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Press Release Press Conference of INSAF Fact-finding team to Orissa (October 21-24, 2008) 24 October: Bhubaneswar
The attacks carried out on Christians living in the villages of Kandhamal district, Orissa were planned and executed by the Hindu fundamentalist groups VHP, RSS and Bajrang Dal. With the BJD-BJP combine in power, the state machinery did nothing to stop the criminals from having their way and the violence spread to other parts of the district, which are largely inaccessible. The (…)

Press note 24th October, 2008 Police purging hijras out of Bengaluru Police subject hijras and human rights defenders to illegal detention and arrests, custodial torture and sexual assault
As India progresses, reaching out to the moon, Bengaluru has become a dangerous city for its citizens. especially the most vulnerable, and any one who dares to support them. In the last few weeks, there seems to (…)

Those who campaign against the ruthless exploitative practices of trans-national mining companies say, increased investment results in human rights abuses, especially against rural communities which the companies want to dislocate and uproot. They also say that the role of the state in extractive sector governance and citizens’ protection diminishes, while its role in protecting and promoting the interests of trans-national corporations increases. One sees that happening in Phulbari, over Asia Energy’s proposed Phulbari coal project in Bangladesh

Jamia Teachers’ Solidarity Group
Press Release
24th October 2008.
Teachers, students from Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi University, JNU and IGNOU, social and political activists, journalists and writers joined the Citizen’s March for Justice and Truth organised by the Jamia Teachers’ Solidarity Group today from Jantar Mantar to the Parliament.
The ongoing communal tension in the country and the politics of State terror unleashed in the name of investigation/inquiry, etc. has created an (…)

Dear friends,
In 2005, Navayana had informally lobbied for the admission of Dalits into the prestigeous Asian College of Journalism, Chennai. Today, Navayana is all set to formally ensure the presence of Dalits/Adivasis in the publishing sector. Read on, and circulate this message as widely as possible. Please print out the attachment for use on college/university notice boards. Media outfits can treat this as a press release.
Anand www.navayana.org
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AVARNA: NAVAYANA FELLOWSHIPS (…)