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Asia’s ultra-right consensus: ‘Liberal politics, sold by western funded NGOs, isn’t the answer’

The march of the Ultra-Right in the Global South continues on, but unlike their Global North counterparts like Trump, Le Penn & Farage, as bleak as the future may...

The slippery slope of intolerance

An editorial in the Dhaka Tribune on the recent...

Rohingyas: Repatriation is the only way forward

By advocating for relocation over repatriation, the world risks...

From Bangladesh, an open letter to the people of India

India has a rape problem, and it’s time for...

Bangladesh: Quota reform activists give 7-day ultimatum to withdraw cases

'If the cases are not withdrawn within the stipulated...

Bangladesh: The riptides underlying the students’ anti-reservation protests

The recent student protests were only the tip of...

Rohingya refugees lose all they saved in last five years to Delhi fire

New Delhi: About 44 huts of Rohingya refugees caught...

Bangladesh and UNHCR agree on voluntary return of Rohingya refugees

In the absence of a tripartite agreement between UNHCR,...

Where did People of India and Other Parts of South, Central Asia Come From?

A new study answers where we got our languages...

Bangladesh: PM says no more quotas in government jobs

The nationwide protests for quota reforms have apparently culminated...

Addressing apologists for rape culture

There are many Asif Mahtabs in our midst Not all...

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Telangana: Stop forcible ‘re-location of Chenchu Adivasis from Amrabad Tiger Reserve

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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.