Global Partnerships

29.11.2005 Dozens of Indian civil society organizations have formed a People’s Caravan to lobby with the Indian government against the proposed World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements. The People’s Caravan, which is holding a mass awareness campaign all over the country, has already reached millions of Indians through rallies, public meetings and street plays. Rahul Kumar attends a press conference by ActionAid and its allies in New Delhi.

29.11.2005 United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today that he is "deeply disappointed" that Myanmar's authorities have extended the detention under house arrest of democracy activist Daw Aung San Suu Kyi for another six months.

25.11.2005 Human rights organisation, Amnesty International says that despite the explicit aims of an inclusive and rights-based information society, many of the signatories to the WSIS Declaration of Principles continue to crack down on freedom of expression, censor the Internet and flaunt the basic standards of international law and human rights.

23.11.2005 The Taliban has claimed that it has killed the kidnapped Indian driver, Ramankutty Maniappan, who was working with the Indian road constrction organisation - Border Roads Organisation (BRO). The Afghan government and Indian sources say that the fate of the kidnapped driver is still unknown.