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Feminist group demands RSS condemn Mohandas’s ‘rape’ slander

The All-India Feminist Alliance (ALIFA), a national platform bringing together women, transgender and non-binary persons from democratic movements across the country, has issued an open letter to Rashtriya Swayamsevak...

No eviction of tribals without settlement of land claims: J. Arun Mishra (retd.)

In February 2019, as a judge in the SC, J Mishra had first ordered the eviction of tribals and forest dwellers, but stayed operation of the order soon thereafter

Forcibly evicted Khandwa Adivasis decry government apathy

At a press conference co-organised by JADS, CJP and AIUFWP, Adivasis of the region have revealed that they have been facing harassment and institutional oppression since as far back as 2005!

Why has India still not ratified UN Convention against torture?

India still does not have a law condemning torture

No data on increase in child abuse cases due to Covid-19 lockdown: Centre

In the ongoing monsoon session, the Centre has said that it also has no data on increase in child marriages due to poverty

MP: “If admin doesn’t know the law, learn from us!” Enraged adivasis assemble outside FDO

Thousands of adivasis assembled outside the forest department on Tuesday to condemn the crude eviction of Khandwa adivasis and blatant transgression of their land and forest rights.

Human Trafficking Bill overlooks agency of women it hopes to save

Also, by giving the NIA the authority to investigate the offences, the government is once again stepping on the Constitution’s essential federal structure and centralising a law-and-order issue that is essentially a state subject.

MP Adivasis piece their lives together following forced eviction

After destruction of settlement by a mob, that allegedly enjoyed the backing of police personnel present on the spot, Adivasis of this hamlet in Khandwa are demanding justice

MP: 40 Adivasi families illegally evicted amidst a pandemic!

Life upended during the monsoon season, Adivasi families protest the destruction of their small hamlet in Khandwa

Deccan Herald caught in sly attempt to malign Fr. Stan Swamy

Quiz published on July 15 attempts to defame him by insinuating he was linked to banned Maoist group

Pathalgadi: Assertion of Adivasi rights over land

The movement which spread in Jharkhand’s Khunti district around 2017-18 sought to end the community’s exploitation by outsiders

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