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JNU Students Lathi-charged, Injured, first detained during protest over V-C remarks, UGC Equity guidelines, now Jailed
Fourteen of hundreds of protesting students from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) were sent to Tihar Jail on Friday, February 27 after a late night brutal lathi charge by the Delhi police on February 26, attacking a student protest and long march aimed to march towards the Ministry of Education; protesters were demanding the resignation of Vice Chancellor (VC) JNU Ms Pandit who had made derogative remarks against Dalits and Blacks recently
Impoverished Adivasis Hunted as Criminals
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Dewas Adivasi family massacre: There’s more to it than a failed ‘love affair’
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Santhal Hool: The neglected rebellion of pre-independence era
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Adivasi identity at stake
Sacred sites and burial grounds of Jharkhand Adivasis under threat
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Jharkhand Adivasis struggling to survive amidst rampant coal dumping, forcible land acquisition and displacement; environmental concerns and people’s health ignored with impunity
Adivasi youth allegedly killed by Jharkhand security forces: Fact-finding report
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These cases were withdrawn based on the report of a Committee formed in March 2019 to protect tribals from harassment
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