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IMGP9920 Figuras musée Dali by ferradij

2010 2 Figueras musée Dali. Le péché originel.

Angry Masked Lapwing by Seb Moffatt

After slight provocation this abiding avian put on a show.

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was shot by the commandos without provocation. In addition, a pregnant woman, Mrs. Rabina and the five-month-old child in her womb were also killed, while five others were wounded. .

Tehelkas expose had set off massive public protests all across Manipur, forcing the Ibobi govt to suspend the six commandos in a bid to douse public anger. .

But we all know, this is neither the only nor an isolated incident perpetrated by an impervious state machinery against the people of Manipur. There is a grotesque and brutal history to the bullets that killed this young man. For years, decades even, security forces in Manipur have habituated themselves to human rights violations and extrajudicial murders under cover of the draconian Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). .

In 2000, Irom Sharmila, stirred by the gunning down of 10 civilians in Malom by the Assam Rifles, started a hunger fast -that lasts to this day -in protest against the AFSPA. .

In July 2004, Manipur was witness to the rape, torture and murder of Thangjam Manorama, 32, who was picked up from her home at night by the Assam Rifles. The protests of a group of Manipuri women, who marched to an Assam Rifles base in Imphal, stripped naked and raised a searing banner Indian Army Rape Us against this custodial rape and murder of young Manorama, sparked off unprecedented protests which reawakened an indifferent and unresponsive mainstream to the horrors of state repression that people in the North-East were being forced to live with for more than five decades. In the face of the prolonged protests in Manipur, Delhi and other parts of the country, the UPA govt made the pretence of relenting by withdrawing the AFSPA only from Imphals municipal zone, while continuing with the draconian AFSPA in the rest of the region despite Justice Jeevan Reddy Commissions unequivocal recommendation in 2006 of scrapping AFSPA. Though, Post-Manorama, the army was made to a backseat in the Imphal region, it was only to be replaced by new counter-insurgency force MPC. Extra-judicial killings, and, in particular, fake encounters by the MPC have become common in Manipur. In 2008, there were 27 recorded cases of torture and killing attributed to the MPC. Where once they conducted encounters in isolated places, they now do not think twice before operating in cities, in broad daylight, as they did on July 23. In several incidents, innocent civilians carrying money and valuables have been robbed and sometimes killed. And for the most part, their extra-judicial activity goes scot free as the planted official versions of encounters are difficult to disprove though everyone may know them to be false. It was indeed an almost unprecedented coincidence in Sanjits case that a local photographer managed to shoot a minute-by-minute account of the alleged encounter, which, for once exposed the monumental lies that the men in uniform and their political masters feed the country ad nauseum. .

Like the North-East, Kashmir is another zone of Indian states unlimited brutality against civilians, blithely sanitized, normalized and justified in the in the name of 'national security'. This year, on May 30, the bodies of two young women Nilofer and Asiya Jan were found in a canal in Shopian and in spite of the evidence of rape and murder, the police tried to pass it off as a drowning. It took a month of massive street protests to force an evasive State Govt to order a Judicial enquiry. At every stage of the enquiry, it was street protests that created pressure to make the enquiry go forward. The judicial panel, braved numerous odds to submit its final report where it confirmed the rape and murder by men in uniform and the police cover-up. According to Justice Jan, due to serious destruction of evidence by police, the panel could identify the only the agency whose personnel committed the crime but stopped short of identifying the actual culprits. However, to counter this damning confirmation, the J&K state authorities went ahead to dilute Justice Jans actual report by peddling various versions of a police reoprt as part of the Judicial Commissions own report. Nothing can be more outrageous than this and it is no less than Justice Jan himself who exposed and stood up against this tampering. Such travesty with even a Judicial Commissions report exposes the unending brutatality and deceit of the Indian state towards the people of Kashmir. .

Last year on 19 September the Delhi police had carried out a similar encounter against alleged terrorists of the Indian Mujahideen at Batla House in New Delhi. This would have been .

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Provocation by Kim

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2006

media; ink, gouache, dry pigment,

acrylic ,paper

size: 10 1/2 x 8"

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IMGP9973 Figuras musée Dali by ferradij

2010 2 Figueras musée Dali.

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.public provocations @ garhartt gallery 2009*

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IMGP9964 Figuras musée Dali by ferradij

2010 2 Figueras musée Dali. Tapisserie.

IMGP9951 Figuras musée Dali by ferradij

2010 2 Figueras musée Dali.

Deterrent or provocation? by Julio Terra

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by murray mouse

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diana

Anat Eisenberg "A Provocation Pure And Simple" by Hochschulübergreifendes Zentrum Tanz Berlin

'Craftivist in Residence' at Greenbelt Festival in August 2025. Photos by Paul Chambers by craftivist collective

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Sarah P Corbett was 'Craftivist in Residence' at Greenbelt Festival in August 2025.

Photos by Paul Chambers

Festival capacity 12,000. Kettering UK

Inviting festival-goers to slow down, reflect on how to be a loving activist and citizen, and hand-make healthy and strategic responses to injustices harming our world. Expect thoughtful provocation and threads of radical hope woven through every session across the weekend.

There were so many opportunities to find out more about – and take part in – Sarah’s gentle, quiet and creative campaigning.

A packed weekend for Sarah who wanted to do even more but there was no capacity:

1. Sold out and oversubscribed 'Stitchable Changemakers' 90min workshop for 50 participants to learn how they could use their gifts, talents, content and power to be the most effective and compassionate gentle protesters on issues they care about

2. 1. Sold out and oversubscribed 'Dream-Making ' 90min workshop for 50 participants to channel their anger and sadness at injustices they see into focusing on what utopian visions they want to see, hear, smell, touch and even taste as their dream

(e.g. save the bees changes to 'I dream of happy bees') which then helps each maker learn ways they can be part of the dream they wish to see - all based on neuroscience.

3. "Crafterthoughts' evening session where craftivists brought their own projects to Show and tell us about including the successes, challenges, learnings and answer any questions by others. Some people came with half formed ideas they wanted advice on from the group on how to deliver effectively and strategically. Some people came just to listen and learn. All made new connections and friends and you could feel the solidarity and encouragement in the room!

4. Sunday sunset last event was our climate craftivism performance: Craftivist Collective members joined members of Leena Norms’ Gumption Club wearing their upcycled 'Canary Craftivists' outfits to walk silently through the festival and sit as a flock to send photos and a handmade happy lifesized canary to the local MP and the owner of the festival grounds to encourage them to protest Greenbelt festival from the climate crisis and do what they can to act faster and bolder to create a healthier world

5. Planned pop-up appearance at The Caravan of Love for passersby to take part in a 10minute drop in craftivism workshop supporting Fashion Revolution to take home and 'shop drop'

6. Planned pop-up appearance under a free in the festival's mini forest area for passersby to take part in a 15minute drop in craftivism workshop choosing one of 5 Gentle Nudge messages on woven labels to sew into their clothes or accessories to encourage them as kind citizens and stewards of our planet

7. Overflowing tent of hundreds of people for Sarah interviewing Patrick Grant: BBC Great British Sewing Bee judge and fashion designer interviewing him about his work and book 'Less' whilst 3 craftivists sat on stage with us silently make Mini Fashion Statements during the session that Patrick then threw out into the audience encouraging them to 'shop-drop' these handwritten mini scrolls into fast fashion shop pockets or their friends pockets to encourage shoppers to ask 'who made these clothes' and be curious consumers

8. Sarah wrote and handstitched a prayer she was asked to read at the Sunday Communion on stage infront of thousands of attendees.

9. Throughout the festival Sarah was interviewed for social media teams for Greenbelt, Christian Aid and podcasts and had informal conversations with festival goers

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