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Dongaria and Kutia Kondh leaders seek Governor’s intervention

BHUBANESWAR, June 13, 2013 Special Correspondent, The Hindu A group of Dongaria and Kutia Kondh leaders from Niyamgiri area on Wednesday sought the intervention of Governor S.C. Jamir to save them from the ‘mischief’ that the ST and SC Department of… Continue Reading →

Odisha Government diluting apex court order: petitioner #Niyamgiri #Vedanta

BHUBANESWAR, June 11, 2013 Staff Reporter, The Hindu  St ate government continues to face widespread criticism over selection 12 villages for conducting of gram sabhas that would decide fate of bauxite mining in Niyamgiri hill. Prafulla Samantra, an original petitioner of… Continue Reading →

Vedanta mining: Government seeks Judicial Officer from HC

By Express News Service – BHUBANESWAR 27th May 2013 12:28 PM Photos The State Government has requested Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court to nominate a judicial officer of the rank of district judge as observer for the proposed gram… Continue Reading →

#India – Clinical drug trials in Rajasthan claim 95 lives

STAFF REPORTER, tHE hINDU 291 cases of serious adverse events reported Drug trials on humans in Rajasthan over the last eight years have claimed 95 lives, while 291 persons experienced serious adverse events, according to the State government’s latest deposition… Continue Reading →

#Odisha – In Malkangiri, losing the fight for hearts and minds #Tribalrights

May 15, 2013 Niranjan Patnaik Last month, 65 representatives of panchayati raj institutions in Malkangiri, Odisha, resigned en masse protesting against the apathy of the State government. All Adivasis, their principal demands have been the extension of an irrigation canal, road repair,… Continue Reading →

#India – Tribals set to decide Vedanta project’s fate #forestrights

Nitin Sethi, TNN | May 14, 2013 The Supreme Court order has left it to the villagers to decide the fate of the Vedanta project, and the call revolves on whether the venture would affect their religious and other rights. NEW DELHI:… Continue Reading →

Supreme Court tells Centre to decide on POSCO’s mining license

Fri, 10 May 2013 By Newzfirst 5/10/13 New Delhi – The Supreme Court on Friday set aside the Orissa high court order which had quashed state government‘s petition to allot iron ore license to South Korean steel major POSCO in Khandadhar hills in… Continue Reading →

Do not oppose bail of 63 Naxalites, Buch panel to Chhattisgarh

May 8, TNN BHOPAL: Committee set for reviewing the cases ofundertrials languishing in Chhattisgarh jails, has so far recommended the state government that it should not oppose the bail plea of 63Naxalities who have been in jail for more than two years. However, the… Continue Reading →

An open letter: Adivasis need speedy and impartial justice

  May 6, 2013, TNN To the Government of India, Members of the Judiciary, and All Citizens, One of the most disastrous consequences of the strife in the tribal areas of central India is that thousands of adivasi men and women remain imprisoned as… Continue Reading →

Extracts from the NHRC Report on Gujarat 2002

EXTRACTS …. Former Chief Justice of India, JS Verma as Chairperson National Human Rights Commission in his Preliminary Report, April 1, 2002:- “….9. The Commission would like to observe that the tragic events that have occurred have serious implications for… Continue Reading →

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