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Is India Still a Democracy? Political Prisoners Tell Their Stories

During the three-year-long trial against Professor GN Saibaba and the other men, which ran from 2014 to 2017, the prosecution produced no real evidence. Of 23 witnesses presented before the court by the prosecution, 22 were police officers. The only civilian witness retracted his confession after claiming it resulted from torture. While Saibaba’s health deteriorated in prison, Rahi, the social activist and journalist, alleged that he, Mishra, Narote, and Mahesh Tirki were tortured in custody by investigating officer Suhas Bawache.

time.com/6305728/voices-of-pol

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Inside Odisha's Crackdown on Adivasis: Bauxite Mining, UAPA, and Forest Act

What explains the state crackdown on Dalit-adivasi activists in south Odisha's Bauxite-rich districts?

thequint.com/news/india/odisha

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A Battle For The Commons: Tribals Fight Illegal Deforestation, Government Inaction In Madhya Pradesh

Tribals Fight Illegal Deforestation, Government Inaction In Madhya Pradesh

In Burhanpur district, forest department staff have illegally demolished homes of Adivasis built on forest land, without serving notices, branding the structures as encroachments. The Adivasis, on the other hand, say forest department officials are protecting tree mafias who are alleged to be colluding with the local administration.

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Scroll.in - What starvation could mean for Adivasi communities in the first decade of the 21st century

What starvation could mean for Adivasi communities in the first decade of the 21st century

An excerpt from ‘Bantering with Bandits and Other True Tales of India’, by Annie Zaidi.

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GN Saibaba’s detention is ‘inhumane and senseless’ says UN Special Rapporteur

The former professor was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2017 for allegedly having links to the banned Communist Party of India (Maoists).

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On India’s 77th Independence Day, Driven By Poverty, Caste, Millions Of Migrant Workers Live As Modern Slaves

India abolished bonded labour in 1976, but various forms of modern slavery persist, entrapping 11 million, while committees to enforce the law are absent or don’t work, and surveys to identify bonded labour have not been conducted for years. Workers are often beaten, locked up & paid well below minimum wage.

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Tamil Nadu: Dalit and tribal organisations demand SC/ST sub-plan for better utilisation of funds

The draft demanded that the allocated fund to the SC/ST welfare should not be diverted to other plans and it should be non-lapsable.

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The Wire - Umar Khalid, the Historian: His Continued Imprisonment Is a Loss to the Academic World

Umar Khalid, the Historian: His Continued Imprisonment Is a Loss to the Academic World

Even for someone who worked extensively on Adivasi history, his thesis 'Contesting Claims and Contingencies of Rule: Singhbhum 1800 – 2000' offers new insights, writes Nandini Sundar.

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Facing the axe: new ‘forest’ definition makes large tracts vulnerable

Amendments to the Forest Conservation Act, 2006, may pose threat to Odisha’s densely treed Niyamgiri hill range that is fiercely protected by the Dongria Kondh tribe, say experts.

thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-a

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Book review: Rahul Ranjan's 'Political Life of Memory: Birsa Munda in Contemporary India'

While we predominantly consume the image of Birsa Munda as an anti-colonial figure and in very etatised and hinduised forms, Rahul Ranjan’s Political Life of Memory: Birsa Munda in Contemporary India forcefully intervenes to bring out the voices of the subaltern. An intervention in ethnohistory and politics of indigenous groups, the book shows how memory is significant in the life and struggles of indigenous groups in the state of Jharkhand.

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Frame Uniform Economic Code, then UCC

PM’s talk of doing away with diverse personal laws is merely an attempt to harness emotions ahead of Lok Sabha election. Striving to create a more equal society can glue India together better, writes Ajaz Ashraf.

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NewsClick - BJP’s Thrust on Uniformity Will Create Backlash it Cannot Control: Sanjay Hegde | NewsClick

BJP’s Thrust on Uniformity Will Create Backlash it Cannot Control: Sanjay Hegde

India’s minority communities have not asked for uniformity in laws. So, a UCC will only be seen as an imposition by the majority.

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Bastar villagers allege aerial bombing by security forces. What is the truth?

We travelled deep inside a forest in southern Chhattisgarh to investigate the allegations.

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How caste comes into play when climate changes

Dalit and Adivasi communities have fewer adaptation resources to combat the damage from events related to climate change since they continue to be deprived of socio-economic and political rights and face systemic discrimination.

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Why Courts Are Ignoring Concerns Of Planted Evidence In The Bhima-Koregaon Prosecution

Independent forensic experts have raised concerns of evidence being planted in the ongoing Bhima-Koregaon prosecution (ongoing for 45 months, with not even charges framed yet). But India’s tightly regulated criminal process severely restricts the right of accused persons to introduce new material. It speaks to many important concerns for the state, such as speedy trial, but a general rule that brooks no exception does more harm than good.

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An Open Letter to Rahul Gandhi: Does the Spirit of Bharat Jodo Yatra Not Apply in Chhattisgarh?

'The adivasis of Bastar are also part of Bharat. There are many serious concerns regarding their fundamental rights, which await your attention,' writes Nandini Sundar.

thewire.in/politics/open-lette

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Why the BJP Is Afraid of a Caste Census

Though the party has benefitted from the support of the lower caste groups thanks to its policy of 'inclusive Hindutva', little has changed for the OBCs themselves. A caste census will prove this fact.

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17 years of exile: Chhattisgarh’s displaced Adivasis lack basic rights in AP and Telangana

Often living without electricity or drinking water, they eke out a living in the forests, with no tribal rights or ownership documents for their land.

newslaundry.com/2023/01/11/17-

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Photos: Chhattisgarh Anti-Christian Violence Sees Delhi Come Out on Winter Night

The meeting was attended by religious leaders from Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, Bahai, and Christianity.

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The Wire - Watch | Why 2022 Was a Tumultuous Year for India’s Minority Communities

Video: Why 2022 Was a Tumultuous Year for India’s Minority Communities

From the hijab ban in Karnataka at the beginning of the year to the release of those convicted in the 2002 Bilkis Bano case, the Muslim community faced a range of challenges. Meanwhile, Christians experienced the highest levels of targeted violence on record.

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