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#India- Dealing with Maoists

The Maoists want a military conflict as it brings more adivasis into their fold. The Indian state‘s best bet is in ensuring that it wins over the aam adivasis to its side. CHITRANGADA CHOUDHURY, AJAY DANDEKAR, Outlook May 25th’s condemnable attack… Continue Reading →

#India – Violence of the Oppressed

Vol – XLVIII No. 23, June 08, 2013 Editorials, EPW The chorus of righteous indignation against Maoist violence has made a comeback. The commercial media has returned to baying for the blood of the “left-wing extremists”. “Why are human rights… Continue Reading →

The convenience of labels: Who are the Maoists really?

 Sunday Guardian Tanushree Bhasin  1st Jun 2013 Stills from the film At the Crossroads he real terrorist in our country is the state. The Indian state needs to be put behind bars, not ordinary people,” said a visibly moved audience member… Continue Reading →

Nandini Sundar on – Media’s Need for Whipping Boys

Saturday, June 1, 2013 On the Media‘s Need for Whipping Boys I am sick to death of TV panel discussions which ask whether human rights activists are soft on the Maoists, romanticise the Maoists and so on. Why doesn’t someone… Continue Reading →

Chhattisgarh- What will Bastar’s children reap from this bloody war of binaries?

SANJAY RAWAT No kind conflict Tribal kids have no escape from the red war GROUND ZERO An Ill Sowing Festival What will Bastar’s children reap from this bloody war of binaries? SUPRIYA SHARMA, in Outlook A few hundred metres short of… Continue Reading →

#India – The Bloodstained Karmic Cycle #Peru #Guatemala

PTI Target of reprisal The late Mahendra Karma, with guards OPINION The Bloodstained Karmic Cycle To end the Maoist conflict, look to Peru and Guatemala NANDINI SUNDAR in Outlook Any keen observer of Chhattisgarh could have foreseen Saturday’s deadly Maoist attack at… Continue Reading →

Press Release- AID Condemns the Violent Attack in Chhattisgarh

June 1, 2013 Demands Peaceful Solution Association for India’s Development (AID) unequivocally condemns the brutal murder of 24 people on May 25th by the Maoists in Bastar, Chhattisgarh. We condemn the killing of any human beings and send our condolences… Continue Reading →

Press Release – Unending Spiral of Violence: Darbha

PEOPLE’S UNION FOR DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS PRESS RELEASE 31st May 2013 Unending Spiral of Violence: Darbha The People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) notes with concern the sad loss of 30 lives in the Maoist attack on the “Parivartan Rally” of Congress… Continue Reading →

#India- Tribal Affairs Minister cautions against deploying Army to tackle Maoist problem

New Delhi, May 31, 2013 PTI  Tribal Affairs Minister V. Kishore Chandra Deo on Thursday dubbed anti-Maoist militia Salwa Judum as a “sinful strategy,” bringing to the fore apparent differences in the Congress over the approach to Maoists who last week… Continue Reading →

#India – Salwa Judum’s record: 99 allegations of rape, not a single FIR

by Pallavi Polanki , First Post When the Supreme Court in 2011 banned the Salwa Judum, a state-sponsored tribal militia propped up to counter Maoists in Chhattisgarh, it ordered the state government to investigate and register FIRs against all alleged criminal activities… Continue Reading →

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