On 25 May 2021, the Indigenous Rights Advocacy Centre (IRAC) raised the issue of killing of Ms Laksheswari Daimary, a 53-year-old tribal widow, at No 1 Geruajuli area of Rangapara in Sonitpur district of Assam on the night of 24 April 2021 in a case of witch-hunting. The assailants barged into her house on the …
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On 18 May 2021, the Indigenous Rights Advocacy Centre (IRAC) filed a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) against the killing of three tribal villagers in police firing near CRPF camp at Silger village in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on 17 May 2021. On 12 May 2021, security forces set up a CRPF …
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On 10 May 2021, the Indigenous Rights Advocacy Centre (IRAC) filed a complaint petition before the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) against exclusion of millions of tribals across India from COVID19 vaccination due to lack of internet connectivity and smart phone in tribal areas and rural areas. The Government of India has opened vaccination against …
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On 20 May 2021, the Indigenous Rights Advocacy Centre (IRAC) moved the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking protection, shelter, food and other basic facilities and vaccination against COVID19 to thousands of refugees from Myanmar, belonging to minority indigenous communities, who have fled to Indian states in the Northeast following military coup in Myanmar . …
