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On the occasion of the Human Rights Day (10 December 2022) tribal rights organization, Indigenous Rights Advocacy Centre (IRAC) has…
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Briefing Paper: Criminalization and prosecution of tribals in false cases in India
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/ December 10, 2022
A Briefing Paper by the Indigenous Rights Advocacy Centre (IRAC) was published on the occasion of Human Rights Day, December…
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Arrest and torture of tribal youth in a fabricated case in Kerala
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/ October 24, 2022
On September 29, 2022, a tribal youth identified as Sarin Saji (24 years) was arrested in an alleged fabricated case…
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On October 12, 2022, a tribal man identified as Kariyappa alias Kariya (49) reportedly died due to alleged torture by…
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IRAC Briefing Paper # 3: Impacts of tiger reserves on indigenous peoples
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/ September 28, 2022
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Arbitrary arrest, custodial torture and false prosecution of 4 tribal villagers in Madhya Pradesh
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/ September 20, 2022
On September 10, 2022, four tribal villagers were arbitrarily arrested, tortured, and falsely prosecuted for cultivating land in the vicinity…
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On August 25, 2022 a 25 year old tribal youth identified as Ankush Gorelal Mavaskar, a resident of Dhulghat Railway,…
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Acting on a complaint received from Indigenous Rights Advocacy Centre (IRAC), the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the…
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The Indigenous Rights Advocacy Centre (IRAC) has strongly condemned the reported killing of a tribal man identified as Chain Singh…
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IRAC’s Quarterly Newsletter, “Indigenous Rights Monitor” covering the reporting period March 1, 2022 and May 31, 2022 is available at:…
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Situation of the Indigenous Peoples in India – Annual Report 2021
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/ June 3, 2022
There are 104.3 million Scheduled Tribes, also called tribal or Adivasi, who are the indigenous peoples of India, constituting 8.6%…
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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has summoned the Jharkhand Chief Secretary and the District Magistrate of Garhwa district to…
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Custodial death of Kuravar tribal man in Tamil Nadu
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/ May 4, 2022
On April 27, 2022, K. Thangamani (47),a tribal belonging to the Kuravar community, died in judicial custody due to alleged…
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On 14 April 2022, two tribal villagers namely Dalsu Hichami and Ashok Naroti were kidnapped and killed by the Maoists…
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Torture and humiliation of tribal youth by the police in Telangana
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/ March 24, 2022
On the night of March 23, 2022, Madavi Nagaraju (19 years) who was earlier tortured and humiliated by the police…
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Custodial torture of Adivasi farmer by police official in Jharkhand
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/ February 28, 2022
On the intervening night of 23-24 February 2022, a 42-year-old Adivasi farmer named Anil Kumar Singh was brutally tortured by…
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On 14 February 2022, a 32-year-old tribal man identified as Kapil Majhi was killed by the Maoists on the suspicion…
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In order to control surging Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in India, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi announced a complete country-wide lockdown…
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On February 8, 2022 the Indigenous Rights Advocacy Centre (IRAC) has moved the NHRC against denial of food ration to…
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On January 31, 2022, 45 Bodo tribal families comprising of around 300 persons were forcibly evicted y the forest department…
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