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More than 200 Lathore arson victims return home after 1 year

TNN | Apr 1, 2013, 02.06 AM IST BHUBANESWAR: It was homecoming for the 218 Dalit arson victims of Lathore in Balangir district as they returned to their colony from the relief camp on Sunday. They moved to the newly-constructed houses, built… Continue Reading →

#India – Panchayat cuts off girl’s hair in public for allegedly eloping #Vaw #WTFnews

The police has registered a report against 16 people for being part of a tribal panchayat which punished a girl recently, for allegedly eloping, by cutting off her hair in public. March 30, 2013 BETUL (MP), Agencies The tribal panchayat… Continue Reading →

Four posing as cops gang-rape Dalit girl #Vaw #WTFnews

STAFF REPORTER, The Hindu, ONGOLE,  March 29 2013 The four accused persons attempt to murder 17-year-old girl A 17-year-old Dalit girl survived a murderous attack after sexual assault, allegedly by four persons, who posed as plainclothes policemen at Singarakonda under… Continue Reading →

#India – The rugged road to justice,when offenders are govt officials

V. VASANTHI DEVI, The Hindu , March 28,2013 UGLY TRUTH: A custodial death is perhaps one of the worst crimes in a civilised society governed by the rules of law. Photo: V. Sreenivasa Murthy The circumstances surrounding the custodial death… Continue Reading →

UK wakes up to caste bias

Shalini Nair : London, Tue Mar 26 2013, IE For a place that is only one-fifteenth the size of London, Coventry has a large number of gurdwaras. Even that might not have seemed so incongruous considering that Sikhs are the largest… Continue Reading →

#India – Padma Shri Laxman Mane is accused of rape #Vaw

Published: Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013, By DNA Correspondent | Place: Satara (Maharashtra) | Agency: DNA  Padma Shri Laxman Mane  DNA The Satara police have filed a case of rape against Padma Shri Laxman Mane (in pic) after three women alleged… Continue Reading →

Naveen Soorinje- ‘State is biased against Muslims, Dalits, farmers’

Most people are relieved when they walk out of prison. Naveen Soorinje, a TV journalist bailed last week after four-and-half months in jail, says his incarceration was a blessing. Soorinje, 28, made headlines in July after he videoed vigilantes of an… Continue Reading →

#India – Young Love, old moralities #moralpolicing #ageofconsent #adolescentsex

Kamayani Bali Mahabal | March 23, 2013, Times Crest The whole debate around the age of consent is clouded by foolish misconceptions, some of them legal and many of them cultural. Do Baba Ramdev and others know what the implications of reducing… Continue Reading →

Maharashtra -Dalit man commits suicide after police assault

Last Updated: Friday, March 15, 2013, Zee news Gadchiroli (Maharashtra): A Dalit man committed suicide here in Eastern Maharashtra with his family alleging he took the extreme step after being assaulted by the police. The victim, identified only as Sachin,… Continue Reading →

#India – Girl killed for honour #Vaw

Tribune News Service Bathinda, March 16 A man allegedly shot dead his 20-year-old daughter in Rajgarh Kubbe village yesterday for marrying a boy belonging to a lower caste. The girl belonged to a Jat family. The boy, Ramphal, works as… Continue Reading →

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