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State ‘attacking activists’ to break tribal struggle for land in bauxite-rich Odisha hills

The following statements by the National Alliance of People's Movements and the Odisha based Ganatantrik Adhikar Surakhya Sangathan are among many expressions of outrage at state attacks using the anti-terror Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) on Adivasis seeking to protect the Niyamgiri hills from bauxite mining. Find out more here: https://www.counterview.net/2023/08/state-attacking-activists-to-break.html ; https://pudr.org/free-niyamgiri-stop-arrests-illegal-detentions-and-attacks-nss-and-people-kashipur ; https://countercurrents.org/2023/08/withdraw-uapa-cases-against-leaders-activists-and-supporters-of-the-movement-led-by-niyamgiri-surakhya-samiti/ … Continue reading State ‘attacking activists’ to break tribal struggle for land in bauxite-rich Odisha hills →

Statement against the drone bomb attacks in Chhattisgarh, India

Press Note Over 85 international organisations and individual campaigners, activists and academics including two Labour MPs and a former Labour MEP have released a statement condemning the Indian state’s continued drone bomb attacks in Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh, the most recent on 7 April 2023. The repeated use of aerial bombardment on civilian populations suggests … Continue reading Statement against the drone bomb attacks in Chhattisgarh, India →

What`s been happening in 2018?

A great deal has happened in India since January 2018. This extract from an article in scroll.in gives a brief overview of events. To read the full article just click on the link at the end. On New Year’s day 2018, caste violence broke out in Bhima Koregaon village, 30 km from Pune, during a … Continue reading What`s been happening in 2018? →