DANTEWADA PADYATRA, SATYAGRAH AND JAN SUNWAI

Announcement Letter
For the People’s Right to say No to displacement and Tribal Genocide And to demandthe right to live with justice and peace
Raipur / Dantewada
1 December 2009

Dear Friends,
You are aware that the tribals of Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh State are continuously facing large-scale displacement from their homes, fields and forests a well as a genocide [...]

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Operation tribal hunt?

Javed Iqbal
The New Indian Express

Madvi Mukesh, 18 months, is missing three fingers, lost when security forces allegedly killed his mother. Photo : Javed Iqbal

DANTEWADA(CHHATTISGARH): The authorities call it Operation Green Hunt, going by the conventional wisdom that the Maoists being chased — in Chattisgarh in this case — fight from thick jungles. But many of [...]

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India: Protect Civilians in Anti-Maoist Drive – Human Rights Watch

Maoists and Government Forces Should Not Repeat Past Abuses
November 5, 2009
Human Rights Watch
(New York) – Government forces and anti-government Maoist fighters should ensure that civilians are protected during armed operations in central India and elsewhere, Human Rights Watch said today.
“Government and Maoist claims to be acting on behalf of India’s poorest people can be undermined [...]

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Citizens Initiative for Peace Letter to Chidambaram

Post Box 3811 Andrews Ganj Post Office, New Delhi-110049
peacecitizens@yahoo.co.in
To
Shri P Chidambaram
Union Home Minister
New Delhi
28 Oct 2009
Subject: Suggestions for Urgent Action in Tribal Areas
Dear Sri P Chidambaram,
We are deeply concerned over the recent developments in the tribal region of central India. The unfolding para-military offensive in that area, we fear, is bound to worsen the prevailing [...]

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Killing of 6 tribal- message from Himanshu

Police claimed on 12th August that it has killed six dreaded naxalites in an encounter near Bhairamgarh reserve forest & they named it operation ‘Green Hunt’. According to the police sources in this operation CRPF, dist police & STF combined of both Dantewada & Bijapur district were included. Police sources further claimed that they have [...]

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