Deepak Kumar & Rajeshwar Names of the Victims: Maggidi Buchhamma, 70 years, and her daughter Maggidi Manga. Dominant Caste Culprits: Baltha Rajamouli and his son and Allam Ravi. When: 23rd July 2017, Sunday, morning. Where: Rendlaguda (Mandapally), Jannaram Mandal, Mancherial District, Telangana. Why: Maggidi Buchamma and her daughter Maggidi Manga went to the house …
Fact Finding Report on Police Excesses in Nadukuppam Village, Marina Beach
[Via Trevor Jeyaraj] Fact Finding Mission to Enquire into Alleged Police Excesses on 23rd January 2017 in Nadukuppam Village, Marina Beach, Tamil Nadu January 25, 2017 “நாங்க காலம்காலமா இந்த குப்பத்திலே இருக்கோம். நாங்க இன்னிக்கி திடீர்ன்னு பயங்கரவாதிகளா ஆயிட்டோமா? அடிபட்டு, ரத்தம் சிந்த ஓடிவந்த கொழந்தைங்க, அவங்க பயங்கரவாதிங்களா? அவங்களும் எங்கள மாதிரி தமிழங்கதானே? எங்க கொழந்தைங்க மாதிரிதானே? தமிழனுக்குத் தமிழன்தானே ஆதரவு தரனும்? …
Judicial Discourse and Caste Violence
Aditya Reading Bathani Tola and Laxmanpur Bathe Judgment* “Everyone strives to attain the law…how does it come about, then, that in all these years no one has come seeking admittance but me?….The doorkeeper replies……. No one but you could gain admittance through this door, since this door was intended only for you. I am …
Atrocities & other offences committed by Justice C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy of A.P. High Court against a Dalit Judicial Magistrate
Kula Nirmulana Porata Samiti (KNPS) I) a) Mr. S. Ramakrishna was born in a poor Dalit family in a remote village of Chittoor District, A.P. and with his hard work he could get his Law degree and was selected as a Junior Civil Judge in A.P. State Judicial Service in 2003. He consciously discharged …
Lingaram Kodopi writes to President on Continued Human rights violations of Adivasis in Bastar
21st March 2016, New Delhi: Lingaram Kodopi, an independent journalist from Bastar, and nephew of human rights defender and Aam Aadmi Party member Soni Sori from Bastar, Chhattisgarh, along with Vrinda Grover (Supreme Court Lawyer) Prof. Uma Chakravarty (Women’s Rights’ Activist), Kalyani Menon-Sen (Women against Sexual Violence and State Repression) addressed a press meet today …
‘They couldn’t stand us!’: Fact Finding Report On Dalit Family set afire in Haryana village
They couldn’t stand us!1 Fact Finding Report On Dalit Family set afire in Village Sunpedh, Ballabgarh, District Faridabad, Haryana Written by NDMJ-NCDHR Fact Finding Team Adv. Mangla Verma – HRLN Ms.Tanvi, Programme Officer– HRLN Mr. Rajesh Kumar – Haryana State Coordinator NDMJ – NCDHR Adv. Balwant Singh – NDMJ-NCDHR Ms. Abirami – National Programme Coordinator, NDMJ NCDHR …
Forceful Eviction of a Dalit Community in Indore
Issues of Land Grab and Forceful Eviction of Dalit Community and Consequent Death of a Young Dalit A Fact Finding Mission on Chander Prabha Shekhar Nagar, Indore 25-26 September, 2015 Written and Compiled by Judith AnneKamalchand Kispotta ~ Fact Finding Team AnjaliAnand LakhanKamalchand KispottaJudith Anne National Dalit Movement for Justice –National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights ~ …
What happened in Dankaur?
Dankaur incident: Fact Finding Report The Fact Finding team of NDMJ-NCDHR condemns in the strongest possible terms the recent incident of atrocity and public indignity concerning a Dalit family in Dankaur, Uttar Pradesh. The Fact finding team visited the place of incident on 10th October 2015 and met the relatives of the victims (who …
Another Khairlanji: Rajasthan’s Nagaur district is the new dalit slaughterhouse
Bhanwar Meghwanshi and Janani Sridharan The following is a detailed account of the happenings leading to and on the 14th of May 2015 at village Dangawas, describing an attack by the powerful Jats on dalits – murdering 4 of them by the use of tractors, molesting their women, seriously injuring several others and setting …