Dalit Bahujan Adivasi

A people on the brink: The fight to protect the Shompen of Great Nicobar

India’s tribal communities have long lived at the margins of society, shaped by histories of displacement, fragile livelihoods and limited access to essential services. Among them, the Particularly Vulnerable...

Karnataka: Dalit activist, arrested for five-year-old social media post 

Harohalli Ravindra, was arrested for post that allegedly insulted Hindu gods

Dudhwa women complain to Forest Rights Committee about illegal deforestation by Nepalis

Complaint filed by Tharu Adivasi Mahila Majdoor Kisaan Manch

Jignesh Mevani’s arrest: NCSC issues notice to Gujarat, Assam

Dalit groups had filed a complaint with the Mamlatdar’s office siting how key procedures for arrest of a sitting MLA, such as informing the Speaker, were ignored

Were only 1,064 Tribal families displaced in Odisha for mining in the last 10 years?

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs answer in the Parliament’s Budget Session offers unlikely statistics that do not reveal the actual state of tribals in Odisha

Can the government explain craters and remnants of explosives in Sukma and Bijapur forests?

Rights groups call upon all citizens groups including women, farmers, Dalits, tribals to question the discovery of the what could be the shells and remnants of explosives in Bastar

Malasar Tribals evicted from ancestral land in Tamil Nadu

Tribals forced to move to the plains while farmlands and tourist cottages expand in the hilly forest

JJM approaches IG about attacks on Muslim minority

Concerned about the attacks on adivasi and religious minorities alike, it asked the police to raise vigilance in preventing violence and aggressions in such areas

Still no recognition for non-ST tribes in India

Centre fails to acknowledge ST-status demands of nomadic tribes of India

Are over 1,10,000 Adivasis & Forest Dwellers at risk of eviction and loss of livelihood?

The response of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC)’s in Parliament ignores the law (amended Wildlife Act, 2006) claims to provide alternative livelihood support without giving a definite plan of action

Manual scavenger deaths: Did Centre misrepresent death data in Parliament?

Social Justice Minister reported that no deaths took place due to manual scavenging in the last five years, but conceded 325 people died in accidents while undertaking hazardous cleaning  

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