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Dalit and Tribal girls brutalised in Andhra Pradesh: Twin crimes lay bare caste violence and systemic collapse

From the two-year gang-rape of a 15-year-old Dalit girl to the public torture of a 10-year-old Adivasi child, Andhra Pradesh reels under the weight of caste atrocities, bureaucratic silence, and political blame games

UP Dalit woman raped, killed, body found with mud in orifices!

However, this crime in Jugail Police Station area of Sonbhadra has not found space in mainstream headlines yet, it was just shared on social media 

Sarna code, a possible headache for right-wing supporters?

Experts discuss what passing of the Sarna code resolution by the Jharkhand Assembly would mean for tribals in India

State Counsel appears to justify the hasty cremation of Hathras Victim: HC

The high court was told by the State that transferring the DM was a mere political issue and that he did nothing wrong in ordering the cremation of the victim

Where are the country’s SC/ST Commissions headed?

While the National Commissions for SC and STs are still without Chairpersons, the few states that have these Commissions have no better story to tell

Adivasi Union to stand with peasants of country during nationwide protests

AIUFWP chips in to the growing support of nationwide peasant unrest planned for the Constitution Day

Dalit house set ablaze in MP, brothers thrashed, CM silent?

The incident took place on November 21 in Chirgai village in Madhya Pradesh's Datia district. 

Closure of schools, a threat to Odisha’s tribal education

While the state government goes over the merger policy, a civil organisation questions the drafting of such a policy without interacting with villagers at the local level.

Adivasis protest BJP’s ‘insult’ to freedom fighter Birsa Munda

1,000 Adivasis gather to denounce Amit Shah's recent faux pas in Bankura

Hathras case: All accused to undergo brain mapping, polygraph tests

As the next date for hearing approaches before the Allahabad High Court, the CBI is yet to decide a date to conduct the tests.

Uttar Pradesh has failed its Dalit community, especially Dalit women

A 15-year-old Dalit girl set afire in Bulandshahr, died in a Delhi hospital; just the latest in such crimes against the community in UP

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