Category: Human Rights

Tribal peoples across India join forces to denounce Protected Areas on their lands.

Survival | March 24, 2023

Hundreds of Indigenous (Adivasi) people from Protected Areas across India joined forces in Nagarhole Tiger Reserve in southwest India for an unprecedented week-long protest march against the seizing of their lands to create so-called ‘Protected Areas’ for conservation, including tiger reserves.

The protest was centered on the world-famous Nagarhole Tiger Reserve, which was imposed, without consent, on the ancestral land of the Jenu Kuruba, who are renowned for their prowess as honey collectors, as well as the Beta Kuruba, Yarava and Pania tribes.

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No ‘outside festivals’ allowed, nod required for religious activities: Tribal-majority Bastar village’s diktat sparks row

The New Indian Express | March 20, 2023

The Ransargipal gram sabha directs Adivasis not to work in the fields of Hindus and Christians, says Christians cannot bury their dead in the village; the objective is to protect “tribal traditions, culture”, it claims.

In the tribal majority Bastar district of Chhattisgarh, a gram sabha has passed a resolution prohibiting the celebration of “outside festivals” and mandating that its permission be sought for any religious activity. The resolution passed by the gram sabha of Ransargipal village also directs Adivasis not to work in the fields of Hindus and Christians.

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Ensure basic rights of tribals: NCST to Odisha government

The Indian Express | March 20, 2023

The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) has asked the Odisha government to ensure basic human rights and justice to tribals residing in more than 45 villages bordering West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh.

Taking cognisance of a petition filed by Supreme Court lawyer and rights activist Radhakanta Tripathy, the apex panel for tribal rights has issued notice to chief secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena seeking a detailed reply within 15 days.

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प्राकृतिक संसधनों के दोहन के खिलाफ 3 दिवसीय पदयात्रा की हुई शुरुआत, कोल प्रभावित इलाकों के हजारों मजदूर-किसान हुए शामिल

TRP The Rural Press | Feb 21, 2023

रायपुर। छत्तीसगढ़ के रायगढ़ जिले में तमनार विकास खंड के ग्राम पंचायत पेलमा से “जल-जंगल-जमीन” बचाने को लेकर तीन दिवसीय पदयात्रा की आज शुरूआत हुई। इस पदयात्रा में सैकड़ों की संख्या में ग्रामीण हिस्सा ले रहे हैं। कोयला सत्याग्रह के नाम पर देशभर में मशहूर हो चुके ग्राम पेलमा में पदयात्रा की शुरुआत के मौके पर ग्रामीणों ने संविधान के उद्देश्य का पठन किया।

विस्थापन और पर्यावरण प्रदूषण की विभीषिका
रायगढ़ जिले के कोयला प्रभावित इलाकों में शुरू हुई इस पदयात्रा में ग्रामीणों के स्वःस्फूर्त शामिल होने की प्रमुख वजह यहां आदिवासियों के प्रकृतिक संसाधन जल जंगल और जमीन के विदोहन को माना जा रहा है, जिसकी वजह से इलाके के जंगल ख़त्म होते जा रहे हैं। रायगढ़ जिले के तमनार, घरघोड़ा और धरमजयगढ इलाके में एसईसीएल, हिंडालको, अडानी, जिंदल कंपनी द्वारा बेतहाशा कोयला खनन के साथ ही पावर प्लांटों का संचालन किया जा रहा है। इससे पूरे इलाके में प्रदूषण फैल रहा है और जर्जर सड़कों के चलते हादसे भी हो रहे हैं।

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Drop pumped storage hydroelectric projects granted to various private entities in Fifth Schedule region, HRF urges Andhra Pradesh government

The Hindu | Jan 17, 2023

‘Adivasis in these areas have been deliberately kept in the dark’

The Human Rights Forum (HRF) demanded that the State Government drop the pumped storage hydroelectric Projects (PSPs) granted to various private entities in the Fifth Schedule region of Alluri Sitarama Raju and Parvathipuram-Manyam districts.

Speaking to The Hindu here on Tuesday, V.S. Krishna, HRF AP and TS Coordination Committee member, said that there are proposals for four PSPs in the Fifth Schedule region that have been cleared by the State Government recently.

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