by IJLMH | Apr 20, 2020
All over the world women are not safe even in our 21st Century. Each and every second every women facing gender discrimination and violations all over the world. Women are not even safe in their home itself. For the revolution and changing attitude to the society many revolutions are performed worldwide.
“Ni Una Menos” (not one (woman) less), a campaign against femicide in Argentina, in 2015 that campaigns against gender based violence. It was also recognized with the use of the hastag #NiUnMenos through social media.
It wasn’t until the following year, after witnessing Polish women striking for abortion access, as well as hearing reports about the rape and murder of a 16-year-old Argentine girl, buried by her boy friend in his house with a few weeks pregnant.
by IJLMH | Apr 20, 2020
On 12 December 2019, the Government of India passed the most controversial Citizenship Amendment Act, with a clear majority in the Parliament. The act as amended by the BJP Government, inserted clause (b) to Section 2(1), which identifies “Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi or Christian community from Afghanistan, Bangladesh or Pakistan, who entered into India on or before the 31st day of December, 2014 and who has been exempted by the Central Government by or under clause (c) of sub-section (2) of section 3 of the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920 or from the application of the provisions of the Foreigners Act, 1946 or any rule or order made thereunder” as legal migrants. Despite the ruling party’s assurance on various platforms that the amended Act in no way affect “Indian Muslims”, the passing of the Act created wide protests and agitations from north to south, east- west of the country. Protests began in the State of Assam, which consider that the amendment is in violation of the Assam Accord. Major hotspots for anti-CAA protests include nation’s top Universities like JNU and Islamic Universities like Jamia Millia Islamia, Aligarh Muslim University and other 25 student associations all over India held anti-CAA protests. On December 15th Police was said to have entered Jamia campus and detained and caused injury to students. The sources from The Hindu and PTI shows that the protests which occurred in at least 14 states and a minimum of 94 districts, around 48% of protests recorded at least one violent incident or lathi or detention by police. Deaths of at least 31 people were recorded related to the violence that ensued during the protests. Around 24 districts in U.P witnessed protests, out of which more than 90% recorded violent incidents or police action or both. The anti- CAA protest thus seemed to be one of the most violent in the country. The BJP government is keen on going forward with the Citizenship Amendment Act, which has created a situation of stalemate in the nation. The present situation of perplexity is created by them which is a threat to the democracy of the country as well as its peace and tranquillity. Therefore, it is high time the Legislative, Executive and Judiciary together interferes and finds a way to peacefully negotiate and put an end to the protest.
by IJLMH | Apr 20, 2020
The art of protest is not always denotes the disrespect towards the government, rather it is the mode of expressing people’s need and wish. Public protests are the hallmark of a free and a democratic society, which demands the voice of the people, should be heard by those in power and decisions are reached after proper discussions and consultations. The protest can be either violent or peaceful manner but it always the outbreak of demand that left unheard. Since the advent of civilization, protests have always created history. In the present century people’s protest can be categories into political, economic, cultural and social protest. Sometime these protest created way for better welfare and sometime ended as unwanted tension in the society. The article will deal about the protest and its pro and cons.
Keywords: Protest, Indian Constitution, Hong Kong, political protest, economical protest, social protest.
by IJLMH | Apr 20, 2020
“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes a duty” There has been a surge in the number of political protests all throughout the world clearly exhibiting dissatisfaction with respect to sovereign by the people. Social contract theory is one of the most revered and popularly celebrated political philosophy, which helps us understand what led to the formation of sovereign, what are its main functions, why and when it should be obeyed and when society may go against the sovereign. The article seeks to examine the legitimacy of the political protest in the 21St century in the light of social contract theory particularly given by Thomas Hobbes in his book leviathan and Jean Jacques Rousseau given in his treatise the social contract for which several political protest such as “Yellow Vest Protest” in France will be scrutinized under the theory to find out hoe much and how far is it acceptable to protest.
by IJLMH | Apr 20, 2020
A Violence is said to be intrinsic to human nature. No matter how much we strive for the attainment of peace, we tend to be intemperate. There have been several violent as well as peaceful protests in the 21st century. Protest means a statement or action expressing disapproval or objection to something. Protests can also be viewed as the endpoint of human patience and tolerance after which it becomes impossible to contain anger or suffering. Such is the case in Venezuela. Venezuela is a country that has been suffering since the late 1990s and it is still in the state of constant struggle with things like inflation, shortages of goods, corruption, mismanagement, crimes, high mortality rates etc. The New York Times has recently called the crisis the worst the world has ever seen apart from war. These issues need to be addressed for awareness purposes and also for all the developing countries to understand the gravity of certain situations.
by IJLMH | Apr 20, 2020
On 20th March 2020, all national dailies covered a stirring headline- “Ranjan Gogoi, the former Chief Justice of India nominated as a member of Rajya Sabha, by the President”. The same headline also covered the piece that many members of parliament (especially, the opposition) protested the oath-taking ceremony. The reason for stating this piece of news is not validating whether the protest was right or wrong but to give an instance of how Protest helps in showing the disagreement. It is worthy to mention here that there is a distinction between protest and revolt. Protest does not involve the use of Violence.
