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Ken-Betwa protest exposes the cost of state-led displacement
Activist Amit Bhatnagar’s removed after a 14-day fast, protesters allege compensation irregularities and lack of consultation as the State defends its rehabilitation process
Violence and assault targeting Dalits rock Uttar Pradesh
Two disturbing cases of violence against Dalits surface - one involving a deadly beating over unpaid wages, and another case of rape, extortion, and forced consumption of beef
SabrangIndia Special Report: Adivasi v/s Vanvasi, an identity imposition on India’s indigenous
India's indigenous groups face poverty, violence, discrimination as well as a stringent attempt to appropriate their identity and history.
Why are villagers protesting against sand mining in Bundelkhand’s lifeline Ken river
While the famous Ganga and Yamuna rivers have at...
Dalit youth hung upside down and tortured for alleged goat theft in Telangana
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Another instance of Dalit youth being beaten and tortured comes to light. Four people have been arrested in this case.
Indian Institutes of Savarnas: Graveyards for Marginalised Students
Data collected by the APPSC IIT Bombay shows that in 2023 IIT Bombay has denied 80 seats, rightfully for the SC/ST/OBC communities and, despite claims by government, in fact, admitted more savarna[1] students.
Hundreds of women safai karmacharis take part in #StopKillingUs campaign in Delhi
Hundreds of women safai karmacharis gathered at the Jantar...
Why Adivasis Didn’t Celebrate World Tribal Day This Year in Poll-Bound Madhya Pradesh
Tribal groups instead took out protests to express their anger with the Forests Act, growing atrocities in the BJP-ruled state and Manipur violence.
Dalit academic alleges assault, molestation; FIR names 2 faculty, 2 students: BHU
The complainant is a senior faculty member, reportedly alleged that the accused, including the two colleagues from her department, “regularly talked about stripping her and making her do rounds of the university”.
Anti-caste discrimination bill, with some changes, passed by California Assembly
The anti-caste discrimination bill, #SB403 was finally passed in the California Assembly
Noted rights defender and environmental rights activist, Prafulla Samantara abducted from hotel room in Rayagada, later found in Berhampur: Orissa
Sabrangindia spoke to well recognised environmentalist and Adivasi rights activist Prafulla Samantara, who said men masquerading as “police” forced their entry into the Hotel room (where he was due to attend a press conference) and whisked him away from Rayagada on a roundabout route to Behrampur, a distance of 255 kilometres, without FIR or warrant; Samantara an awardee of the international Green Nobel Prize, the Goldman International prize has now filed an FIR
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