Tribal Minor Dies in Police Custody in Kerala: IRAC Urges Urgent Action from NHRC

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On 3 April 2025, the Indigenous Rights Advocacy Centre (IRAC) filed a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) regarding the custodial death of a 17-year-old tribal boy, P. Gokul, at the Kalpetta police station in Wayanad district, Kerala. The tragic incident took place on 1 April 2025, a day after he was taken …

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Kerala: IRAC Moves NHRC Over Illegal Demolition of Tribal Huts by Forest Department

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On 25 November 2024, the Indigenous Rights Advocacy Centre (IRAC) filed a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) regarding the illegal demolition of huts belonging to three tribal families by forest department officials at the Kollimoola tribal settlement in Begur in Wayanad district, Kerala. This incident took place within the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary …

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IRAC Seeks NHRC intervention in custodial death of Tribal man in Madhya Pradesh

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On 24 August 2024, the Indigenous Rights Advocacy Centre (IRAC) filed a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) regarding the custodial death of Dharmendra Dangode, a 32-year-old tribal man, in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh. The incident occurred on the night of 23 August 2024 at the Pandhana police station. According to the police, Dharmendra …

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Tamil Nadu: Forcible Eviction of Tribal Families in Dharmapuri District

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On 22 May 2024, the Indian Rights and Advocacy Council (IRAC) filed a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) regarding the forcible eviction of 15 tribal families by the forest department in the Pennagaram-Hogenakkal forest area, Dharmapuri district, Tamil Nadu. The eviction, which took place on 10 May 2024, targeted the “Poorvakudis” tribal …

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Maharashtra: IRAC urges NHRC action following mob lynching of tribal elders

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On 4 May 2024, the Indigenous Rights Advocacy Centre (IRAC) submitted a complaint to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) concerning the brutal killing of two elderly tribals, Jamni Telami (52 years) and Dewu Atlami (57 years), in Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra. The victims were allegedly tortured and burnt alive by a mob acting under the …

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Jharkhand: IRAC moves NHRC over Killing of tribal man in police firing

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On 18 April 2024, the Indigenous Rights Advocacy Centre (IRAC) filed a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) regarding the killing of Hari Narayan Pahariya, a 30-year-old member of a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG), in police firing at Bada Danga Para village in Godda district, Jharkhand. The incident occurred on 17 April …

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Manipur:  IRAC demands swift action and speedy justice over horrific incident of sexual assault and parading naked of two Kuki tribal women

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New Delhi: In a media statement released today, the New Delhi-based Indigenous Rights Advocacy Centre (IRAC), which works for the welfare of the Scheduled Tribes in India, stated that it is totally horrified by the incident of capturing of two innocent Kuki-Zo tribal women and parading them naked while sexually assaulting them by a mob …

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Torture and humiliation of a tribal man by a group of non-tribal men in Surajpur district, Chhattisgarh

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On July 10, 2023, a tribal identified as Kalindar Ram Shandilya (35 years) was tortured and humiliated by a group of non-tribal persons at Mayapur village under Pratappur police station in Surajpur district, Chhattisgarh. The accused persons tied the victim to an excavator machine The victim was walking towards his village Sarhari from Mayapur along …

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SITUATION OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN INDIA – ANNUAL REPORT 2022

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There are 104.3 million Scheduled Tribes, also called tribal or Adivasi, who are the indigenous peoples of India, constituting 8.6% of the country’s total population. In the largest democracy which India is, the Scheduled Tribes have been provided specific protective provisions in the Constitution, such as the Fifth and Sixth Schedules that provided them a …

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