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To protect or to empower? Jarawa Tribe

Author(s): Kumar Sambhav , Down to Earth Issue: May 15, 2012 Parliamentary standing committee reiterates its demand to bring Jarawas into mainstream   THE Centre is once again tied in knots over whether the Jarawa tribe should be protected in… Continue Reading →

POSCO–Pack up and go away -says (PPSS)

PPSS Update. Dhirendra Gourishyam Panda During the recent visit of South Korean ambassador to India Kim Joong Keun to Odisha, he said that POSO may reduce the capacity of production of the proposed steel plant in case they do not get… Continue Reading →

Rights of tribals at the core of Maoist conflict – B D Sharma

“Rights of tribals at the core of Maoist conflict” Mohammad Ali  Social activist B.D. Sharma addressing a news conference in New Delhi on Saturday. Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar. The Hindu States have allowed exploitation of mineral-rich regions without locals’ consent… Continue Reading →

Police Brutality in Latehar

By Gladson Dungdung JharkhandMirror Sylvester Minj in Hospital On 2nd May, 2012, it was 5 O’clock in the evening. We entered into the general ward of Orthopedics Department of the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Ranchi. After a long search,… Continue Reading →

Linga Ram Kodopi writes from jail to the Nation

‘The very right of living in this country has been snatched from me’ Linga Ram Kodopi, a trained journalist and Soni Sori’s nephew, who is accused of having Naxal connections has been in prison since 10 September 2011. He writes… Continue Reading →

The unending struggle of Bastar adivasis

Javed Iqbal | Friday, May 4, 2012, DNA Conflict and displacement in Bastar leads to deprivation and forest loss in neighbouring Khammam Around 43 families from the villages of Millampalli, Simalpenta, Raygudem, Darba and Singaram in Dantewada district, lost their makeshift… Continue Reading →

Soni Sori’s “Crime” in the Land of the Robber Barons

Member of Odisha state legislature Jhina Hikaka (2nd R), accompanied by his wife Kaushalya Majhi (3rd R), walks towards Balipeta village in Koraput district after being released by Maoist rebels on 26 April 2012. (Photo: AFP – STR) By: Amrit Wilson… Continue Reading →

Supreme Court directs Chhattisgarh government to bring Soni Sori to AIIMS for treatment

Supreme Court directs Chhattisgarh government to bring Soni Sori to AIIMS for treatment On 2nd May a bench of Supreme Court judges, Justices Altamas Kabir and Chalameshwar, directed the Chhattisgarh state to produce the Adivasi teacher, Soni Sori, in the All… Continue Reading →

Land and the people: ‘Injustice still being perpetuated by govts’

Published: Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 11:03 IST By Subir Ghosh & Maitreyi Joshi | Place: Bangalore | Agency: DNA State governments across the country have been both callous and tardy in implementing the Forest Rights Act. Claims are being rejected… Continue Reading →

Immediate Release-Citizens appeal to PM, CM: Save Soni Sori from death in jail

Sunday 29th April 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contacts: Kamayani Mahabal:             +91 9820749204       (India) Vinay Bhat:             +1 412-527-7985       (US) Citizens appeal to PM, CM: Save Soni Sori from death in jail In an open letter addressed to the Prime Minister of India and other officials, about 250 concerned activists,… Continue Reading →

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