More than one hundred days later, and after millions of dollars in aid, survivors of the December tsunami in Southeast Asia say that relief efforts are worsening, as they continue to live in unsanitary conditions. Tsunami victims are often sandwiched between government delays and their own trauma and poverty. FSRN correspondent, Binu Alex reports from Colachel in South India.
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Free Speech Radio News Wednesday, April 20, 2005
The Patents Bill that the Indian Parliament passed last month came into effect last week. Considered by many as a major legislative step against the poor, under mass pressure from multinational lobbies, the bill makes drugs much more expensive for millions of people suffering from diseases like cancer and AIDS not only in India but the world over, especially in poor and developing countries. FSRN Correspondent Binu Alex examines the issue from Mumbai.
Duration : 3:39Free Speech Radio News Monday, April 11, 2005
In February, India began its first AIDS vaccine trials on humans to prevent the spread of the disease. Though the event is being marked as historic in a country with a high HIV rate, some activists feel there is little being done for people currently carrying the virus. FSRN correspondent, Binu Alex reports from Mumbai
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Free Speech Radio News Tuesday, March 29, 2005
The Indian city of Mumbai, more commonly known as Bombay, is reeling after a recent spate of police crack downs on the cities many bars. The police are going after women who work in these bars, known in Bombay as ?bar girls?, and charging them with obscenity. The police have stated that the move will improve security as the bars are known to be places where men come to try and buy sex or simply pick up the working women. In response to the police actions, around fifty thousand bar girls converged last month to protest. The work of women in bars means they have to constantly ward off advances from customers and patrons and most of them are secretive about their work even with their families for fear of censure and rejection. And as our correspondent, Binu Alex reports from Mumbai, protesting bar-girls fear that if the police raids continue, they will be pushed into the even more unsafe red-light district of the city.
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