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185 murders – Killings of land rights activists tripled in 2016

Roughly 16 land rights advocates have been killed each month from January through November. Mapuche Indian activists demand their indigenous rights and land for their communities in Santiago, Chile [Reuters] The battle over land and resources turned bloodier in the… Continue Reading →

India – Never seen a woman journalist braver than her

Despite being in the crosshairs of the police, politicians and vigilantes, Malini Subramaniam continues to report from Bastar, Chhattisgarh, a hotbed for Maoist insurgency. For her work, often under life-threatening circumstances, she has won the International Press Freedom Award 2016…. Continue Reading →

Chhattisgarh govt pats Bastar IG Kalluri on back despite NHRC summons

SHIRISH KHARE|    PL SIGN PETITION FOR HIS REMOVAL NOW https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/CM_Chhattisgarh_Removal_of_DIG_Kalluri/?cTwOobb The Chhattisgarh government may be facing criticism from all quarters for registering a murder case against Delhi University Professor Nandini Sundar and four others, but it hasn’t stopped the Raman… Continue Reading →

Adivasi Lives Matter: Govt. of India and Orissa: Act Now: Prevent the Deaths

   NAPM condemns state and ‘expert’ apathy on deaths of hundreds of adivasi children in Malkangiri: Demands immediate medical relief and justice Apex Court must intervene urgently:  State must declare medical emergency   23rd Nov, 2016: The National Alliance of People’s… Continue Reading →

Exposing glaring flaws in Expert Committee Report on the medical emergency at Malkangiri

Background: More than 300 Adivasi children have died in Malkangiri in the past two months of Japanese Encephalitis, official figure says 121 but local activists say the number is much higher, what is happening in Malkangiri? Firstly, 32 children have been… Continue Reading →

Chhattisgarh – Danger of Salwa Judum style displacement arising again

Fact-Finding Trip to Bastar DANGER OF SALWA JUDUM STYLE DISPLACEMENT AND DIVISION OF VILLAGES ARISING AGAIN:  POLICE AND MAOISTS BOTH RESPONSIBLE A delegation comprising of Sanjay Parate, Chhattisgarh State Secretary CPI-M, Vineet Tiwari, Joshi-Adhikari Institute, CPI member, New Delhi, Archana… Continue Reading →

Ramchandra Guha – Adivasis are more discriminated against than Dalits and Muslims

Roshni Nair,HT  Ramachandra Guha’s session at Tata Literature Live! was a tad longer than the stipulated 60 minutes, but no one was complaining. (Anshuman Poyrekar) Ramachandra Guha’s session at Tata Literature Live! was a tad longer than the stipulated 60… Continue Reading →

Demonetisation, Proverbial Last Nail In The Coffin Of Already Beleaguered Peasantry

by Samar —  countercurrents.org Putting the cacophonous debate on the merits and demerits of demonetisation of Rs 500 and 1000 currency notes aside, there is no doubt over it having hit the farmers all set to go for Rabi crops… Continue Reading →

FIR Against Nandini Sundar is Just Police Vendetta, Says Soni Sori

The Quint Activists who are fighting for the rights of tribals in Bastar, have claimed that the charges against professors Nandini Sundar of Delhi University and Archana Prasad of Jawaharlal Nehru University are “trumped-up”. This, they believe, happened because the… Continue Reading →

Chhattisgarh Govt. cornered over ‘encounter killing’ of Bastar students

 PAVAN DAHAT The alleged fake encounter in which two students were killed in Dantewada district of south Chhattisgarh rocked the Assembly proceedings on Thursday, resulting in the suspension of 36 Opposition MLAs. The main opposition, the Congress, brought a “calling… Continue Reading →

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