Rights and Human Dignity Comment
2013 saw hunger strikes by detainees held without charge or trial at Guantánamo Bay and immigration removal centres in the UK. In spite of worsening conditions and growing desperation, in both cases, the response was further repression. Parallels can be drawn.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Sunday, September 8, 2013 20:46 - 2 Comments
Special Report">The UK’s invitation to Narendra Modi is an endorsement of human rights abuses Special Report
The forthcoming visit to the UK by Narendra Modi, one of India's most controversial politicians, sends the wrong message about the UK's respect for human rights.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Wednesday, July 31, 2013 21:32 - 0 Comments
Special Report">American Hunger Strikes Special Report
For the past few weeks, prisoners have been on hunger strike against indefinite detention at Guantánamo Bay and against prolonged solitary confinement in California. Yet their peaceful protests have been met with repression and at least one possible fatality. Now is the time for international solidarity.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, May 30, 2013 1:29 - 6 Comments
Analysis">Boxed in: Solitary Confinement in US Prisons Analysis
In October 2012, British citizens Babar Ahmad and Talha Ahsan lost their battle against extradition to the US. They have since been held in pre-trial solitary confinement at a “supermax” prison. What is solitary confinement, and why do so many consider it to be torture?
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Monday, May 13, 2013 0:00 - 0 Comments
Special Report">From Russia (and the US) with Love: the strange, tragic case of Rasul Kudaev Special Report
The “war on terror” has provided a blanket for states around the globe to commit and collude in human rights abuses, particularly of vulnerable minorities. Aisha Maniar reports on the extraordinary case of Rasul Kudaev.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Sunday, March 24, 2013 0:00 - 4 Comments
Special Report">Hunger strike at Guantánamo enters critical stage Special Report
Aisha Maniar reports for Ceasefire on the ongoing hunger strike by Guantánamo Bay detainees, most of whom have been cleared of any charges, with lawyers warning of tragic consequences.
