Detail An Illiberal Turn; Indian Politics   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 406 no. 8823 (Feb. 2013), page 27. Topik: Politics; Censorship; Terrorism; Curfews Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.75 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel After two years of wary peace, Kashmir is under siege again. This week the authorities banned newspapers, blocked television and the internet, and imposed a curfew in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, and beyond. Police battled with protesting youths, three of whom died. It was all sadly predictable after the hanging on February 9th of a Kashmiri, Afzal Guru, in Delhi. His family was officially told by post fully two days later, and so far has been refused his body. Convicted for his part in a terrorist attack in 2001 on India's parliament, Mr Guru had been on death row for years. Recently, politicians grew anxious to see him hanged. Once Pranab Mukherjee became India's president last year, it was assumed that an unofficial moratorium on the death penalty would end. November brought the first execution in eight years, of Ajmal Kasab, a Pakistani convicted for his role in a dreadful terrorist attack on Mumbai in 2008. India's public and press cheered. Almost immediately Narendra Modi, a hardline figure who is fast rising on the right of Indian politics, suggested that Mr Guru should hang too. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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