Resolution of the Anti-Nuclear Convention at Koodankulam (January 4-5, 2014)

Resolution of the Anti-Nuclear Convention at Koodankulam (January 4-5, 2014)

The Idinthakarai Convention declares that the Indo-US nuclear deal is one of the biggest disasters in independent India, and has paved the way for recolonisation of India with a renewed vigour. The Convention expresses its solidarity with all struggles against privatisation in general, and in particular to those who are currently engaged in resisting nuclear projects in Fatehabad, Haripur, Jaitapur, Kovvada, Mithi Virdi, Banswada, Chutka, Koodankulam, Kalpakkam, Thevaram, Madurai, Manavalakurichi, Pazhayakayal and Jadugoda.
CNDP Statement: Koodankulam leader barred from attending his father’s funeral by the police

CNDP Statement: Koodankulam leader barred from attending his father’s funeral by the police

It is heartbreaking to see Mr. Pushparayan not being able to attend his father's last rites as he cannot move out of the Idinthakarai village, fearing immediate arrest by the police. It is shocking that over 200 police personnel were deployed at the funeral of Mr. Pushparayan's father in Tuticorin to arrest him if he joins. Almost the entire village of Idinthakarai, which has been the centre of protests, is declared criminal and people can't move out.

Two billion at risk from nuclear famine in South Asia: IPPNW’s new report

International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) and its US affiliate Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) today released a new report concluding that more than two billion people—a quarter of the world’s population—would be at risk of starvation in the event of a limited nuclear exchange, such as one that could occur between India and Pakistan, or by the use of even a small number of the nuclear weapons held by the US and Russia.