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| Breaking news! Youngest Maoist nabbed! |
Check out the murderous rage on his face! Check out the hand that has bludgeoned many heads! Check out the strained forehead that explain his years committed to bloodshed! |
| Citizen's Interviews of S.P., Dantewada |
Final Two Parts Of The Interview With SP Dantewada, Amresh Mishra on the 4th of Jan regarding the whereabouts of Sodi Sambo. |
| The tribal ‘Ruchikas’ of Dantewada |
Operation Green Hunt to flush out the Maoist rebels from central India may have begun only last November, but the hapless tribals of Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region have been at the receiving end of official hostility for years before that. |
| Police State, Visitors, Anthropology |
Ujjwal Kumar Singh, Professor of Political Science, Delhi University and I have just returned (January 1st) from a visit to the police state of Chhattisgarh. |
| Talking with S.P. Dantewada |
Priyanka: I am a journalist and I need to speak to you about Sodi Sambo? Where is she now? Why was she illegal detained last night? |
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| What is Salwa Judum? |
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Salwa Judum (literally "purification hunt") is a state sponsored counterinsurgency campaign started in Dantewada district of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh in 2005, which involved vigilante gangs accompanied by state security forces burning villages, killing people and forcing them into camps, as part of an effort to counter Naxalites (Maoist guerrillas). Over 644 villages have been affected and some 300,000 people displaced. Various reports critiquing the Salwa Judum are
In response to Public Interest Litigations filed by Nandini Sundar et al vs State of Chhattisgarh, WP 250 of 2007, and Kartam Joga et al vs State of Chhattisgarh and Union of India, WP 119 of 2007, the Supreme Court of India asked the National Human Rights Commission to investigate and report within 8 weeks. NHRC's report ended up whitwashing Salwa Judum's crimes, and in fact, came perilously close to justifying vigilantism. The report and its critiques can be found here.
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