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Protest decision of Union Government to Scrap 11% Import Duty on Raw Cotton: AIKS

The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) has called upon all farmers to launch an intense agitation against the Modi government

Journo Prabhat Singh Denied Bail Remanded to Judicial Custody: Bastar, Jagdalpur

  Despite the illegal arrest, without appropriate warrant on March...

Caste systems violate human rights and dignity of millions worldwide: UN report

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‘Not a single journalist working without fear or pressure’: Editors Guild on Bastar

 A team of editors visited Chhattisgarh and was told...

WSS Petitions NHRC on Bela Bhatia Case, Intimidation in Chhatisgarh

The Women Against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS)...

JAGLAG Petition to NHRC dated March 23, 2016

March 23, 2016To, Mr Sanjay Jain, Sr. SP National Human Rights...

Letter to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, March 13, 2016 on Deteriorating Situation in Chhatisgarh

  To Shri Rajnath Singh Honourable Home Minister of India    March 13, 2016    Subject:...

Independent Researcher Bela Bhatia Threatened: Undeclared Emergency in Bastar

Even as another journalist was arrested by the Chhatisgarh...

Police pick up one more journalist in Bastar, Repression Continues

  Prabhat Singh, a fearless and independent local journalist from Dantewada...

I am in danger of being Eliminated, Threat to my Life says Lingaram Kodopi nephew of Soni Sori

Image: Shailendra Pandey/Tehelka He has appealed to the President under...

Arrest of Activist Debaranjan Sarangi Condemned

The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has strongly...

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