Tribal Minor Dies in Police Custody in Kerala: IRAC Urges Urgent Action from NHRC
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…
Kerala: IRAC Moves NHRC Over Illegal Demolition of Tribal Huts by Forest Department
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…
IRAC Seeks NHRC intervention in custodial death of Tribal man in Madhya Pradesh
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…
Annual Report on the Situation of Indigenous Peoples in India-2023
This Report outlines the main human rights issues faced by the indigenous peoples and Scheduled Tribes of India in 2023. It is the only…
Tamil Nadu: Forcible Eviction of Tribal Families in Dharmapuri District
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…
Maharashtra: IRAC urges NHRC action following mob lynching of tribal elders
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…
Jharkhand: IRAC moves NHRC over Killing of tribal man in police firing
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…
Manipur: IRAC demands swift action and speedy justice over horrific incident of sexual assault and parading naked of two Kuki tribal women
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…
Torture and humiliation of a tribal man by a group of non-tribal men in Surajpur district, Chhattisgarh
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…
SITUATION OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN INDIA – ANNUAL REPORT 2022
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.…