Junaid ul Shafi

ICC prosecutor Karim Khan: Senator Graham told me: ‘This court is for Africa and thugs like Putin, not for democracies like Israel and the U.S.’”

Dalit and Adivasi villagers who opposed a Vedanta project were not only arrested, but the Orissa High Court also ordered them to clean police stations. article-14.com/post/after-sta…

Indian villager digs up sister's corpse and carries her to bank - so he can withdraw $211 from her account trib.al/L42fBYH

"It has always been more important to me to do something meaningful than to have a particularly comfortable life."

There is no ceasefire.

As it’s Armenian Genocide Memorial Day, I really recommend Melanie Altanian’s powerful book The Epistemic Injustice of Genocide Denialism. It is freely accessible with open access, and painfully, rather widely relevant routledge.com/The-Epistemic-…

My article on the Myth of the apolitical university in Counterpunch counterpunch.org/2026/04/24/the…

At Kranti, India’s first residential school for the daughters of sex workers, 80% go on to higher education. This year Mahek has got into Columbia University! In Mind the Gap, do read: Not rescue but revolution: Inside Kranti’s radical classroom hindustantimes.com/s/1S0zsHo

@zuberi_fahad @contemporarySA @tandfonline @OSGAOxford @ankitapandey110 @tkelegama @jaffrelotc Congratulations @zuberi_fahad. This is an interesting work

New publication. Punitive Domicide: Bulldozer Justice and Punishment in India. @contemporarySA @tandfonline My MSc work @OSGAOxford with advisors @ankitapandey110 and @tkelegama .Thanks to @jaffrelotc and Dr Susewind for their support and feedback. #references-Section1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

India has splurged billions on metro trains. But where are the commuters? bbc.in/4mIaUcL

'How does one survive?': Factory protests expose strain in India's industrial system bbc.in/41EUKHl

Spain approves plan to give around 500,000 undocumented migrants legal status bbc.in/4tGrlZi

India’s anti-conversion laws may soon face legal trouble. The Supreme Court will help shape the role of religion in an increasingly Hindu-nationalist India economist.com/asia/2026/04/0…

📢 #UrbanStudies 63(5) out now! From post-pandemic legacies to post-secular urban #restructuring, urban #gardening, #housing, urban citizenship and public #transport as political infrastructure. 🔓 7 open-access articles, including 1 Debates Paper. 📖 buff.ly/Bz6IIjd

#Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City to spend $280 Million a year to make bus travel free for all This is part of a broader push to curb traffic congestion and environmental pollution. Making bus rides free, will encourage people to shift away from private motorbikes toward public transport, city officials said. Ho Chi Minh City is preparing to allocate around VND7 trillion (US$280 million) annually to make bus travel free across the city, with authorities aiming to finalize the policy by late April. The plan, announced by the city's Party chief Tran Luu Quang on Wednesday, would eliminate fares on 135 intra-city bus routes while requiring additional investment in infrastructure and service frequency to accommodate rising demand. These routes form the backbone of the city's public transport network, while inter-provincial lines would remain excluded due to separate funding mechanisms. The city now spends about VND1.5 trillion each year subsidizing bus operations, said Bui Hoa An, deputy director of HCMC's Department of Construction. Even with fares removed, authorities plan to closely track passenger volumes through technology-based monitoring systems. The data will be used to guide budget allocation and system management, ensuring transparency in how public funds are deployed. Ridership is projected to increase by about 30% compared to 2025 levels, adding pressure on operational capacity. While many newer routes are currently underutilized, officials are assessing whether the existing fleet can absorb a sudden surge in demand. Plans include boosting bus frequency and optimizing high-traffic routes, particularly those linking schools, industrial zones, and residential areas. The proposal is expected to be finalized and submitted to the city's People's Council for approval at its next session later this month. Ho Chi Minh City currently operates around 179 bus routes with more than 2,100 vehicles. Currently, free travel is limited to specific groups, including seniors, young children, and people with disabilities, while standard fares on subsidized routes range from VND5,000 (US$0.19) to VND7,000 per trip. In 2025, the network carried nearly 97 million passengers, a 6% increase year-on-year, with further growth recorded in early 2026. Officials say initiatives such as electric bus rollouts, cashless payments, and occasional free-fare campaigns have already helped attract riders, trends they expect to accelerate under a fully subsidized model.

@Rituparna37 Congratulations Prof @Rituparna37 and Prof. @aampannaa

Surreal to think that I have been awarded the International Centre of Goa's 2026 Scholar in Residence award. I will be spending a month in Goa giving the finishing touches to my monograph. Past awardees include Geetanjali Shree, Sanjoy Hazarika and others, making it daunting.

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How to validate an anti-rights legislation - a beginners guide: 1. Pass the legislation. 2. Some overenthusiastic litigant challenges it. 3. The matter gets assigned to a pro-executive bench which upholds the law. 5. No one questions the govt since the judiciary has upheld it.

Longlasting Call for Applications International Law PhD and Postdoctoral Positions Associate Professor Xu Qi