Tag Tribal rights
By Medha Chaturvedi Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Pictured, Alex Paul Menon who was abducted by Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh. In April, Maoist rebels kidnapped Alex Paul Menon, a senior administrator in the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh state, as he met tribal… Continue Reading →
Who will answer for Lucas’ death? The CRPF’s high-handedness has brutalised a tribal family in Jharkhand, where the force wants AFSPA cover to fight the Maoists. Kunal Majumder reports from Palamau Family affair Lucas’ body was found floating in a… Continue Reading →
by Freny Manecksha, CorpWatch Blog May 30th, 2012 Vedanta Resources, a UK based mining and metals company with numerous projects in India, is attempting to claim to be social responsible via a huge advertising campaign. However activists have struck back by effectively… Continue Reading →
I Dare you S.P .Ankit Garg, Rape Me Do you have the Balls ? Stripping Soni Sori in Prison. Inserting stones in her vagina and rectum Showing off your Manhood in a Prison You called her a whore,… Continue Reading →
Coordination for Democratic Rights Organisations(CDRO) FACT FINDING: SARANDA, PORAIYAHAT, May20-22nd 2012 Interim report/Press release 23rd May 2012 Jharkhand is fast becoming a military state. Similar to operation green hunt which was started three years ago in mineral rich forest areas resided… Continue Reading →
Published: Monday, May 21, 2012, 9:00 IST By DNA Correspondent | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA Anti-nuclear demonstrators gathered on Sunday evening at Dadar’s Chaityabhoomi along with National Award-winning filmmaker Anand Patwardhan, activist Dr Binayak Sen and his wife Ilina, and… Continue Reading →
India: Hold Police to Account for Sexual and Other Assaults Attacks Show Need for Better Government Response (Mumbai, May 14, 2012) – Indian officials need to immediately open transparent and impartial criminal investigations into recent cases where police have assaulted women, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch called on the government of India to overhaul its policies and response to women,… Continue Reading →
First Post, May 10, 2012 New Delhi: Government today assured Rajya Sabha that it will inquire into the denial of admission by AIIMS of Soni Sori despite the Supreme Court directing the hospital to medically examine her. Raising the issue… Continue Reading →
Bibhuti Pati Bhubaneswar, MAY 9, 2012 THE CENTRE has asked the Odisha government to furnish the physical verification report on diversion of forestland for the expansion of the Vedanta alumina project and its captive power plant at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi… Continue Reading →
KHAMMAM, May 8, 2012 Staff Reporter, The Hindu Demolition drive against illegal structures in reserve forest Helpless:Forest personnel torching huts that came up in the reserve forest land near Vagoddugudem village in Khammam district. (Right) Displaced tribal families taking shelter under… Continue Reading →