Bobby Kunhu – Pragya Akhilesh “I’d like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free and also wanted other people to be free”– Rosa Parks It is estimated, based on government data, that at least one person dies cleaning a septic tank or sewers every five days in India. This is …
Amnesty International: Scheduled Tribes Panel Order on Unlawful Land Transfers is Welcome
Amnesty International India Statement released by Amnesty International India Bangalore11 May 2017 A recent order by the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes to the District Magistrate in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh directing action in cases of unlawful transfer of Adivasi land is a positive move, said Amnesty International India today. On 9 May, the National Commission …
The Scheduled Castes And The Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
The Scheduled Castes And The Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 No. 33 of 1989 [11th September, 1989] An Act to prevent the commission of offences of atrocities against the members of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, to provide for Special Courts for the trial of such offences and for the …
Dalit Mahila Garima Yatra: Updates from the Karwan
Asha Kowtal Following the spate of media reports of gang rapes on dalit women in Haryana, several dalit organizations came together to express solidarity with the rape survivors and outrage against the institutionalized sexual violence on dalit women, by conducting a Karwan called Dalit Mahila Garima Yatra. In this photo-essay, through images we bring …