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AIDWA extends support to Khushboo

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Urges courts not to entertain complaints "that are a direct blow to the freedom of expression"

NEW DELHI: The All-India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) on Thursday urged the courts not to entertain complaints "that are a direct blow to the freedom of expression."

Describing the critics of actress Khushboo, who is facing flak for her remarks on pre-marital sex, as "self-styled upholders of Tamil culture," the central executive committee at a meeting here expressed concern over the "increased attempts at moral policing." It said the courts should not entertain complaints that were a direct attack on an individual's right to express his/her views.

Monitoring panels

The meeting, chaired by Suhasini Ali, also passed a resolution demanding that the Government frame rules under the recently-passed Domestic Violence Bill, so that women get speedy redress.

It decided to set up media monitoring committees in different States to keep a tab on indecent portrayal of women in the print and electronic media and put forward suggestions to the United Progressive Alliance Government.

Expressing concern over "the dangerous pro-U.S. tilt of the UPA Government through its various bilateral agreements, the joint military exercise and the anti-Iran vote at the IAEA," the participants also condemned the "communal and revivalist" propaganda in the BJP-ruled States.

It decided to observe December 1 as a protest day against the UPA Government's move to introduce dual pricing policy for LPG and kerosene.

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