indigenous peoples

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 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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IMPACT OF MILITARIZATION ON RIGHTS OF Indigenous Peoples in India

In reponse to the call for submisisons by EMRIP, the Indigenous Rights Advocacy Center (IRAC) and Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) has made a joint submisison on “the impacts of militarization on the rights of indigenous peoples” in India. The Submission is available at: http://irac.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMPACT-OF-MILITARIZATION-ON-RIGHTS-OF-IPs_Joint-Submission_India_pdf.pdf

Starvation of 33 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) families due to denial of ration in Jharkhand

On February 8, 2022 the Indigenous Rights Advocacy Centre (IRAC) has moved the NHRC against denial of food ration to 33 tribal families belonging to Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) at Hesatu village under Tehri panchayat of Bargarh block in Garhwa district of Jharkhand for the last 15 months. Reportedly, the impoverished tribals are on …

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