Ian Urbina ( The Outlaw Ocean Project) En el último semestre se han sucedido inquietantes publicaciones sobre graves violaciones de los derechos humanos relacionadas con la pesca industrial. Primero fue la investigación que expuso el trabajo forzado en el mar ligado a … Continue reading Algo empieza a oler muy mal en el suministro mundial de marisco.
Los mayores incrementos en la exposición humana a la contaminación por mercurio se sitúan en China e India, que son los principales emisores de mercurio y halógenos antropogénicos, estos últimos provenientes de la quema de carbón y de residuos. Las … Continue reading Contaminación por mercurio, aumenta la exposición de personas y ecosistemas
Exclusive: $9bn port, airport and military base on Great Nicobar Island will cause ‘genocide’ of isolated Shompen, academics warn Amrit Dhillon in Delhi Academics from around the world have urged India to cancel a huge construction project on Great Nicobar Island, warning it … Continue reading India’s plan for untouched Nicobar isles will be ‘death sentence’ for isolated tribe
Nueva Delhi (India) El hedor de las oscuras aguas del Yamuna, el principal rio de Nueva Delhi, aleja a la gente de sus orillas. Los niveles de amoniaco están en uno de sus picos, provocando una crisis en las plantas … Continue reading El principal río de Nueva Delhi se tiñó de negro por los altos niveles de amoniaco
By Raghvendra Rao | BBC News, Manipur “Everything has been destroyed. There’s nothing left.” Sitting in a corner of a makeshift relief camp in Imphal’s Pangei area, Basanta Singh tries hard to hold back tears as he talks. Singh, along … Continue reading Manipur: Broken dreams and burnt homes after India ethnic clashes
Nueva Delhi (EFE) Los tribunales de la India condenaron a muerte a 165 personas el año pasado, la cifra más alta registrada en las dos últimas décadas y que en más de la mitad de los casos respondió a delitos sexuales, según un informe publicado este lunes. «Con 165 sentencias de muerte a fines de 2022, este es el mayor número de sentencias de muerte impuestas en un año en más de dos décadas (desde 2000)», se lee en este documento de 77 páginas difundido por el centro de investigación «Project39A», especializado en justicia penal y que forma parte de la Universidad de Derecho de Nueva … Continue reading La India registró 165 condenas a muerte en 2022, la cifra más alta en décadas
By Swati Gupta, Tara Subramaniam, Manveena Suri and Vedika Sud, CNN | Jan. 20 2023 Several leading Indian wrestlers are demanding an inquiry into allegations of sexual harassment against the president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), amid a days-long protest in New Delhi. The wrestlers are also calling for the president’s dismissal and the dissolution of the WFI. In a letter addressed to the president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and shared on Twitter, five wrestlers say “several young wrestlers” have raised serious complaints of “sexual harassment” against WFI President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The wrestlers have been protesting for the past three days in the Indian capital of … Continue reading Top Indian wrestlers demand inquiry into allegations of sexual harassment against top official after days of protest in New Delhi
By Tara Subramaniam and Vedika Sud, CNN | 12 jan. 2023 For years, residents in the northern Indian city of Joshimath have complained to local officials that their homes are sinking. Now authorities are being forced to take action, evacuating nearly 100 families in the last week and expediting the arrival of experts to determine the cause. Cracks running through the city are now so wide that hundreds of homes are no longer habitable, and some fear that India could lose a key gateway to religious pilgrimages and tourist expeditions on nearby mountain trails. Located in the northeastern state of Uttarakhand, Joshimath is bordered by two rivers and nestled … Continue reading A hairline crack became a 3-foot chasm. That’s when he knew they had to leave
The gruesome death of a 20-year-old woman in India’s capital Delhi on 1 January has shocked the country. By Dilnawaz Pasha in Delhi & Cherylann Mollan in Mumbai | BBC News | 3 Jan. 2023 News reports say the woman, who was an event manager, was returning from work in the early hours of New Year’s Day when her scooter collided with a car. Police say the driver of the car, which was carrying four other passengers, kept going for miles, dragging the woman’s body along. Several CCTV videos have emerged that show the body underneath the car. Road accidents are common in India – and … Continue reading Delhi hit-and-run: Young woman’s horrific death shocks India
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