Combat Law : The Human Rights magazine Issue 1: Repression and the state The mask of democracy Ashok Agrwaal: Repression and the state Human Rights - Indian society and state repression Girish Patel Legalities of the Afghan bombing Mihir Desai US Patriot Act against terrorism Namita Malhotra Government backlash against protest Usha Pulu POTO and Terrorism P A Sebastian The Naga story - then an now Niketu Iralu The Armed Forces Special Powers Act SAHRDC Policing the police Mukundan Menon Punjab - dark clouds of state repression Arunjeev Singh Walia SUB-THEMES Gujarat - A Crime against Humanity - H. Suresh, J History through the Prism of Constructed Identity - Teesta Setalvad Instituionalised Communalism in the Police Force - Colin Gonsalves Medicalization of Homosexuality - Arvind Narrain and Tarunabh Khaitan Where Saving Lives is a Crime - Aditya Bondopadhyay The Colonization of Little Andamans - Pankaj Sekhsaria War Profiteering - Kavaljit Singh Bt Cotton Fiasco - Devinder Sharma Gender Neutrality in Rape Laws - Flavia Agnes Sex Selection and the Law - Qudsiya Contractor Whose Convergence is it Anyway ? - Lawrence Liang Whither the Urban Poor? - Dr. Amita Bhide The Tolly's Nullah Eviction - A Tale of Woe - Arindam Mondal Contempt for Labour - Mukul Sinha Critique of the SAIL Judgement - Jane Cox The Juvenile Justice Act 2000 - Maharukh Adenwala Displacement and the Land Acquisition Act 1894 - Walter Fernandes Of Health, Healing and Human Rights - Pradip Prabhu Plight of Prisoners in Shillong District Jail - D. D. G. Dympep REGULAR COLUMNS Judgespeak Profile Reports