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Press Release – WSS statement in support of Chithralekha, dalit woman auto driver #Vaw

Women against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS) condemns the attacks upon chithralekha, a dalit woman auto driver from Payannur, Kerala. WSS urges the local administration, in particular the collector, to take immediate action for justice for chithralekha.  chithralekha has been repeatedly attacked by CITU/DYFI autodrivers since 2005. This group of Savarna and obc men have tried to run her over with an auto in 2005 and burnt her auto later in the year; attacked her husband with a knife in 2006; and beaten her as well as her husband,  daughter and brother-in-law in three separate attacks in 2010. In 2013 her husband was almost run over by a bus; later in the year a group of 30 men attacked her and her family at home; and in another attack in 2013 her husband was beaten and implicated in a legal case.   Most recently in 2014, DYFI attacked her house and threatened the family in retaliation for a squabble about a goat wandering into her do pound and eating her plants. A goat wandered into her compound from the goat farm behind her house and chithralekha tied it up and said she would return it when the owner comes. A small incident like this, ended up in a large group of 11 dyfi workers turning up at her house and throwing stones at it to intimidate her.Once again instead of a complaint being registered under the SC/ST atrocities act,  chithralekha and her husband were implicated in an attempt to murder case (IPC 380) after three days. Her husband Sreeshkanth spent a month in jail while chithralekha managed to get anticipatory bail.   This lack of redressal under the SC/ST atrocities act despite several incidents of chithralekha and her family being attacked, beaten, and her livelihood threatened is completely unacceptable. It sends a clear message that the state refuses to take the SC/ST atrocities act seriously. If the Kerala government can not commit to justice for the dalit community despite such clear cut and repeated attacks, then it signals an alarming state of affairs.   WSS demands that:   1. All cases against DYFI and CITU workers who have been harassing her should be tried by the special court in Kannur set up for the SC/ST Atrocities Act. 2. All false cases against chithralekha and husband Sreeshkanth must be withdrawn. 3. Compensation to be given for loss of livelihood and property. 4. For neglect of duty and slapping false cases, Payannur CI Abdul Rahman and SI Shaji Pattery  must be tried and punished under section 4 of the SC/ST Atrocities Act. 5. Protection must be given to her and family to ensure right to earn livelihood without intimidation.   Women against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS) is a non funded grassroots effort started in November 2009, to put an end to the violence being perpetrated upon our bodies and societies. We are a nationwide network of women from diverse political and social movements comprising of women’s organizations, mass organizations, civil liberty organizations, student and youth organizations, mass movements and individuals. We unequivocally condemn state repression and sexual violence on our women and girls by any perpetrator(s).  

Chithralekha Attacked Again by CPM Goons #Vaw #WTFnews

Eramangalathu Chitralekha On January 31, 2014, Chitralekha (the dalit woman autorickshaw driver from Payannur, Kerala, who has been fighting CITU/CPM men and who has faced repeated attacks from them in the past) and her family were again attacked at her… Continue Reading →

Beachside troubles

Anupam Chakravartty [1] Issue Date: 2014-2-28 Ministry of Mines and Atomic Minerals Directorate move to curb illegal mining and export of beach sand minerals Last month the Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD) demanded a separate body to regulate… Continue Reading →

#Racism – Kumar Vishwas of AAP – insults Kerala Nurses #sexist #joke

  Another Racist Joke : kumar viswas Aam Admi party leader insulting Kerala nurses He says—Earlier , When man was sick, he used to go to hospital   poor man he was satisfied there, as the  nurses came from Kerala– black… Continue Reading →

Dalit musician banned at Guruvayoor temple #Racism #WTFnews

Written by Shaju Philip | Thiruvananthapuram | January 17, 2014 12:59    A dalit percussion artiste was banned from performing within the precincts of the famous Sree Krishna Temple at Guruvayoor in Kerala, bringing back the spectre of caste-based discrimination. The temple… Continue Reading →

#India – Kerala Bar Code Missing – Sexist

Bar code missing K R Rajeev,TNN | Jan 12, 2014, 06.06 AM IST OFFENSIVE TERMS OF ENDEARMENT: In her FB post, Murayath says that some male lawyers call women ‘sugar candy’ and ‘dear’. A young lawyer’s Facebook post against the sexist comments of… Continue Reading →

It was a kind of eve-teasing, says lawyer suspended for Facebook post #Vaw

  Last updated on: January 10, 2014 , Rediff.com ‘This society discriminates against a girl from the time she is born, in school, at home, everywhere,’ young lawyer Anima Muyarath, who was suspended by the local bar association for a… Continue Reading →

Three Aadhaar cards for seven-year-old boy in Kerala #WTFnews #UID

  DC | A boy gets his credentials recorded to get the Aadhaar card. (Image for representation) Kottayam: At a time when one-third of Keralites are yet to get Aadhaar, Abhishek Amrith, 7,  second standard student of St Antony’s LP school,… Continue Reading →

#India – Bar Association suspends Kerala woman lawyer for FB comment on male lawyers#FOE #FOS #WTFnews

Bar Association J Binduraj Kochi, January 2, 2014 | Anima Murayath A young woman lawyer of Kozhikode in Kerala has been suspended from the Calicut Bar Association for a Facebook comment posted by her in October last year criticising the… Continue Reading →

#India – Tribals to to be recruited to counter Maoist threat in Kerala #WTFnews

KOZHIKODE, November 5, 2013 Those recruited will be given Rs.500 daily : Minister for Home Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan said here on Monday that the State government would recruit 100 tribespeople as Home Guards by giving them daily wages of Rs. 500 each… Continue Reading →

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