The year 2024 has been one of the deadliest in Bastar. Security forces reported over 235 killings since December 2023. Villagers have contested many of these “encounter” killings, alleging staged executions. PUCL (Chhattisgarh) has released a fact sheet on the recent incidents in Bastar (2024). Overview Bastar has become one of the most heavily militarized […]
There are horrific atrocities being committed against the Adivasis, and their right to life is being violated. It is the responsibility of the Supreme Court to protect these rights. However, when someone approaches the Supreme Court seeking justice, they are fined instead. By Himanshu Kumar Sukdi is an Adivasi woman whose husband was […]
The elections, especially in Bastar and Kanker constituencies in Chhattisgarh, will be watched intently. The restive region has always grabbed attention for the untold violence and displacement of local Adivasi residents as the State has fought armed insurgency for over three decades. Malini Subramaniam Bastar, Chhattisgarh|April 18, 2024 The 18th Lok Sabha election in […]
On July 28, 2016, the Chhattisgarh Police arrested two people at the Chhattisgarh-Odisha border, and claimed recovery of a massive haul of explosives from them in the state’s Maoist-affected Bastar district. The arrested individuals were identified as Niranjan Das and Durjati Mahangkodo, both residents of Koraput district of Odisha. Senior police officers told the media […]
A Brief Report on the violence against the Church‐going Adivasi Community of Narayanpur and Kondagaon in Bastar (Chhattisgarh) by Chhattisgarh Bachao Andolan. Chhattisgarh Bachao Andolan 1.12.2023 Summary A six‐member team of CBA1 visited the church‐going community2 of Narayanpur and Kondagaon on 24 December, 2022, who had been driven out of their traditional villages […]
Groundxero | News Report 10 September, 2021 Eight years after security personnel had gunned down eight adivasis, including 4 minors, in an encounter in Edesmetta, a remote forest village in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, a judicial inquiry report into the incident, submitted to the state government on Wednesday, concluded that none of those killed […]
ছত্তিশগড়ে আবার রাষ্ট্রের হাতে আতঙ্কবাদ দমনের নামে আদিবাসী হত্যা। যখন দেশের মানুষ অতিমারী, অনাহার, বেকারত্ব, ত্রাস ও সরকারি অব্যবস্থার শিকার, তখনও এই মিথ্যাবাদী অকর্মণ্য অত্যাচারী সরকার আদিবাসীদের অধিকার ক্ষুণ্ণ করে সশস্ত্র সুরক্ষা বাহিনীর ক্যাম্প তৈরি করতে ব্যস্ত। প্রতিবাদের জবাব – গুলি ও গ্রেপ্তার। লিখেছেন সুদর্শনা চক্রবর্তী। গত এক বছরে ছত্তিশগড়ের বস্তারের বিভিন্ন এলাকায় সশস্ত্র […]
Peoples Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) in a press release condemns the loss of life of security personnel and Maoists in Chhattisgarh and appeals to all parties to maintain calm and bring an end to all hostilities. Press Release 5th April, 2021 PUCL mourns and condemns the heavy loss of lives in the […]
On December 13, 2020, a death threat, to Pushpa Rokde, a journalist, purportedly signed by the Maoist South Bastar Pamed Area Committee, was pinned to a tree near Puskunta village in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh. The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) is deeply concerned about the dire warnings and death threats issued to […]
“Our fight is not just for the Adivasis, but for everyone in the country. Without the Adivasis you have no hope of protecting your nature, your resources or your humanity. We might be ‘illiterates’ for you, but we Adivasis are your source of courage and bravery that is essential to fight injustice.” – Soni Sori, […]
The Forest Rights Act was enacted in 2006 by the first UPA Government. MoEF Jairam Ramesh, after lengthy bargainings and consultations with rights groups and NGOs, agreed to pass the bill, mostly out of electoral compulsions and as a means to check the rise of radical left forces among Adivasis. Corporations with direct business interests […]
The All India Union of Forest Working People and Delhi Solidarity Group organized a public hearing at the Constitution Club of India to talk about the increasing incarceration of women, the prison conditions, and the targeting of women from specific communities. Women spoke of their experiences in prisons across the country, from Tamil Nadu to […]
On August 6th 2018, news reports indicated that 15 ‘Naxals’ had been gunned down by the Chhattisgarh police in Sukma district. This encounter happened near Nalkatong village in the Konta Block of South Sukma. A day after all these claims, hundreds of women adivasis in Bastar protested against this police action, calling it a ‘fake […]
Kamal Shukla is a Bastar based journalist. He is the editor of ‘Bhumkal Samachar’ newspaper, published from Kanker. Shukla also writes for several local and national news portals, and heads an organisation – the Patrakar Suraksha Kanoon Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti – which seeks a law to protect journalists in the Bastar region. Shukla was recently […]
Kamal Shukla is a Bastar based journalist. He is the editor of ‘Bhumkal Samachar’ newspaper, published from Kanker. Shukla also writes for several local and national news portals, and heads an organisation – the Patrakar Suraksha Kanoon Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti – which seeks a law to protect journalists in the Bastar region. Shukla was recently […]