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Saturday, 21 September 2013

India: The journal Manushi stands up in defence of 'Khap Panchayats' which issue dictats seeking public honour killings amogst other things - Statement from Manushi

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Manushi Intervention in the Supreme Court Stalls Unconstitutional Law Demanded by NGOs to Ban Khaps

In recent years, media has systematically led a hate campaign against Khap Panchayats projecting them as an unwanted hangover of India’s “barbaric” medieval past. Even those who had never heard or knew the meaning of the word Khap, nor ever seen or met a person belonging to any Khap joined the
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