Students from several educational institutions in West Bengal marched in support of their counterparts in Jamia Millia Islamia University (JMI), New Delhi and Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Uttar Pradesh. Students of Aliah University, Visva Bharati, Jadavpur University, Calcutta University and Presidency University condemned the brutal action of the police and demanded revocation of the communal […]
A group protesting the rape of a girl in Unnao by the BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar, the attacks on her and her family, and the murders of witnesses in the case, were arrested by the police in Kolkata on August 7. A GroundXero report. The protest rally under the banner ‘Unnao-er Pashe Amra (We […]
“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, […]
“দুধ মাঙ্গো তো ক্ষীর দেঙ্গে/ কাশ্মীর মাঙ্গো তো চির দেঙ্গে”- এই স্লোগানে বেড়ে ওঠা মনন যে উগ্র জাতীয়তাবাদী আরক গিলে কাশ্মীর ভারতের “অবিচ্ছেদ্য অঙ্গ” বলে চিৎকার করে ও ভিন্নমতের মানুষেদের শাপান্ত ক’রে দেশপ্রেমের হাতে গরম নমুনা পেশ করে তাদের কাছে যদি প্রশ্ন করা যায় যে, অবিচ্ছেদ্য কাশ্মীরের মানুষরা আমাদের সহনাগরিক তো? তাদেরও ভারতীয় সংবিধান বর্ণিত অধিকার […]
After the recent order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) recommending the opening of Vedanta’s copper smelting plant in Thoothukudi, a report by Reuters has once again brought the issue of police brutality to the forefront. It claims that 12 of the 13 protestors killed when police opened fire on a demonstration in May 2018 […]
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 […]
Teenagers from schools, dressed in uniforms, coming in hordes, marching down the rain-wet streets in raw rage, with handwritten slogans on placards dangling from their necks, is something unprecedented. But that is exactly what is happening in Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh. The protest started spontaneously as two students died in a tragic road accident. The […]
Amidst widening state repression of the struggle in Thoothukudi, Advocate Vanchi Nathan, State Coordinator of People’s Right Protection Centre who also served as the legal advisor to the Committee for the Struggle against Sterlite has been arrested, as have six members of Makkal Athikaram who have been booked under the authoritarian National Security Act. Lois […]
প্রেস বিজ্ঞপ্তি ৭ মে, ২০১৮: মহারাষ্ট্রের গড়চিরোলি জেলায় সংঘটিত সাম্প্রতিক ‘এনকাউন্টার’ কাণ্ডে (Co-ordination of Democratic Rights Organisations (CDRO) , Indian Association People’s Lawyers (IAPL) and Women against State Repression and Sexual Violence (WSS)) সি.ডি.আর.ও , আই.এ.পি.এল. এবং ডব্লিউ.এস.এস এর তথ্যানুসন্ধানকারী দলের রিপোর্ট। মূল ইংরেজি রিপোর্টটি এখানে পাওয়া যাবে। সংঘর্ষের আড়ালে সুপরিকল্পিত হত্যালীলা: গড়চিরোলিতে উন্নয়নের নয়া […]
In Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu police shot and killed another person, 22 year old Kaliappan on Wednesday and on Thursday morning another person, Selva Sekaran, succumbed to his injuries, bringing the death toll to at least 13, with more than 60 injured. Lois Sofia writes about the ongoing attacks and clampdown on the protesters. Read our […]