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When Conservation Becomes Coercion: The silent violence faced by the Tharus of Kheri
Over 4,000 Tharu Adivasis in Lakhimpur Kheri — including a blind man, a chronically ill man, and several elders — have been wrongfully booked. This analysis shows how administrative discretion and recent forest-law amendments are further undermining the protections guaranteed to forest-dwelling communities under the Forest Rights Act, 2006
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Discrimination: Soldier’s Funeral Reveals India’s Outsize, Outcaste Problem
Earlier this week, when upper-caste villagers in the western...
From Manu’s Brahminism, to Nietzsche, to Hitler: Dr. BR Ambedkar
First published on: March 28, 2016From left to right:...
UN Makes History on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity
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Human Rights Body Establishes an Independent ExpertThe United Nations...
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24 Rights Groups Petition World Bank: Ensure Safeguards & Peoples Participation
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A Forest Policy that Wasn’t, But which still snatches Forest Rights away
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Army Petitions Supreme Court to Close Kunan Poshpora Rape Case
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Why Bad News for One Muslim American is Bad News for All Muslims
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Prof Mahesh Guru Walks Free to Face Suspension from Mysore University
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