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12-year-old gang-raped, burnt to death in Muzaffarpur
arun Posted On January 15, 2021


Four suspects absconding, have been booked under various sections of POCSO Act, and IPC A horrific gang rape and murder has been reported from Bihar’s  Muzaffarpur district. The victim is a 12 year old girl child, who had been raped […]


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Human Rights Watch paints grim picture of India in its latest report
arun Posted On January 14, 2021


The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre increasingly harassed, arrested, and prosecuted rights defenders, activists, journalists, students, academics and others critical of the government or its policies, said Human Rights Watch in its World Report 2021 […]


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Former bureaucrat writes to NHRC, demands justice for hapless family in Assam
arun Posted On January 13, 2021


A rickshaw-puller’s family has to suffer in a detention camp for over a year on false charges of being “foreigners” in their own country EAS Sarma, former secretary to the Government of India, has written to the National Human Rights […]


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In India, Manual Scavenging Goes Beyond An ‘Occupation’: It’s A Human Rights Issue
arun Posted On January 11, 2021


Most of you reading this probably do not think about your shit after flushing it. Some people, though, are not so privileged. Indian society and the caste system force them to touch human excreta with bare hands, to dive in […]


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Remove Chandramukhi Devi from NCW: Anganwadi Workers group
arun Posted On January 9, 2021


Group demands fast track trial of the Budaun rape and murder case, adequate compensation and a job for the victim’s family The All India Federation of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers (AIFAWH) and the Center of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) have […]


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National women organisations demand justice for anganwadi gang-rape victim
arun Posted On January 8, 2021


A group of national women organisations have strongly condemned the January 3, 2021 gang-rape, torture and murder of an anganwadi workerin Badaun, Uttar Pradesh in a joint statement released on January 7. The All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA,) the […]


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NCW member blames Badaun gangrape victim!
arun Posted On January 8, 2021


National Commission for Women member Chandramukhi Devi said If victim had not gone out unaccompanied in the evening, ganrape, murder would not have happened; the accused temple priest is still absconding In a disgusting and shocking statement that balmes the […]


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Casteism  / DALIT  / Human Rights  / NATIONAL  / SCAVENGERS
Why Do We Still Clean Sewers By Hand In A Country That Sends Rovers To The Moon?
arun Posted On January 7, 2021


Manual scavenging, a form of untouchability, still persists in the so-called ‘New India’. This ‘New India’ isn’t devoid of caste-based discrimination as much as we’d like to believe otherwise. The official definition of “manual scavenger” is very broad and specific […]


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Andhra Pradesh  / DALIT  / Honour Killing  / Human Rights  / NEWS  / STATE
Human Rights Forum condemns Adoni honour killing, attack on Dalit’s house
arun Posted On January 6, 2021


Human Rights Forum State president UG Srinivasulu said a three-member fact-finding team of the HRF visited those villages and interacted with victims’ families and police officials. VIJAYAWADA: The Human Rights Forum (HRF) condemned the honour killing of 35-year-old Buddanna alias […]


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Andhra Pradesh  / DALIT  / Honour Killing  / Human Rights  / NEWS  / STATE
Adoni honour killing: Cops arrest Adam’s father-in-law, his brother
arun Posted On January 3, 2021


Vijayawada: A day after the honour killing of a Dalit physiotherapist, the police arrested his father-in-law and another person for their alleged involvement in the brutal murder at Adoni town in Kurnool district on Friday. The accused were identified as […]


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