AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT AI index: ASA 20/004/2012 25 January 2012 Amnesty International urges authorities in the eastern Indian state of Orissa to immediately release 47 villagers of Rengopalli who were arrested on 21 January for peacefully protesting the… Continue Reading →
The Victim of Sexual Torture Soni Sori, an adivasi school teacher and warden from Chhattisgarh, is currently facing trial in Chhattisgarh. Accused as a Maoist supporter, despite evidence of her having being framed as one in several cases, she has… Continue Reading →
Women’s Groups Condemn President’s Medal to Ankit Garg, Soni Sori’s Torturer We are deeply shocked and outraged by the conferring of the President’s Police Medal for Gallantry on Ankit Garg, Superintendent of Police, Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. Ankit Garg has been named… Continue Reading →
Kamayani Bali Mahabal says she is ashamed that the nation is giving gallantry award to a police officer Ankit Garg on the occassion of our Republic Day who is accused of torturing a tribal woman and the… Continue Reading →
January 25, 2012 Anti-Naxal and counter-insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir [ Images ] and the northeast have drawn the maximum number of gallantry awards for police and paramilitary forces this year. As a total of 97 police… Continue Reading →
Intent can be reason for denying information to applicant Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly hikes application fee to Rs 500, could also reject request for information Prakhar Jain New Delhi In a move that is clearly against the letter and spirit of… Continue Reading →
by-Jadumanilion Boudha & Dhammachari Ratnakumar An incident involving a small boy led to horrific caste violence in Lathor, Balangir district of Odisha, leaving 50 Dalit families homeless and destitute. On January 22, 2012, at around 3.00pm, Ganesh Suna, a 9th… Continue Reading →
Activist Satyabadi Naik’s shocking video of police crackdown on a peaceful protest by women of Rengopalli and other villages against Vedanta’s toxic Red Mud Pond in Lanjigarh. This video was recorded on 23 Jan 2012. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgIBmN7HCeA&feature=player_embedded] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3FZX5DrccU&feature=player_embedded] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq-dbJYTrdM&feature=player_embedded]
Odisha’s agriculture minister Pradip Maharathy on Thursday resigned on “moral grounds” as he was under attack for allegedly shielding the accused in the Pipili rape case, to safeguard the image of the ruling BJD and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik image… Continue Reading →
NEW DELHI, 17/1/2012 – A delegation comprising Adivasi leaders and NGOs working for the cause of Adivasi welfare has demanded Union Finance Minister Pranabh Mukharjee for more allocation of funds in forthcoming budget towards Adivasis’ welfare. The Adivasi Adhikar… Continue Reading →
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