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India’s ‘Alternative To Hong Kong’ Proceeds In Lush Nicobar Island, As Govt Ignores Pleas Of Local Tribals

India’s ‘Alternative To Hong Kong’ Proceeds In Lush Nicobar Island, As Govt Ignores Pleas Of Local Tribals

Over the past 17 years, and most recently in 2022, hunter-gatherers, fisherfolk & farmers of a Nicobarese tribe—inhabiting a rainforest-draped island of the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago for about 50,000 years—have pleaded with the union government to return them to their ancestral land. But with a Rs 72,000-crore plan to build a giant port, international airport, power plant and tourism facilities by cutting about a million trees in 130 sq km of rainforest, the government has erected a wall of silence to their requests to return home.

article-14.com/post/india-s-al

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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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Frontline - Modi government’s new environmental laws a threat to India’s biodiversity and forests

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Double-Engine: The Union and State Government Must Answer for Manipur

August 3 marks exactly three months since the start of the mayhem in Manipur. Fears of state collusion and complicity in the violence are growing with time. Nandita Haksar writes.

thewire.in/politics/double-eng

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Can’t be a five-trillion dollar economy at cost of rivers of blood flowing in North-East

At the heart of the conflict are a disenchanted peoples, Kuki-Zo, Nagas and Meiteis and a society torn asunder by the cynical politics of the ‘double engine sarkar’, writes Rupa Chinai.

sabrangindia.in/cant-be-a-five

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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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Why Kukis and Meitis should stop looking to Delhi for solutions

The alternatives to this approach are heavy militarisation, insecurity and silencing of voices.

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Harsh Chouhan resigns as NCST chairman eight months before end of term

Harsh Chouhan's resignation comes after a run-in with the environment ministry over the Forest Conservation Rules 2022, which he said violated the Forest Rights Act, 2006.

business-standard.com/india-ne

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In MP, Tribal Villagers Pay a Heavy Price for Demanding Forest Rights, Protesting Tree Felling

Across villages of Burhanpur district, forest officials have booked, arrested, allegedly fired at and allegedly tortured those who have pressed for their forest rights to be recognised.

thewire.in/rights/madhya-prade

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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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‘Pristine habitat’: 87 ex-bureaucrats ask President Droupadi Murmu to halt Great Nicobar project

The project involves the construction of a Rs 35,000-crore trans-shipment port, an international airport, a power plant, a township and tourism infrastructure.

scroll.in/latest/1042354/prist

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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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Activist Hidme Markam Walks Out of Jail As Police Fail to Prove Alleged Terror Cases

Markam, a well-known forest rights and prisoners’ rights activist, was 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.

thewire.in/rights/hidme-markam

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2022: A Look back at hate crimes against Dalits and Adivasis

Throughout the year we documented incidents of hate crimes based on caste as well as attacks on tribals. Such incidents were reported from various parts of the country and a common thread between these incidents is that caste based atrocities are often triggered by miniscule and trivial matters such as sporting a moustache, drawing water from a well, eating food at a ceremony and so on.

cjp.org.in/2022-a-look-back-at

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With no place to call home, the Gutti Koya tribe fights for survival

Displaced from Chhattisgarh and seeking refuge in Telangana’s forests, they face a grim future.

frontline.thehindu.com/social-

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‘It was a set-up, we were fooled’: the coal mine that ate an Indian village

According to numerous former Kete residents, as time passed, Adani inserted itself into the town’s social fabric, organising community meals and football tournaments, and paying for cultural festivals.

theguardian.com/environment/20

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