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Sumedha Pal
Jharkhand: Adivasi Resistance Against Netarhat Firing Range Continues Even After 27 years
26 Mar 2021
The struggle against the range has been ongoing from the 1990s, when the Centre had earmarked about 1,471 sq km in Netarhat Hills in Gumla and Latehar for field firing practice by the army, which…
Vishnukant Tiwari
Chhattisgarh: Civil Society Members Demand Release of Tribal Rights Activist Arrested Under ‘Naxal Charges’
10 Mar 2021
According to Dantewada Police, Hidme Markam has been allegedly accused in multiple cases between 2016 and 2020, and carries a bounty of Rs 1,10,00 on her head. Hours after the arrest, she was sent on…
Sumedha Pal
Tribal Women Facing State Violence Under Garb of Naxalism in Chhattisgarh: Soni Sori
27 Feb 2021
A young tribal woman was reportedly found dead in the police officer’s guest house in Karli on February 23 and was claimed to be a Maoist cadre by the police, but her family members and activists…
Sumedha Pal
Odisha: ‘Ease of Doing Business’ at Cost of Tribal Land and Livelihood
20 Feb 2021
The Odisha government released a notification on February 15 to convert common land for industrial use, increasing the cap on land from 200 acre to 500 acre.
Prudhviraj Rupavath
Telangana: Ignored and Threated, Adivasis to Intensify Stir for FRA Claims
11 Feb 2021
Between January 2017 and July 2020, only 145 new podu land claims were given land titles under FRA in Telangana.
Sumedha Pal
Chhattisgarh: Tribal Families Continue to Face Evictions Despite Land Claims
07 Jan 2021
In Udta village of Korba district, food crops of tribal farmers were destroyed during the lockdown with a fence put around it by the forest department in a bid to keep the community out of the area.
Vishnukant Tiwari
40 Tribal Christians Assaulted in front of Church in Chhattisgarh; Police Deny Religious Conflict
09 Dec 2020
Victims claim their family members were assaulted in front of the village church, their bibles were burnt and home ransacked.
Ditsa Bhattacharya
Dalit Activists Protest Against Possible Scrapping of Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme
02 Dec 2020
It is the only centrally sponsored scheme under SC and ST budget that attempts to bridge the growing socio-economic gap through providing access to higher education.
Prudhviraj Rupavath
Rights Organisations Demand Quashing of UAPA, Sedition Charges Against Activists
02 Dec 2020
In November, 67 Adivasi, Dalit and human rights activists were booked by the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana police under UAPA and charged with sedition for alleged “maoist links”.
Sumedha Pal
Jharkhand Assembly Passes Resolution, Gives Adivasis ‘Sarna Column’ in Census
10 Nov 2020
Tribal organisations have been protesting across the state to ensure a separate Adivasi religious code prior to the Census in 2021