WASHINGTON: The United States has said that it supports the right to peaceful assembly, but it considers New Delhi's action against yoga guru Baba Ramdev as "an internal Indian issue at this point." "We've seen the various media reports about the incident. We consider it an internal Indian issue at this point," State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters when asked to comment about Ramdev's forcible removal from an anti-graft mass agitation.  read more »

The Tiananmen Mothers say they have documented 203 people killed in the crackdown, but that many victims and their families have not been identified.

Beijing: Mothers of civilians killed during pro-democracy protests near Tiananmen Square more than two decades ago said on Tuesday authorities had raised the issue of compensation but offered no apologies or public account of the military crackdown.  read more »

Beijing police on Sunday detained dozens of worshippers from a Christian house church who were trying to hold services in a public space after they were evicted from their usual place of worship.  read more »

I don't think Obama's visit will be a success'

Brajesh Mishra, India's [ Images ] former National Security Adviser and one of the country's leading strategic thinkers, shares his take on United States President Barack Obama's [ Images ] visit to India.
Read on to find out why he thinks that the much-awaited visit may not succeed in spite of the need for India and the US to engage more than ever.  read more »

News Update Chen Guangcheng, blind activist, free after more than four years in prison
He denounced violence related to the one child law, with forced abortions and sterilizations in Shandong. In prison he was sick but denied treatment. In recent years, his wife has been under house arrest and isolation, telephone controlled and internet disconnected.  read more »