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An Adivasi woman once in bonded labour now serves her village as a Sarpanch
As India marks 50 years of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976, cases of bonded labour still surface in states like Telangana where many workers in sectors such as agriculture, brick kilns, fishing and construction remain trapped in debt and coercion; here the author reflects on a transformative journey of an Adivasi woman who serves as a Sarpanch.
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UP: ST boy’s family cry murder following custodial torture!
Three police personnel were suspended, although police claimed that the family's allegations were false
Dhinkia has become a war-zone: Say activists
Human rights activists arrested for over a week have complained of custodial torture by local police
Uttar Pradesh: Dalit boy shot for not greeting ‘seniors’ in Agra
Two Class 12 boys verbally abused and then thrashed the Class 10 student, then one of them fired at him with a country-made pistol; police have made one arrest so far
Did KEM Dean, hostel wardens enable caste-based ragging and atrocities?
After reports emerged about how a Scheduled Caste student was abused due to his caste, and no action was taken against perpetrators for two years, hundreds of people held a silent protest outside KEM Hospital
KEM Hospital accused of atrocities against SC students
Activists planning protest; condemn hospital and Mumbai Police for poor track record against caste-based crimes
Odisha: 3 activists arrested for speaking truth to power in fact-finding report
Civil society and human rights groups detailed the continued oppression in Jagatsinghpur’s Dhinkia region during 2021
CJP’s new map tracks Caste-based Hate Crimes across India in 2021
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These are not figures from a century ago, but from the past year; Hate crimes against Dalits and Adivasis continue even today!
Dalit man forced to enter and clean sewer in Gujarat
Complaint filed after independent MLA Jignesh Mevani intervenes; the inhuman practice of forcing Dalits into manual scavenging continues even today
Dalits and Adivasis suffered violence and discrimination even in 2021
Though most of these attacks emerge from societal prejudices and historic alienation, a dispensation that has encouraged a state of impunity to targeted crimes of the most marginalised has made matters more acute
Two young Dalit girls attacked, where is the outrage?
Dalit woman abducted and killed, allegedly by "upper caste" men in Bihar; Dalit teen molested in UP
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