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Telangana: Stop forcible ‘re-location of Chenchu Adivasis from Amrabad Tiger Reserve
Adivasis and supporting activists have petitioned the authorities against what they term as the ‘forcible re-location” of Chenchu (PVTG) Adivasis in the Amravad Tiger Reserve and urged a ‘co-existence’ model of conservation
Places of Worship Act: Again, Centre seeks more time, SC says Feb-end
The 1991 Places of Worship Act, enacted when the Babri Masjid still stood, mandates that the nature of all places of worship, barring the one at Ayodhya, be maintained as they stood on August 15, 1947
At a VHP event in MP, speaker terms religious minorities as “Be-Dharami”, urge’s violence
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Speaker spreads misinformation and hatred about conversions, says Christians are pitting Hindus against Hindus, castes against castes
Mata Gurdev Kaur Martyrdom 6th Anniversary Observed In Sangrur
On January 8th the 6th martyrdom anniversary of Late...
Karnataka: Woman beaten, dragged out of temple, shows CCTV
While some publications have claimed she was a Dalit, the Police have denied the same
Review of 2022: A year of discrimination & violence experienced by India’s religious minorities
Religious minorities, especially Muslims and Christians, have experienced persistent stigmatisation and attack, with governments and law enforcement complicit in a culture of impunity
“Pour petrol on his house, not water”: Pakistani mullah incites death on Ahmadi Muslims
In another major escalation of anti-Ahmadiyya sentiment in Pakistan, a radical religious cleric "Syed Mohammad Sibtian Shah Naqvi of Sarghoda", with a significant social media following, has called for a total boycott of Ahmadi Muslims.
Adivasi activist Hidme Markam walks out of jail 22 months after being branded a “terrorist”
Markam, a woman forest rights and prisoners’ rights activist, was falsely accused by the police and the NIA of involvement in Naxal activities and arrested on March 9, 2021. She was acquitted in four cases and granted bail in the last one; she was released on January 5 at 7 pm
Graves desecrated in Mumbai’s Mahim church, FIR filed
Over a dozen graves desecrated in Mahim’s St. Michael’s church even as BMC withdraws notices to vacate the 115 year-old Bandra cemetry
CJP moves NCM, writes to DGP Maharashtra against notorious hate offender Kalicharan
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In his inflammatory speech, Kalicharan had asserted that "Love-Jihad" may be cured by ingesting water that has had a wild boar tooth left in it overnight.
Muslim man thrashed for ‘walking with Hindu girl’: Karnataka
The Hindustan Times reports that, according to the police, the youth Afeed (20), from Kallugundi near Sullia, came with the minor girl to Kukke Subramanya temple on Thursday.
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Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
Telangana: Stop forcible ‘re-location of Chenchu Adivasis from Amrabad Tiger Reserve
Adivasis and supporting activists have petitioned the authorities against what they term as the ‘forcible re-location” of Chenchu (PVTG) Adivasis in the Amravad Tiger Reserve and urged a ‘co-existence’ model of conservation
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
Victory for Forest Rights: Allahabad HC recognises land claims of Tharu Tribes, strikes down decision of DLC
The Allahabad High Court recently struck down a 2021 decision of the District Level Committee (DLC), Lakhimpur upholding the land rights of the Tharu tribe while observing that the authorities cannot short-circuit the existing statutory rights of the forest dwellers by blindly relying on court orders issued before the enactment of the Forest Rights Act, 2006 (FRA, 2006). This law recognises the individual and community rights of Adivasis.
Gender and Sexuality
Amendment to Women’s Reservation Bill: BJP’s hyperbole on women
The past conduct and ideological moorings of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as that of its parent body, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) reflect not just extreme and exclusivist views on women’s participation but are arguably distinctly misogynistic
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
Police action in Odisha’s Rayagada district condemned, Adivasi rights paramount: CCG
The Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG) in an Open Letter to the President of India has condemned Odisha police’s wrongful dispossession of Adivasi lands in the state and violent action against protesting tribals
Politics
Bihar “Infiltrator” Hysteria: Samrat Choudhary’s claims of disenfranchising 22-lakh people corresponds to ECI’s “deceased voters” figure
Over the past weeks—even before replacing Nitish Kumar as Chief Minister of Bihar on April 15—Samrat Choudhary has, while campaigning for the Bharatiya Janata Party, claimed that 22-lakh people would be struck off Bihar’s electoral rolls, with their driving licences and other benefits cancelled. The irony, however, is this: the figure of 22-lakh—drawn from the recently conducted, controversial SIR exercise in the state—corresponds only to deceased voters
Minorities
Nationality under SIR Scrutiny: Kargil warrior questioned after 21 years of service
Retired Army Havildar Md. Daud Ali fought for India in the freezing heights of Kargil, sacrificing his youth and sustaining permanent injuries, today, a mere clerical spelling error has stripped the Murshidabad veteran and his children of their voting rights, forcing a decorated soldier into a humiliating fight for identity