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This article is written for people use Bengali language . The topic is " Indian Poor class and Micro finance" . Self help group, Grameen Bank (GB) ,Community based financial systems (CBFS) , NGOs in micro-finance whatever their name may be they should change their policy for Poverty Alleviation. otherwise Poor will be at the mercy of suicide. The article will be finished in three part, this is first part. I request people working for 'Demand and Dignity' a campaign launched by Amnesty International should read these three parts. Indian people -- those are in poor class and lower middle class are being trapped and ruined by the personal loan taken from local usurers with interest ranging 10% to 60% monthly , in market place, poor vegetable vendors take loans amounting Rs. 100/ to Rs. 500/ at 10% interest rate per day . Anyway, stop these private practices and give poor and weak people a constitutional legal support to fight these unlawful acts /cases and make ...

Killing for 'honour' Soutik Biswas | 04:31 UK time, Wednesday, 23 June 2010 You can get killed for falling in love in many parts of India. Especially, if you or your lover - and sometimes, spouse - "defy" the preordained rules of the country's fiendishly complex caste system . You can invoke the ire of your family and community and get killed if you marry within your caste, outside your caste, within your sub-caste and so on. You can also get killed for marrying outside your religion. For many years, urban Indians believed such "honour killings" only happened in remote rural areas, mainly in the northern states of Haryana, Punjab and parts of Uttar Pradesh. Now, they are being reported from the capital Delhi - two couples and a girl in the past week alone. At least 26 others have been killed in Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh in the past 18 ...

3rd email - Sri Lanka (en) Escaping the "child-catchers" of the LTTE "Child-catchers" of the LTTE The bullets and bombs were scary but what struck terror in Kamla’s heart, were the “child-catchers” of the LTTE. For months, Kamla and her 2 younger sisters managed to escape them by hiding in barrels buried underground in the backyard. The lid would be closed and soil sprinkled on top, with only a small tube fitted for breathing. ...

New Amnesty International chief calls on governments to respect rights of world's most vulnerable people 1 July 2010 Salil Shetty, the new Secretary General of Amnesty International, on Thursday began his first full day in office by pledging to do all that he can to ensure governments respect the rights of the world's most impoverished and vulnerable groups. "I am deeply privileged to have this opportunity to lead the movement in its fight to end repression and injustice," Salil Shetty said. "With traditional human rights challenges persisting and several new challenges confronting the world, the need for Amnesty International as a leading voice against human rights violations is greater than ever before." A renowned expert on poverty and human rights, Salil Shetty stressed the urgency of ensuring governments place human rights at the centre of efforts to eradicate poverty. World leaders are due to meet at the United Nations in ...